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Speaking to Edge at Atari Live in London this week, company boss Phil Harrison has predicted that the upcoming generation will never use a disc. For anything.
“There’s a generation of kids being born today and probably already alive who I’m pretty confident will never buy a physical media product,” he said.
“They will never buy a DVD, they will never buy a CD, and they will never buy a game in a box.”
Harrison’s boss, David Gardner, has already said that 90 percent of Atari’s products will be online “within five years”.
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DrDamn said:
Collectors edition games will include extra in game content - like variations on guns for example - they already do. If you really wanted those concept art postcards too I’m sure they could send em to you.
Maybe it won’t be a full switch next gen, but hopefully the majority will be available as downloads. It makes a whole load of sense to the devs/publishers/console manufacturers. So it’s going to happen.
JesteR said:
Games will not be cheaper. LOL thats just extra profit for the publisher. But why do developers need publishers anymore? Theres not need. They could just build their own store. So publisher should think twice about it. Anyway look at the Music industry. They could deliver digital only but they dont do it. Why is that? Maybe people like to go to stores to browse around? This whole digital distribution only is just bull. Both are fine because i would like to have the choice.
airdom said:
and choice is always a winner
wz said:
And you put download codes in gift boxes?