I was a collector of games and what I learned from it is you'll probably have a hard time getting a personal relation to your items if you don't own a hard copy and can't see or touch them.
The games will lose their worth (monetary and nostalgic wise) to people if they got no relation to the thing they own. (If you can talk of owning something that exists only in digital form?)Digitaly distributed games run the risk of being treated as something you only wear and tear and then throw away.
Look at the way books are revered, why shouldn't games be treated the same way?
The games will lose their worth (monetary and nostalgic wise) to people if they got no relation to the thing they own. (If you can talk of owning something that exists only in digital form?)Digitaly distributed games run the risk of being treated as something you only wear and tear and then throw away.
Look at the way books are revered, why shouldn't games be treated the same way?
"I didn't have much to say to anybody but kept to myself and my books. With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw it's fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy."
— Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood
— Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood
Digital distribution or not?
06/11/2009 05:06:30 PM
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I'm a collector, so digital distribution is not really for me.
06/11/2009 05:23:20 PM
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Stuff like that IS cool
06/11/2009 05:25:13 PM
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On collecting..
06/11/2009 06:07:07 PM
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Er... have they not heard of Steam? It's not a long way off, at all
06/11/2009 05:24:18 PM
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They said "replaces."
06/11/2009 06:13:54 PM
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I feel like both should exist, like CDs, Magazines, etc. Digital will never 100% trump tangibility. *NM*
06/11/2009 07:54:19 PM
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"Never" is a rather foolish word to use.
I agree though, it'll take a while. *NM*
06/11/2009 08:02:55 PM
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Definate no.
07/11/2009 10:08:09 AM
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Why would pirating give you a hard copy?
08/11/2009 01:02:36 AM
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It does not.
08/11/2009 09:02:17 AM
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