You wouldnt need a ps4 if Gaikai takes off cause it could stream to a lot of devices.

So...I guess your Sony and you forgot about the PSPGO.

You ever use OnLive?
They were er, not good.

Sony was pushing DD this gen with day one digital.

On top of that it was already announced every PS4 game will have a digital release....but with every one not having unlimited Internet access discs are necessary.

http://www.computerandvideo...

Gaming will never go fully digital for several reasons.

1. Games get bigger ever gen, not smaller. MGS4 was like 40 gigs, Max Payne and LA Noire where like 35 to 40 gigs etc. Can you imagine what next gen games will size up to?

2.Bandwidth not growing faster then gaming. I say this because, we went form 5 and 7gigs with PS2, 9 gis with 360 and well over 40 and 50 gigs with PS3 (also PC and 360 if you count more then one disk, ie Mass Effect series, Max Payne etc all had a bunch of disk) Now Bandwidth is not to a point where I can just download a 40gig game easy (the reason I own max payne on PS3 and not PC...really don't feel like keeping my PC on for days on end for a huge 35gig download. Mind you have have the fastest internet for my area. So what happens when Max Payne 4 comes? LMFAO, it won't just be 40gigs...it will be like 100gigs or so. Download it? LOL! Lets say my speeds double (so did my game size buddys)

3. Even if they doubled, I have to take into effect that my bandwidth is capped, meaning 2 games downloaded and my internet can be cut off or I can be charged more JUST from downloading games. (mind you at the fastest speeds)

4.We can talk about internet speeds all day....means nothing if you don't have the fastest and even less if you don't have internet period.

5. Thats what Bluray is for buddy. Get ready for third party publishers on PC to adapt Bluray really soon. I like Steam and all but....not getting my next gen games from Steam. Getting the retail version which would hopefully be on Bluray and on a single disk.

Those reasons alone, DD future will never happen. It will always be just an option.

It's done to take a shot at Sony and gain hits. Xbox has nothing to talk about so shooting off at Sony is the journalism standard. Go look at all the failed articles. So much hate for Sony.

The spin-machine at wor

It is a bad thing and it isn't at the same time.

We really do need to move away from discs or optical media, by the ps5's era. Because even at 6x br's it's still a slow medium if you compare it to flash memory's speeds.

I'd say maybe half the ps3/360's that died was do to a optical drive failure.

It's a useful legacy tech, but it does have drawbacks that can be troublesome.

1st it's another moving part a obvious point of failure, 2nd it produces heat.

As far as the digital downloading taking over bs, you will see the consoles using a game cartridge similar to the vita games. Long before digital is that widely used/kills off discs.

" It is only a matter of time. Saying it will never happen is naive."

Yeah 15-20 yrs from now who cares, plus you will always have people that want a physical copy. Not everyone has access or can afford the bandwidth needed. A fact the pro digital crowd always forgets.

" improves the performance of your game (games load faster of an HDD/SSD)" A hdd's won't be much a improvement over disc speeds, it's still slow as hell, ssd's have low capacity to cost ratio's and the aren't as reliable as hdds. Ie os's kill them.

"more convenient than going to a shop(such a difficult task to do) or ordering online(hint because it's either cheaper or not available locally) and waiting ages(4-7 days is ages lol)." Talk about the instant gratification generation.

Lets be honest raising prices doesn't do that when no one's buying it. I imagine the profit it greater selling 10 times more at a lower price

Whatever you say buddy, let's all wear the tinfoil hats.

LMFAO Your comment alone says a lot more about you than anything else. When has one game not selling 10 million copies made a company raise the prices of their console? Then Xbox would be costing $5000 by now lol. You remind of the crazy drug addicts on the street rambling on about conspiracies. xD You sure you don't need a hug, buddy?

Its not the war. Its the RAM issue.

I think MS were and still are the richer company. They tried to acquire Sega back in the day (and considered doing so again more recently), they obviously bought exclusivity to Halo which was originally shown as a Mac title. I don’t think as a company MS can claim the moral high ground here. It’s a wilful lack of self awareness.

Of course Sony would try exactly the same if they had the resources, but when the PS2 dominated the industry was in a much healthier place with an abundance of great third parties.

This has been a depressing generation as far as first party decisions are concerned. The fact we are debating business plans rather than which game is better is a sad reflection of the state of things.

The world would be better?

MS was definitely a bad influence on gaming.

But first party studios aren't enough. They only make up a small portion of the industry. Without 3rd party there would be no industry for Microsoft or sony.Developing games take time and money and sometimes you gotta make moves to stay competitive.

Then why be so emotional and continue to talk about it. Xbox will never die be ause it stays in so many people's head.

lmao!!!!