major nelson has already said they will do sales but when pushed about doing sales to the same scale of steam he started to **** steam off, so from that im guessing big sales will never happen.
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major nelson has already said they will do sales but when pushed about doing sales to the same scale of steam he started to **** steam off, so from that im guessing big sales will never happen.
They still have the install file, but its purely a digital license. There is zero reason to buy physical unless you have crap Internet.
That's what I'm hoping for too. If they can mirror the Steam model with the perks that go with it it'll be perfect for me. It's all about the digital pricing and if they get it right it could be awesome.
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PS4 most deffo. Sadly one of my favourite gaming activities is hunting through the bargain shelves at Game and Cex for good second hand deals.
How does the pricing on Steam work? Do the publishers set the sale prices? So if I buy a bumper Codemasters pack for a ridiculously low price (which I have done in the past) is it the publisher selling it to me? Do Valve make anything out of it?
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Im late to this thread, I picked PS4 as its the one Im def getting at release, but I will eventually get both as I already have a PS3 and 360, I hate missing out on exclusives lol
i honestly dont know how it works exactly, but id imagine steam works like a shop so they set the final price BUT publishers set a price per unit to steam. so steam basically stick something on top to cover running costs and a set profit percentage.
I doubt that there will be a shift from how it is now, where games are cheaper to be bought online from retailers than online through Live. Therefore there will be plenty of reasons to buy physical games.
Edit - Plus you can sell your games, it's just not as easy. You will still be able to go into high street stores and trade things in, we just don't know how much they will give you and how the proess works in it's entirety.
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Its a bit early for people to be pushing for information on game sales of a console that is being released 5mths from now.
I'll still get both consoles, but I am definitely more excited about the Xbox One than I am about the PS4.
I'm sick of Xbox expecting everyone to move onto the digital age, I'm surprised they bothered to put a disc drive in their box if they want everything on the cloud instead. I have used Steam for many years but the one thing missing is owning the physical game box, the manual and maps.
My internet isn't bad maybe average but UK broadband is still behind a lot of countries and it can take hours to download just one game. We're not ready to totally convert to the digital age, but this might happen on the next gen after xbox1 and ps4.
My internet isn't bad maybe average but UK broadband is still behind a lot of countries and it can take hours to download just one game. We're not ready to totally convert to the digital age, but this might happen on the next gen after xbox1 and ps4.
That's been posted before, not sure which thread.
Just digging a deeper and deeper hole here guysh.
I don't see how this is much different from how it is now on either console, surely if I get banned from Live or PSN I will lose my digital purchases?
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That's also incorrect, it has been corrected since.
Just digging a deeper and deeper hole here guysh.
Haha, laughable. Making Sony look like Gods.
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That has already been refuted by Major Nelson, two days after that was tweeted (not the date, 14th June). If you are banned from Xbox Live, you will still be able to play your games.
Just digging a deeper and deeper hole here guysh.
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I think it's more likely to happen during this coming generation, rather than the one after it, as fibre broadband becomes more and more common. In 3-4 years when the majority of people (or perhaps, the majority of gamers) have fibre, then going digital fully will be a much more appealing prospect. If that's the case, by implementing the infrastructure now, MS will be in a much stronger position to take full advantage of that.
I'm not saying it will definitely happen, but it's something to consider.
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