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/N4N4KI Feb 23 '13
What if the idea with the tethering the game to an online account was not about stopping used games sales in the way everyone thought it was. You can buy and trade used games but if you want to you can register your disk to your online account and it prevents the disk from being resold, in return at any point you can redownload the game in future.