BingoBrown
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So I was thinking today about how there are several XBLA games I would like to buy (i.e. Castle Crashers), but I just hate how you can't ever find a deal on them. Sure, there's the deal of the week, and sometimes there are multiple monthly markdowns, but there ain't any 75% off Target clearance finds in XBLA-land.
It got me wondering, is the future of gaming, digital downloads, going to kill the deals for us CAGs?
Think about it, in the future, games will no longer be printed on discs. It'll all be digitally downloaded to our hard drives. So, with no stock of physical discs, stores won't be clearancing games to get rid of overstock.
Maybe worse, digital downloads can't be sold as used games to Blockbuster or Gamespot, thus completely eliminating the used game industry that provides gamers with lower prices (but annoys publishers, because they don't see a dime of the money when a game is resold multiple times).
Anyway, maybe I'm just being pessimistic, but I'm afraid that there may be a day when deals may be few and far between for us CAGs.
Discuss amongst yourselves...
It got me wondering, is the future of gaming, digital downloads, going to kill the deals for us CAGs?
Think about it, in the future, games will no longer be printed on discs. It'll all be digitally downloaded to our hard drives. So, with no stock of physical discs, stores won't be clearancing games to get rid of overstock.
Maybe worse, digital downloads can't be sold as used games to Blockbuster or Gamespot, thus completely eliminating the used game industry that provides gamers with lower prices (but annoys publishers, because they don't see a dime of the money when a game is resold multiple times).
Anyway, maybe I'm just being pessimistic, but I'm afraid that there may be a day when deals may be few and far between for us CAGs.
Discuss amongst yourselves...