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The Cost of A Digital Game

Now £64 is the biggest I've seen it but usually £59.99 on PSN is the average so what you've said is only containing to PC.

The last point you've made, is again, not a major issue but its apart of the disadvantages I've listed to digital. And to be honest a lot of major games install files have been around 20GB each and have been up to 40GB (KZ Shadow Fall) and on a 500GB this soon adds up. Plus if you have a download cap or limit then once again, digital games can impact on that.

Sure, but if you have a download cap or a limit, you maybe shouldn't be investing in a games console without first investing in a decent internet provider first. For one thing, any time you go online with your console, which most people are forced to do as standard, that's forcing you higher to your cap.

As for the HDD issue, if the max is, let's say 50GB, that's ten games on your console at any given time. Let's say nine just to be safe, so you have some spare room for your saved games and such. Do you play nine games at all times, or do you maybe keep one or two good multiplayer games that are constantly going in and out of your tray, and a handful of story based games which you won't really play once you've finished them?

Not to mention that in this day and age, if you're not already investing an external hard drive, I have to advise that you do, even if its just to back your important things up. At the prices today you can easily pick up a 1TB drive for the price of the latest CoD.
 
Sure, but if you have a download cap or a limit, you maybe shouldn't be investing in a games console without first investing in a decent internet provider first. For one thing, any time you go online with your console, which most people are forced to do as standard, that's forcing you higher to your cap.

As for the HDD issue, if the max is, let's say 50GB, that's ten games on your console at any given time. Let's say nine just to be safe, so you have some spare room for your saved games and such. Do you play nine games at all times, or do you maybe keep one or two good multiplayer games that are constantly going in and out of your tray, and a handful of story based games which you won't really play once you've finished them?

Not to mention that in this day and age, if you're not already investing an external hard drive, I have to advise that you do, even if its just to back your important things up. At the prices today you can easily pick up a 1TB drive for the price of the latest CoD.

Online gaming doesn't effect your download cap which is what most people will likely have if they have any restrictions. Another common restriction is useage, some people can be slowed down during peak hours. However most of these packages are suitable for online gaming, my old internet package had a moderate download cap and I was supposed to be slowed down during peak times but I never noticed any major differences. Then we upgraded.

In fairness, most people who have internet restrictions will go with Console because of the fact you shouldn't have any major downloads, apart from system updates and patches, downloads on consoles are limited to what you buy. Whereas PC, generally speaking, you'll be downloading more often either for games on Steam or other sites. So console is an option, so what you're saying isn't really valid.

So let's call it 9 games like you said. Now I don't play 9 games at once but what I don't want to have to do is download 50GB again and again and again and again for every instance where I might want to play a game. For example I recently went back to Killzone shadowfall which has a 42GB install patch, so god knows what the overall size would be if it was a digital copy. I have a decent internet speed but even so, that would take awhile. And again....those with download caps or slow internet would take quite awhile.

The last part of your post, I don't have anything to say to but at the same time, its not something people will want to do.

I'll say again,

On console there is very little benefit to digital games.

They cost more
They take up larger amounts of room on my HDD
I can't sell them
I can't give them to friends

If digital games were cheaper than what I could get out of Asda (average game price in Asda = £42) e.g. £30 I would over look the above, but sadly it isn't and until they make digital prices competitive with what I can get in a retailer, digital will always remain the obsolete option for console gamers who do like to make sure they get a good deal for their money. For console gamers who are overly flushed with cash, they won't care but I'm sure a good 95% of us aren't flushed with cash all the time so....
 
I agree totally with Derri here.
Digital only may be the future,but thank god its not now.
As for the moment,digital only has no benefit over physical at all.

eg: My nephew bought a 360 at launch,he plays SP only.Having an internet connection at all just wasnt feasible for him.If that were to happen now and he bought a new console and it was digital only what would happen? He cant play it all,he wouldnt be able to get any games for it.
I realize thats not microsoft or Sony's fault but they need to take into account internet speeds and caps/prices from all over the world.
 
I agree totally with Derri here.
Digital only may be the future,but thank god its not now.
As for the moment,digital only has no benefit over physical at all.

eg: My nephew bought a 360 at launch,he plays SP only.Having an internet connection at all just wasnt feasible for him.If that were to happen now and he bought a new console and it was digital only what would happen? He cant play it all,he wouldnt be able to get any games for it.
I realize thats not microsoft or Sony's fault but they need to take into account internet speeds and caps/prices from all over the world.

Thanks :D

I will admit though, if Playstation Now has fair prices (unlike what we've seen in the Beta) then I'll perhaps invest for single player games or things I'm unsure about.
 
It does suck that for the majority of digital games there is not really an incentive to them because they often cost just as much for for less value.
But I can still say that I quite love them, sure I won't be able to sell them when I'm done with it but it also allows for there not to be the worry of a broken disc and if on the PC the possibility of mods which can really transform a game.
With that said it really comes down to preference for everyone because each have their ups and downs; sometimes you just want to hold a game in your hand and others you're glad you won't be able to lose it.
 
Online gaming doesn't effect your download cap which is what most people will likely have if they have any restrictions. Another common restriction is useage, some people can be slowed down during peak hours. However most of these packages are suitable for online gaming, my old internet package had a moderate download cap and I was supposed to be slowed down during peak times but I never noticed any major differences. Then we upgraded.


...How do you think you're getting the information from other players as to what you're doing exactly? Online gaming requires constant downloading. It does effect your download cap. Not as much as download an entire game, but it does effect your cap. Not to mention that if you're playing online, you're going to be downloading all kinds of updates and patches. Although that's an issue for both sides really.

In fairness, most people who have internet restrictions will go with Console because of the fact you shouldn't have any major downloads, apart from system updates and patches, downloads on consoles are limited to what you buy. Whereas PC, generally speaking, you'll be downloading more often either for games on Steam or other sites. So console is an option, so what you're saying isn't really valid.

It's very easy to PC game without downloading any more than you would if you were using a console.

Just buy your games physically the same way you would be if you were doing it for consoles.

So let's call it 9 games like you said. Now I don't play 9 games at once but what I don't want to have to do is download 50GB again and again and again and again for every instance where I might want to play a game. For example I recently went back to Killzone shadowfall which has a 42GB install patch, so god knows what the overall size would be if it was a digital copy. I have a decent internet speed but even so, that would take awhile. And again....those with download caps or slow internet would take quite awhile.

If you're installing a game over, and over, and over again, maybe it should just become one of the nine games which you've got on your hard drive at all times. Not to mention that you could just have a hard drive and keep it on there.
 
Here we go again.

...How do you think you're getting the information from other players as to what you're doing exactly? Online gaming requires constant downloading. It does effect your download cap. Not as much as download an entire game, but it does effect your cap. Not to mention that if you're playing online, you're going to be downloading all kinds of updates and patches. Although that's an issue for both sides really.

The general download and send-back of information didn't actually effect my download cap when I had one once upon a time. However what did effect it was patches and digital downloads. I don't know if that was just me being lucky so that's my only experience. A quick google search tells me that it depends on your package and provider of Internet and that sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.

It's very easy to PC game without downloading any more than you would if you were using a console.

Just buy your games physically the same way you would be if you were doing it for consoles.

That actually negates the entire point of price. For example Simplygames.com do great deal on games sometimes. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare Physical Copy costs £29 whereas the digital copy costs £13. Digital is often cheaper on PC. However with console we don't have this, we pay more for a digital game than a physical game.

If you're installing a game over, and over, and over again, maybe it should just become one of the nine games which you've got on your hard drive at all times. Not to mention that you could just have a hard drive and keep it on there.

Even doing it two or three times over 'blah' amount of months is a pain in the backside.
 
I agree. Steam is a very affordable client. I used to play games on my MacBook. I used steam as my primary store but with the lack of games supported on mac, it needed a change. I use my mac for design and fashion illustrations etc. I like my ps4. I just wish Sony could implement cheaper proses on digital games. Oh well maybe in Tim
 

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