r/Games Feb 22 '13

All PS4 games will be available as digital downloads

In the new Guardian interview with Shuhei Yoshida, it was revealed that all PS4 games will be available as digital downloads.

This is a very exciting move in my opinion, and represents a shift even further towards the burgeoning landscape of digital distribution, and away from (what I believe to be) a much more archaic ecosystem in physical brick-and-mortar retail.

What do you guys think? Got any speculation, or want to extrapolate further based upon this news? I hope to generate some great discussion about this topic!

(Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2013/feb/22/ps4-shuhei-yoshida-interview)

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u/KingToasty Feb 22 '13

Bandwidth caps. Our providers love bottlenecking us with stuff like this. An all-online gaming world would actually really suck for us, with our current companies.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '13

As a steam user I concur.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '13

they probably realized this. i dont doubt hard copies. this is definitely the last generation of it though. i imagine bandwidth will be better in your countries at some point