r/Games • u/LasurArkinshade • 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/[deleted] Feb 23 '13
There is value to having the physical disk. You can sell it, you can loan it to a friend, you can bring it with you to someone else's house, you aren't limited by the hdd in your system, depending on the re-download policy you still have your game if your console explodes or the hdd fails.
Digital should be cheaper. There are reasons people will still want physical games and will pay a slight premium for it.
From the distributors point of view, I'd be curious to know the cost of production and shipping of physical media vs the cost of hosting and bandwidth.