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I've thought about scoring some just for convenience sake. Like Civ Rev. But I KNOW I can just take my fat ass to a store and find a copy for like $15 less. So i end up not doing either. :p
There are three huge reasons why I am in no hurry to use Games on Demand:
1) My broadband connection sucks (lucky if I get 1MBps) it's a long story, but hoping it will be sorted later in the year. It just about lets me play on LIVE and download XBLA games eventually.
2) (At least in the UK) the prices are just not competitive when compared to retail, where I can pick up these games at a significant discount thanks to the fact they've been out in the shops so long.
3) My 360 hard drive sucks (just the 20GB arcade entry HD), but I am not in a hurry to fix that until points (1) and (2) are fixed.
1) My broadband connection sucks (lucky if I get 1MBps) it's a long story, but hoping it will be sorted later in the year. It just about lets me play on LIVE and download XBLA games eventually.
2) (At least in the UK) the prices are just not competitive when compared to retail, where I can pick up these games at a significant discount thanks to the fact they've been out in the shops so long.
3) My 360 hard drive sucks (just the 20GB arcade entry HD), but I am not in a hurry to fix that until points (1) and (2) are fixed.
I'm a fan of digital distribution too (I even bought a PSPgo so feel free to burn me), but yea so far nothing out Games on Demand that I need.
I have not purchased any games from the service as well.
I prefer digital copies over physical for numerous reasons, and have completely made the switch from physical to digital on my computer. I think xbox could achieve a similar model, if they tried.
Steam works because they are competitive; they realize they are selling digital, non-tradeable media, and make up for it by offering periodical sales and easy access to various titles. Also, Steam is on a computer, the ever enduring 'Console'. What happens to the games you bought on the 360 when they shut down the xbox servers similar to the way they did with the original??
Simply put, i am not going to buy a Digital xbox game for 30 dollars if i can buy it on newegg for 9 dollars with free shipping.
I prefer digital copies over physical for numerous reasons, and have completely made the switch from physical to digital on my computer. I think xbox could achieve a similar model, if they tried.
Steam works because they are competitive; they realize they are selling digital, non-tradeable media, and make up for it by offering periodical sales and easy access to various titles. Also, Steam is on a computer, the ever enduring 'Console'. What happens to the games you bought on the 360 when they shut down the xbox servers similar to the way they did with the original??
Simply put, i am not going to buy a Digital xbox game for 30 dollars if i can buy it on newegg for 9 dollars with free shipping.
Quite a good way for them to shift some copies of the RE5 DLC....
@jawshoeuh
PSP GO (fuck yourself, we aren't going to put any games on the store for you. Thanks for the money) is the official title of that platform.
<3 PSP3000. Especially since I can get the few games on the PSN store for it aswell.
@jawshoeuh
PSP GO (fuck yourself, we aren't going to put any games on the store for you. Thanks for the money) is the official title of that platform.
<3 PSP3000. Especially since I can get the few games on the PSN store for it aswell.
Far to expensive.
Also 20gb HDD is the suck. And I dont intend to buy a hdd for a price only things that could fly me to the moon should have.
Also 20gb HDD is the suck. And I dont intend to buy a hdd for a price only things that could fly me to the moon should have.
Damnit Dtoid, I've been trying to get the Katamari theme outta my head all day.
NAAAA NA NA NA NANA NA NAAAAAAAAAAAAA NA NAAA NA NANA NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
NAAAA NA NA NA NANA NA NAAAAAAAAAAAAA NA NAAA NA NANA NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I bought Burnout Paradise when it first came out on the service. $20 seemed reasonable (and matched all the stores around here), and it's nice having it right there all the time. The only down side is that after all the free updates, it eats up around 4 gigs of space on my very limited drive.
Unless they take my bandwith cap off my service I would never go for digital distribution. Between netflix and gaming, I don't want to hit my cap like I did last month.
I bought quite a few Xbox Originals, but none of these new-fangled Games on Demand, yet. I'm too inclined to sell/trade games after I finish them, to go that route.
So far I've only bought Mass Effect and Dead Space on GoD, and only because they were proper MSRP; right now I have no intention of getting another one. Even then, the system is far too flawed considering half of the games are $10.00 more than the price you'd pay to get the games brand new at retail. I'd be much more pleased if they returned to releasing Xbox Classics games, although that's probably never going to happen.
I will never buy a game on demand unless they put these games as Region Free. I see no reason why I couldn't download and play Idolm@ster if I wanted to.
I wish they would put rock band 2 on the GoD. Being able to just turn on my guitar controller or mic and play a few songs and then go play whatever new retail release I happen to be playing at the time would be the tits.
I think I would if they acted a bit more like Steam and offered deals and sales. I'm REALLY tempted to get Katamari because for some convoluted reason, the thing is still $30 at my local Gamestop and my local Bestbuy stopped selling it a long time ago. But then again, you cant really do much with only 20GB of HD space.
I'm not a big fan of Games on Demand because I have a laughably small hard drive for my 360. Downloading a game from that service would mean deleting something else for me and I would much rather just own a physical disk than have to juggle around the files on my hard drive.
@20 to DL Katamari to my hard drive, or $30 to buy a used copy in a store, IF you can find one? Giving that I have a DSL connection, I'd rather not be downloading for over 12 hours...
Let's see here:
--Prohibitive cost of large hard drives for the 360
--Games cost as much or more to download than they do in the store
--Savings of packaging, shipping, etc. STILL not passed on to the consumer
--You can't sell them, loan them to friends, etc.
--Nothing to put on your shelf to scratch the obsessive collector/consumer/show-off itch
Tell me again why we're all supposed to be excited about digital distribution, and more specifically, Games on Demand on the 360?
Also, will the downloadable Beautiful Katamari include the *full* game (that disc buyers had to pay extra for via DLC) or are they still screwing us over on that? I had to say it...I can't believe I'm the first one to mention it. "Horse Armor" lives on in infamy but selling DLC that's part of the full game doesn't? Bah!
--Prohibitive cost of large hard drives for the 360
--Games cost as much or more to download than they do in the store
--Savings of packaging, shipping, etc. STILL not passed on to the consumer
--You can't sell them, loan them to friends, etc.
--Nothing to put on your shelf to scratch the obsessive collector/consumer/show-off itch
Tell me again why we're all supposed to be excited about digital distribution, and more specifically, Games on Demand on the 360?
Also, will the downloadable Beautiful Katamari include the *full* game (that disc buyers had to pay extra for via DLC) or are they still screwing us over on that? I had to say it...I can't believe I'm the first one to mention it. "Horse Armor" lives on in infamy but selling DLC that's part of the full game doesn't? Bah!
@Nick Chester: I don't buy GoD and probably never will mainly due to the timing reason you mention and the fact that i can buy locally RE5 for 25-, maybe even catch a special offer, compare that to the full retail price (sometimes even more depending where you live) of GoD. Add the fact that i'll still have a physical medium to keep when MS stops supporting X360 Live and everything digital ever bought will depend on an HDD not dying and you can clearly see why Disc >>>> DD.
Hell, in RE5's case why buy the GoD regular version when the Gold version is just around the corner for the same price? it's just common sense.
Hell, in RE5's case why buy the GoD regular version when the Gold version is just around the corner for the same price? it's just common sense.
I like my shiny boxes and a nice shelf to show people who come round. Personally I hope this digital distribution thing never catches on, due to pretty much all the reasons mentioned in the above comments.
Can't argue with Steam though, those guys really know how to put on a sale! I've actually been tempted to buy games I already own from them because of their stupidly low prices!
Can't argue with Steam though, those guys really know how to put on a sale! I've actually been tempted to buy games I already own from them because of their stupidly low prices!
Issues with GOD aside. Katamari is only half a game. It's gimped and requires DLC to complete the full game.
Whatever they charge for Katamari unless they're throwing all the DLC in with the purchase price it's not worth it. You're better off getting Katamari Forever on the PS3. It's got everything from that game and then some.
Whatever they charge for Katamari unless they're throwing all the DLC in with the purchase price it's not worth it. You're better off getting Katamari Forever on the PS3. It's got everything from that game and then some.
At the US prices GOD might have been alright in Australia. We get our own special pricing however.
Beautiful Katamari: $69.95 (About $63 US)
Yeah no one is ever buying any GOD.
Beautiful Katamari: $69.95 (About $63 US)
Yeah no one is ever buying any GOD.
mass effect on games on demand is totally worth it for 20 bucks. i lost my me1 save file so it was easy to buy the game again to start playing it for me2.
when i saw street fighter IV i almost bought it simply for the ease of having the game on the hard drive. but SSFIV comes out in two months so, why bother.
when i saw street fighter IV i almost bought it simply for the ease of having the game on the hard drive. but SSFIV comes out in two months so, why bother.
Ever have the problem of having multiple 360 consoles in the same house or having a friend come over with his/her console and want to play the same game without having two copies? If this is the case then there can be a benefit of putchasing games on demand. GOD games let me buy one copy but play with my 3 kids each on their own console at the same time. That's a hell of a savings in the long run and the family gets together full screen.
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