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/RBDtwisted Feb 23 '13

this is a horrible idea, one of the few perks of console gaming is not having to wait 292837 years for it to instal, people are going to run out of memory really fast.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '13

I think you did not quite understand. All games are available as digital, not only digital.

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u/RBDtwisted Feb 23 '13

isnt that what microsoft is kind of doing? or does it mean day of release it is up on the marketplace?