Posts Tagged: digital distribution

Industry — 1 Comment
25
Jan 10

Mining your habits for fun and profit


Or, how you’re going to end up buying more games than you thought you would.

More than anything else, digital distribution means change. Changes to the way we shop, changes to the way we perceive the goods that we buy, and changes to the way we interact with publishers and distributors. As we’ve explored previously, one of the likely outcomes of moving to digital distribution is that most people will probably spend far more than they were expecting. But, what does that mean, and why will it happen? Continue reading →

Industry — 1 Comment
20
Jan 10

The future of digital distribution

Psst … hey, you. Yeah, you with the cash – wanna buy a game?

Digital distribution means a lot of different things to different people. To some, it’s digital rights management (DRM) and the loss of freedom that implies. To others, it’s a convenient way of avoiding the shops. To me, it’s a screaming temptation ranking somewhere between a good single malt and pure crack. Like it or not, it’s here to stay.

But, what does that mean for the average gamer? More than you think – what we’re seeing at the moment is a tectonic shift in the way we buy and play games. And, what that means in practice may surprise you. For those unable to read to the end, here’s the summary – used game sales are going to disappear, you’re going to pay more and less for games even while you play more of them, and the system as you know it today is pretty much going to disappear. Continue reading →