There Is No Perfect Digital Distribution

**MechDeus** · 01 Feb 2012, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by TobalRox

They now have it weekly (although they usually aren't all that great, without the push from Sony I'm sure they wouldn't have bothered at all).

Competition is a beautiful thing, and we'd probably be getting much better sales if there were multiple distribution owners on each console.

**kedawa** · 01 Feb 2012, 07:21 PM

I'm really not concerned with not having physical discs.
I can burn them myself if I have to.

**TobalRox** · 01 Feb 2012, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by MechDeus

Competition is a beautiful thing, and we'd probably be getting much better sales if there were multiple distribution owners on each console.

Yup, definitely.. sales are better on PC because there are many different ways to get a game but with MS, Sony, and Nintendo it's them or nothing. I still remember buying an addon for Rainbow Six Vegas and then getting a refund because it was free on PS3 and MS made it a rule that if it's free on another platform it has to be free for them too... so without Sony that would have been $10 more I would have spent. Sadly, that policy only refers to consoles so I still have to pay for the L4D(2) add-ons!

**Tain** · 01 Feb 2012, 07:27 PM

I'm all for DD, and use it all the time, but I do like having physical copies of my absolute top favorite games.

**Melf** · 01 Feb 2012, 08:41 PM

This thread itself is a big example of one of the major flaws with DD: it's not universal. PC has Steam and others that are different, 360 does it another way, PS3 another, and even the Wii has its own retarded way of distributing DD. The arguments here are zig-zagging between consoles and PC as though they're all going the same way, when there is absolutely no consistency in the industry. Lose a download on one console and you can recover it, lose it on another and you're fucked. And no one has a clue as to what the next gen will bring.

Do you guys think there will ever be a universal policy for DD on consoles AND PC?

**YellerDog** · 01 Feb 2012, 08:42 PM

Why would you want it? Different policies for different things seems ok.

**Thief Silver** · 01 Feb 2012, 08:45 PM

Not saying DD isn't amazing and that I don't love it, just that there are benefits to owning a physical copy and acting like there isn't is just a ignorant.

Also how are half the posts belonging to one person?

**bbobb** · 01 Feb 2012, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by Melf

This thread itself is a big example of one of the major flaws with DD: it's not universal. PC has Steam and others that are different, 360 does it another way, PS3 another, and even the Wii has its own retarded way of distributing DD. The arguments here are zig-zagging between consoles and PC as though they're all going the same way, when there is absolutely no consistency in the industry. Lose a download on one console and you can recover it, lose it on another and you're fucked. And no one has a clue as to what the next gen will bring.

Do you guys think there will ever be a universal policy for DD on consoles AND PC?

What in the fuck are you talking about? 360 does it one way, PS3 another and so on? Universal policy? Lose a download and you can't recover it?

Ummm, every system out there lets you redownload any games you've previously bought, hell all but Nintendo consoles (because nintendo is retarded) let you download it on any system you put your account in. That seems pretty universal.

What else exactly are you looking for consistency in? Pricing? Fun fact, pricing varies from retail store to retail store as well.

**Yoshi** · 01 Feb 2012, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by Melf

This thread itself is a big example of one of the major flaws with DD: it's not universal. PC has Steam and others that are different, 360 does it another way, PS3 another, and even the Wii has its own retarded way of distributing DD. The arguments here are zig-zagging between consoles and PC as though they're all going the same way, when there is absolutely no consistency in the industry. Lose a download on one console and you can recover it, lose it on another and you're fucked. And no one has a clue as to what the next gen will bring.

Do you guys think there will ever be a universal policy for DD on consoles AND PC?

You're right. Fuck DD. I'll put this Gears of War 3 disc in my PS3 and this Star Wars Blu-Ray in my HD-DVD player and revel in the wonders of a universal physical media standard.

edit: God damn it, bbobb.