Chris Buffa (Modojo): Angry Birds Star Wars came as a shock. We expected series creator Rovio Entertainment to dream up new ways to expand the franchise. A potential blockbuster deal with Lucasfilm (recently sold to Disney for roughly $4 billion) wasn't at the top of the list. That said, the highly anticipated video game, slated to arrive November 8 for iOS, Android and other platforms, will most likely have tremendous staying power for months to come, and for good reason, as it appears to be the perfect marriage between one of the most successful smartphone/tablet games of all time, and the sci-fi super power set in a galaxy far, far away.
Despite what the analysts like to repeat like broken record players, physical games really aren't going anywhere.
"Even in the case that physical games do die out, there will always be somebody out there who will look to release it physically to what is still a baying crowd."
Assuming that was meant to say "buying crowd". That's it in a nutshell. Supply and demand. I would love to believe that physical will always be an option. My gut tells me that won't always be the case. There is a reason why GameStop is nearly a dead business and it is because of the rise of digitally downloaded games. It sucks, but it is what it is.
Right now the problem with digitally downloaded games is the congestion the internet due to people staying at home. I tried to run a speed test yesterday as my internet was slow and the speed test said there were too many people using speed test and try again later. That's insane. Imagine trying to download a 50 GB game. Makes physical games look really good right now.
DVDs and Blu-Rays haven't died, despite things like streaming services functioning even better sometimes, so of course physical games aren't going to die either.
Not until the price drops digital is a big rip off it may be convenient but not worth it . I only buy sale games digital at most 25 pounds
The author makes some really interesting points. You simply cannot trust that publishers/corporations will keep their game license active and you never have to worry about that if you have the physical disc.
Just look at what Konami did to P.T.
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "Ever since the advent of full-game downloads on consoles, it seems the market has slowly been shifting towards a digital future where games are delivered through internet connections rather than physical disks. While the convenience this brings is undeniable, and plenty of gamers have embraced having a stuffed memory card in their Vita, there are major pitfalls that are slowly beginning to show, one of which is that games can be delisted without any prior warning, leaving them lost to time unless you bought them before they disappeared."
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I remember thinking The Masters of Teras Kasai was awesome as a kid..................man I was dumb.