It's just not going to happen anytime soon in the movies area. In 10 years from todays date I would not argue against it happening as the hardware would be in place for at least decent speeds to homes for HD content. I still have issues with it even if the hardware is in place though.
Now I am sure some one will point out Steam is doing a great job of digital distribution and I would agree with that. But Games are definitely different from Movies in two important aspects. 1) games generally (at this point) are less then 5 gigs in size 2) the wait for the game is less then the time spent in the game. Where as 1) movies can hit 30 gigs + in size with decent audio and good quality compression and 2) waiting 6-10 hours for a 2 hour movie is insane.
I would say that for it to be at least effective (and streamable) a movie would have to be of equivalent quality to a Blu-ray or HD-DVD and take at least 20% less time to download then the runtime of the movie for 50% of the market before it could start surpassing physical media as the medium of choice...
Even for games I think that if the trip to the store and back is faster and you have the physical media it will still be the medium of choice.
1) Network Neutrality needed (sorry for the wikilink)
Without it ISPs will filter their traffic and slow down large files that are not paying their extortion fee. (and since a file crosses many ISPs this can lead to a slow down in any link of the chain)
Network neutrality refers to a principle that is applied to residential broadband networks, and potentially to all networks. Precise definitions vary, but a broadband network free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, on the modes of communication allowed, that does not restrict content, sites, or platforms and where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams would be considered neutral by most observers.
2) MUCH Faster speeds needed - to hit good quality 1080p 5.1 with
VC-1 you need approximately 30 gigs for the file
Telstra if they can deliver fiber to each house is a step in the right direction - but the capital expenditure and the labour requirement is high and therefore will not be a tomorrow or even a 2 year thing.
3) True ownership - do you really own the copy or is it more of license? that is if you have downloaded it - how many times can you? a Limited number?
This is a big issue for me. Currently this limit is 5 for both xlive and psn - you pay and then you have the ability to download it a max of five times...
4) physical media is more reliable and portable - if your Console crashes have fun redownloading all your movies
this will count against your max downloads. it definitely is not as portable - I can carry a blu-ray or hd-dvd to my friends house in under 5 mins... I can of course pack the console (but why risk it) or I can spend 6 hours (at a very high speed connection) to download it there. (again using up one of the activations)
5) storage requirements for a decent library (or will you download each movie only when you want to watch it?)
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
A renowned industry insider has suggested the rumored PlayStation May 2024 showcase featuring Silent Hill 2 could happen this week.
Bogus!
Why would Sony do that and how would this benefit them?
1) It would piss off their media partners (IGN, Gamespot, Edge, etc.) since they would have to allocate resources fast to cover the event.
2) Risk of not having great coverage or proper coverage from the various source
3) It could give the impression that they are not confident in their own stuff.
4) They would miss the chance to hype the event losing viewers and losing free marketing time.
Again I'm calling it bogus unless it's a small showcase before the big one or because they want to announce that Hellbalde 2 is also coming on PS5.
As far as I can remember, they typically give a week heads up for these sorts of things.
Last year it was a weeks notice.
https://blog.playstation.co...
May 17th announcement for may 24th show.
Nintendo always tweets that a direct is happening tomorrow but no one cares.
Sony gives a week or days of notice and we get anti sony type fake outrage like this.
But good luck trying trying to get some Sony hate going...
You just mention it!
Sony gives a week in advance NOT just a couple of days.
So I fail to see what Sony's hate movement I'm trying to start when it's a basic business strategy to not piss off your partners (ask Sega).
And I doubt it's hate to ask how it would benefit Sony in doing so.
@Versus
Huh? What?
Bro you really should relax, if what you read was some kinda negative against Sony.... seriously, is that what you got from the comments?
Bro, he was debunking the rumor, and gave perfectly good reasons why it would be unlikely, and your Nintendo Direct comparison is different, as this is supposed to be a BIG Sony showcase, not a surprise 20 min direct, and Sony 's pattern has been one week.
Slow down warmonger.
Before I get tons of replies for Sony given a week in advance, my initial comments are related to the notion that the Show could happen this week as the title mentions.
Now to be fair the complete article mentions that Jeff said the Show could happen later in May giving time for Sony to give the normal 7-day notice.
Again not trying to start a negative thing here just thinking that it's bogus that Sony will have a show this week
Here is a look at the new Joker Trailer. Warner Bros. Games today released a new MultiVersus trailer revealing the first look at gameplay for The Joker, who will join the roster as a playable character when the upcoming free-to-play platform fighter videogame launches on May 28th.
Agreed. Its a long way off still despite what some companies say. Rentals are ok if you dont mind lower quality.
One thing I have hoped for is in the future have cable boxes/tv's with a port of some kind. Such as a memory stick or something. You get a number on that stick for every movie you buy like a bar code. It is small and portable. Keep it on you key chain or whatever. You go to "Fred's" house and plug it into his TV and watch whatever movie you bought via DL using his cable box.... We do however need much faster internet speeds in the US way before this occurs though imho. I think its a good solution. Maybe put the barcode/serial number of whatever movies you currently have on DVD / BR and they will auto save to said stick as well... That wont happen though as they will want you to re buy it all... Still though. Would be a cool solution when the day comes. Hacking and pirating will run rampant though... Then when servers fry or are down for "Maintenance" People will be pissed... One virus and everyone is screwed...
tell me the last time grandma bought an appletv over a dvd player....she cant even check her e-mail let alone download, save, and find a movie file for later use.
personally, i would like to OWN it Physically. It makes me feel good in a way