Sorry Phil but if you are so visionary then why were pumping BD not just a short time ago? What happens when my drive fails Phil, all my content that I paid thousands for is gone? Or is it going to take my five days to upgrade my PC to get my data off it?
I have steam, but for some of us it's just that we have learned that Time is Money, and if I'm going to have to spend 20+ hours of my time remembering, finding, getting, and re-backing-up my catalog of various media types, it's just not worth the little bit of money I might save( I buy way over 95% of my physical Media online now, so I'm not wasting time or gas getting it compared to DD) .
Additionally, there is one thing Digital media will NEVER have, resale value.
You pay 10, I pay 12, I resell later for 5, I WIN!
There is no finding or remembering on steam. Everything you buy on steam shows up on steam and you can redownload at any time, with patches right there.
The good argument that you didn't even make is that you have to worry about the company going belly up and you not being able to redownload your material.
Your argument against resale is rediculous. The companies we are talking about are against resale because they make no profit on it. They would prefer a method where you could not sell a title. Thats a pro for the industry going digital download.
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Sorry Phil but if you are so visionary then why were pumping BD not just a short time ago?
What happens when my drive fails Phil, all my content that I paid thousands for is gone? Or is it going to take my five days to upgrade my PC to get my data off it?
Optical still is the best archival media.
I guess you have never used Steam.
I have steam, but for some of us it's just that we have learned that Time is Money, and if I'm going to have to spend 20+ hours of my time remembering, finding, getting, and re-backing-up my catalog of various media types, it's just not worth the little bit of money I might save( I buy way over 95% of my physical Media online now, so I'm not wasting time or gas getting it compared to DD) .
Additionally, there is one thing Digital media will NEVER have, resale value.
You pay 10, I pay 12, I resell later for 5, I WIN!
There is no finding or remembering on steam. Everything you buy on steam shows up on steam and you can redownload at any time, with patches right there.
The good argument that you didn't even make is that you have to worry about the company going belly up and you not being able to redownload your material.
Your argument against resale is rediculous. The companies we are talking about are against resale because they make no profit on it. They would prefer a method where you could not sell a title. Thats a pro for the industry going digital download.