It looks like a digital only future is on the horizon

[Regular_P]

My only issue is physical games always have sales sooner and lower prices with those sales.

 

[ORDER_66]

My only issue is physical games always have sales sooner and lower prices with those sales.

AHA and that's the reason they trying to phase out physical games for this gen...

 

[humminbird]

that's interesting because currently there's no way to buy digital PlayStation games except by going to the PlayStation store
what would best buy and amazon do

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

@Kamikaze Revy punching air right now

Nah you know I’m fine with it. I have a preference but it’s not a hill I’m gonna die on.

 

[winb83]

This is called Gamefly

Gamefly has queues, shipping times, and isn't as practical to hop in and out of the same way a subscription service is. It also has a limit to how many games at a time you can have checked out. Lastly it's dependent on access to physical games which we're seeing the first signs of being phased out. As of now it has certain advantages too like access to games not on a subscription service

 

[Software]

There's no competition on these console storefronts. Y'all are ok with that?

That's what I'm worried about.
On PC we have competing marketplaces like steam and epic games
But on console we're completely at the whims of Sony Microsoft and Nintendo for pricing. Digital games on consoles tend to be more expensive than physical.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

There's no competition on these console storefronts. Y'all are ok with that?

That's what I'm worried about.
On PC we have competing marketplaces like steam and epic games
But on console we're completely at the whims of Sony Microsoft and Nintendo for pricing. Digital games on consoles tend to be more expensive than physical.

That’s just sony that locks their stuff to only their store. They’ve even been sued about it, but i don’t anything came of it,

Xbox codes can be sold in any digital store.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

PC we have competing marketplaces like steam and epic games

Which is ironic because if pc gamers had it their way steam would be the only app that exist

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Which is ironic because if pc gamers had it their way steam would be the only app that exist

Steam codes can also be purchased in plenty of stores outside of the steam marketplace.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Gamefly has queues, shipping times, and isn't as practical to hop in and out of the same way a subscription service is. It also has a limit to how many games at a time you can have checked out. Lastly it's dependent on access to physical games which we're seeing the first signs of being phased out. As of now it has certain advantages too like access to games not on a subscription service

They have changed it up a bit. You can tell them send the next game, two weeks before you have to send back the old ones. Constant 10-15% of used games. And the used games are cheap as shyt. Forsaken is $17.99 plus (10% off) right now while digitally it’s $69.99 on PS store

That’s $52 dollars in savings cause I didn’t buy digital. That’s half the price of the difference in systems right there.


As for your main point, I agree. If we can get Netflix of gaming, and I can play all 1000 games for $29 a month or something, I’d gladly do it. Gladly.

But that would require every single studio falling in line. Or you’ll get the same shyt as Netflix right now…. Competition with Disney, Hulu, YouTube, nbc, etc. except it’ll be gaming companies. And then you’ll have the same problems Netflix has “I’m not paying for 8 streaming services”

 

[daze23]

That's what I'm worried about.
On PC we have competing marketplaces like steam and epic games
But on console we're completely at the whims of Sony Microsoft and Nintendo for pricing. Digital games on consoles tend to be more expensive than physical.

ultimately the game's publisher creates the price. these e-shop's just collect a percentage