Originally Posted by Demon Cleaner:
Originally Posted by Harrison:
I personally hope this never becomes the standard delivery setup for new games as I want to actually own games I can play for years to come.
Same here, I completely agree with you.
Sadly there is this whole move about getting everything 'on the cloud' for these last ten years now, ease of delivery without needing physical distribution, and control of course.
For one it could help reduced the second hand games market that publishers have been wanting to get rid off for a while now. (every second hand title sold means that a new copy was not sold)
At first I never really saw the harm of having everything digital, I found it rather easy to be honest. But now I am starting to realize how much power it gives certain publishers. Heck a publisher can decide I need to pay a monthly fee in order to play the Single Player games that I have bought from them. (of course they would not do that, it would result in public backlash, but they could have such control then)
If it ever goes that far I am not sure if I will continue to spend money on gaming.
I wonder if it could result in people moving into retro gaming, going back to machines which software is on physical mediums.