Why Vivendi Prefers Retail Game Distribution

[Guest]

Yes it would be nice to have the option of Digital Download to go along with Retail. I would rather buy a digital copy in this day in age from steam or Blizzard Store and GOG (GoG is really good).

Not having to leave your house waste time or Gasoline, stand in line at the check out...Have to show your receipt at the door (looking @ you FRY's Electronics..make your customers feel like criminals).

Only real downside is....Global/local workforce economy is reduced..thats always bad.

Having said that.. I will not upgrade to the next expansion Cataclysm in-till I know their are no major glitches or bugs.

 

[mauskau]

[citation][nom]accolite[/nom]yeah, but what about the 5-20 hours trying to get steam setup with all your games?[/citation]

I guess I am not sure what you mean. Any game that I have purchased or downloaded through Steam has worked without a hitch. I didn't have to do anything to them to get them set up. I may be out of the loop on this though, but i haven't really seen anything about people downloading games from steam and having issues with having to tweak this and that to get them to run. Well, except for when you purchase some really old game off of there, but heck, if you were to install it with a disk you would still have to configure the really old ones anyhow.

 

[mauskau]

[citation][nom]Marco925[/nom]but some of us actually do like having physical copies of games. We're Traditionalists, We prefer smelling that new-box smell as we crack open the case for the first time, to feel the factory pressed disc with virtually No scratches and putting it in the first time, It feels soulless sometimes with digital.[/citation]


I don't think that many people here would argue with some folks wanting to get a physical copy. That makes perfect sense to me. The problem with Vivendi is that they are choosing not to have the digital download as well.

 

[hurfburf]

buying discs full of bits is stupid

 

[gsacks]

They have an interesting perspective, but they can only hold out for so long. Physical media is dying. Personally, I don't care what they do. I'm an old school gamer, and I have been faithfully avoiding WOW for all these years. I'm not about to change that anytime soon.

 

[treefrog07]

I'd rather download and burn a backup to CD or DVD, but it IS difficult for me to keep up with new releases.

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]accolite[/nom]yeah, but what about the 5-20 hours trying to get steam setup with all your games?[/citation]
You mean the same type of setup you would do with physical DVDs? Might take longer, but at least with Steam I don't have to keep track of boxes and DVDs and CD keys and everything else. Also who would download every game they have on Steam if they want to play just one? Have Steam download overnight or just do the one you want to play now and rest later.

 

[gm0n3y]

Go Bane! One of my favorite bands.

As for the article, yeah it's a stupid move. Just have both. Or even release in stores 1 day before the digital distribution. On another note, I wish when you bought on Steam, you had the option for them to ship you the game DVD (for a small fee, say $5).