http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U91Wl2YpkD8General_Norris wrote:I don't understand that picture, can someone explain it to me? Really why are they on the tables and why doesn't anyone care?noiseredux wrote:
Maybe this will help:YoshiEgg25 wrote:I *think* it's that "oh captain my captain" thing. Although I heard they were Navy sailors on a boat during WWII in that movie, so maybe this was a parody?General_Norris wrote:I don't understand that picture, can someone explain it to me? Really why are they on the tables and why doesn't anyone care?noiseredux wrote:
Why would anyone give up their hard copies for a DRM Download! I would rather play the PS2 games installed with HDAdvance/HDLoader in a Fat PS2 and KEEP the discs, REAL MANUALS and cases.Zing wrote:I do agree that much of the drama could be relieved if Sony went ahead with their plans to allow "upgrading" physical copies to the network version, as with their original plans for the PSP Go. The logistics may be considered impossible. The high level executives may be concerned for piracy. Maybe the support drain would be too great to allow an end-user upgrade program.Inazuma wrote:It's pretty bullshit of Sony to have proper backwards compatibility, take it away, and then ask for money to get it back. At the very least, the PS2 games that are available in PSN should also be able to run if you have the physical DVD version of them.
I wonder if they have considered a mail-in program? Mail in your old discs to get recycled and they enable the games on your account.
CRTGAMER wrote:Why would anyone give up their hard copies for a DRM Download! I would rather play the PS2 games installed with HDAdvance/HDLoader in a Fat PS2 and KEEP the discs, REAL MANUALS and cases.[/b]Zing wrote:I do agree that much of the drama could be relieved if Sony went ahead with their plans to allow "upgrading" physical copies to the network version, as with their original plans for the PSP Go. The logistics may be considered impossible. The high level executives may be concerned for piracy. Maybe the support drain would be too great to allow an end-user upgrade program.Inazuma wrote:It's pretty bullshit of Sony to have proper backwards compatibility, take it away, and then ask for money to get it back. At the very least, the PS2 games that are available in PSN should also be able to run if you have the physical DVD version of them.
I wonder if they have considered a mail-in program? Mail in your old discs to get recycled and they enable the games on your account.
Do you know how hard it is to do a Robin Williams impression in text? Its hard. I have what I "think" are a bunch of decent one-liners, but only if enunciated appropriately :/dsheinem wrote:
Damn kids need to learn your movie history....
Hmmm, I don't know. Seems like a leap to assume that. Physical copy sales are strong. Any one of us can go on ebay and buy an SD card with 500 DS games on it for $50 (or considerably less at auction), yet the physical copies of those individual games still sell for $10-20. We can burn or emulate all these older games and it has really not affected the value of their physical copy's.CRTGAMER wrote: The shape of things to come
Not the ideology of games being rehashed to a newer console, but now the same exact games for repurchase on a newer console. The problem is the Digital Download format is taking over, there will be no choice of a hard copy. As far as the PSN PS2 list, most of the games are cheaper on the original disc at $2.99 at Gamesop, yet how many would rather buy the convenient click my charge card download vs leave the hibernation house?
yeah I can't really picture any servers that will be able to handle the spike in data transfers when the first DL-only Call Of Duty (or whatever) comes out.mjmjr25 wrote: Hmmm, I don't know. Seems like a leap to assume that. Physical copy sales are strong. Any one of us can go on ebay and buy an SD card with 500 DS games on it for $50 (or considerably less at auction), yet the physical copies of those individual games still sell for $10-20. We can burn or emulate all these older games and it has really not affected the value of their physical copy's.
I know i'm not alone in loathing download just as a preference, but factor in server issues and the simple idea of trading in a game you just don't like, there are more reasons to suggest the physical copy will remain for the foreseeable future, than signs pointing to the industry going strictly DL.
All they have to do is stop releasing physical versions. If everything was only available as a download, people would give in, even if they were unhappy. We already know damn well how fucking spineless gamers are. We are a bunch of pushovers.mjmjr25 wrote: Hmmm, I don't know. Seems like a leap to assume that. Physical copy sales are strong. Any one of us can go on ebay and buy an SD card with 500 DS games on it for $50 (or considerably less at auction), yet the physical copies of those individual games still sell for $10-20. We can burn or emulate all these older games and it has really not affected the value of their physical copy's.
I know i'm not alone in loathing download just as a preference, but factor in server issues and the simple idea of trading in a game you just don't like, there are more reasons to suggest the physical copy will remain for the foreseeable future, than signs pointing to the industry going strictly DL.
but mj is saying they are making money on physical releases. WHY do you think they'd decide to stop producing something that is making them money? Stop and think about what you're saying, and ask yourself how it makes any sense from a business standpoint. You're the one always pointing out how much these companies like money.Inazuma wrote: All they have to do is stop releasing physical versions. If everything was only available as a download, people would give in, even if they were unhappy. We already know damn well how fucking spineless gamers are. We are a bunch of pushovers.
