They should've released themed compilation discs with five or six games on them. Like a shooters disc, puzzle disc etc, etc. That way they would make a profit, expand their games to non online customers such as myself and everyone wins. And downloadble games are made to screw you out of ownership. Try reselling a downloadable game on your console, you can't because you don't own it! Every game I have I could sell if I wanted because its mine.the7k wrote:I might not like digital distribution, but I still like the games. I like the games far more than anything at retail.
You just can't expect games like Echochrome, Critter Crunch, Castle Crashers and many others to release at retail and make a profit. It just won't work. They're creative, they have great gameplay and they aren't generic male power fantasies - that's three strikes against them at retail, dooming them to fail.
You gotta stop looking at it as if Digital Distribution was only made to screw you out of ownership. I didn't own any of the arcade machines that I endlessly dumped quarters into as a teenager, but that didn't make them any less fun.
Fact is, I'll still be playing my Dreamcast, PS2, SNES ,NES and Genesis games 10 to 15 years from now. Good luck trying to play you downloadable games on your 360 or PS3 20 from now. Maybe if todays consoles had good build quality and durability maybe I would feel different about DL games. Todays consoles are so fragile and cheap and you'll be lucky to get 8 to 10 years out of console today.
