PSP Go the Future of Gaming?

[retrogamer01]

Does anyone els feel that sometime, possibly the next xbox or ps4, may take after the psp go and make games download only? Its cheaper for production companies to put a game on psn or xbl or vc rather than producing a hard copy on disc.

[final fight cd]

games would take days to download. possibly weeks.

[toadhall]

I believe the next Sony handheld might follow the PSP Go (despite its failure), but now nor the near future is not the right time for a download-only home console. Lots of places still with crappy internet.

[flojocabron]

As much as we are going to complain, this will be future of gaming. it may not be soon, but 10+ years from now, there will only be downloaded games.

say good bye to discs and carts! Its already happening now.

we will remember the good old days of blowing carts and keeping discs clean. But the newer generation of kids will not have to worry about owning them.

The psp go may have gotten a crappy start, but how many apps are you gonna buy for your new psp2 or other handheld device?

this means no more discs being made, and more profits for them! We will no longer go to walmarts and gamestops for new games! We will go there to buy prepaid cards to make sony/nintendo/microsoft points and such!

We will get used to it.

So this means back to my hoarding

[Bradtemple87]

Bandwidth issues and game size put this stage in gaming a ways off down the road, but I think it will happen at some point. Music is dominantly online distributed these days, and if quality can be recreated, possibly movies.

[Czernobog]

I think we're slowly entering an era of new media being presented through primarily digital distribution for sure. I don't particularly like it, but it's most likely the future of media.

[brainofjtd]

games would take days to download. possibly weeks.

lolwut. It took me a few hours to download Alan Wake over Xbox Live recently. I think we're fine. Remember 3 minute songs used to take an hour on dial-up. Everyone pretty much caught up with cable internet or the equivalent and now songs take seconds. The same will happen with games, but even then it doesn't take long at all.

Music is dominantly online distributed these days, and if quality can be recreated, possibly movies.

Netflix, bro. I know plenty of cable-cutters who use Netflix and hulu exclusively for movies and tv shows. And that's the people who PAY for their stuff lol. I know dinner time in my home is Netflix time. It looks great on HDMI.

[toadhall]

Netflix and Hulu, heck even Xbox Live aren't available in my corner of the world. PSN is, but that took a few years before Sony got round to launching it locally. Game lineup sucks and all the good games are in moonspeak.

I know digital distribution is the future, but it's probably not MY future

[brainofjtd]

Netflix and Hulu, heck even Xbox Live aren't available in my corner of the world. PSN is, but that took a few years before Sony got round to launching it locally. Game lineup sucks and all the good games are in moonspeak.

I know digital distribution is the future, but it's probably not MY future

That sucks. And I don't just mean "What if you can't play video games in the future?" I feel bad for you NOW, because these services are fantastic.

[toadhall]

Ah well. That's okay. I guess that's why I like old games and frequent a website about old games!