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Downloadable Games: What do you guys think?
juan0tron:
Yeah I'm loving the rerelease of rare games like FFVII for download (still need to get a new PSN card for that...), but I think we should really be offered the option of both. Hell, I don't even mind some form of a 'Collection' disc for a console, as long as I get a hard copy of it. Who wouldn't love to see a Super Mario Bros Collection WiiWare disc? (ok, those have already been rereleased 1,000 times, but you get my point :P)
It's a shame, I want the PSP Go!, but the lack of a UMD slot kind of killed that purchase for me. Unless they start selling games on tiny Read-Only memory sticks, I don't see the reason. I did hear that Sony is giving people a way to transfer all their old games to the PSP Go!, but that probably won't work so well for someone like me who has bought mostly used PSP games. But it would be great to buy a hard copy of a game and also have it marked as available for download. Something like Patapon 2, where the retail game comes with a download voucher, except it comes with a UMD as well :P
Steam is an excellent service, it's just a shame we'll never see hard copies of some of those games. Digital data can always get lost, some way, somehow.
diazflac:
While I do prefer a hard copy of games at this point, I'm not exactly against downloadable copies of games under the right conditions.
What I would honestly prefer is for all systems to have large enough storage space to accommodate a wealth of downloadable content (the PSP Go! would barely/not have enough space to hold my current PSP game collection, and I don't even need to mention the Wii do I?).
The prices of downloadable games also need to be comparable with 'sale' prices (read: cheap) for current physical copies of games. There also needs to be some sort of buyback/return system in place where say, you have 14 days from your downloadable purchase date to sell back your rights to play said downloaded game for half the price you spent on it.
Or failing that, free demos available for every downloadable game so you can make sure you're getting something you want before you make a purchase you can't return.
We're not quite there yet though. So for now, I tend to purchase downloadable content if it is something I am considerably interested in, is not very expensive (like $10-15 max, not including add-on content for it), and only if there is no physical copy available for it.
If it's a release with both a physical copy and downloadable, then the only way I would purchase the downloadable copy of the game is if the price was much lower than the physical copy, again, like $15 difference or more. Unfortunately, this is very rarely the case.
To make up for not having an actual physical copy I can put on my shelves, take with me to play over at friends' houses to play on their systems or let them borrow the game, etc., I have to really feel like I'm getting something I want for a good deal and getting my money's worth.
That said, I am a pretty big sucker for buying the re-releases of games I may have missed the first time, or my (increasingly rare and expensive) favorites when I feel I am getting my money's worth. FFVII that I can play on PS3 and PSP for $9.99? Yes please.
KaiserWAVE:
Mega Man 9 and Bionic Commando Rearmed are absoluely awesome games and my heart bleeds that there is no possibility for a physical copy of the games. I would pay even more than the price for the download to get it on disc with a case and a nice cover. So I do enjoy downloadable games and will continue to buy them (Battlefield 1943, Marvel Vs Capcom 2, KOF 98 Ultimate Match) but I'd love if they would offer a service to get them on disc.
the7k:
Had no idea KOF 98 UM was a downloadable. Does it have online multiplayer? PSN needs to step it up if so, considering all we have is a straight port of KOF 99 for the PSX.
Of course, Sony of America has always treated SNK like crap anyway...