There's always a generation that drags its feet when something comes around that changes everything. The older generation was reluctant to accept computers as an integral part of society. And then with the internet, and now with digital distribution. It will take over. Beta-max, VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Digital Distribution, and so on.

Ummmm...
I think the author just crawled out of a bunker.
Seriously,
ITS LIEK SO COOOOOOLLL, EVERYTHING IS DIGITAALLL...
MY HEAD IS EXPLODING....
Console idiots should just stay away from journalism.
Eg.
"Most PC games are impulse buys"?
Starcraft, WoW, DA:O and almost any other decent game out there would like to have a word with you.

Not enough bandwidth.

found a wormhole in 1999 and, right before the millenium, was warped here, to 2010......"wow, pc gamers are using digital distribution....now way...i should let the world know"

DD = monopoly. do we really want sony and MS to call the shots on game pricing? goodbye bargain bin

What a poorly edited article. Seriously, "console" has an 'e' at the end for start.

And I'm still unclear as to what this "unlikely audience" is. Does he mean PC owners? That's too retarded, he can't possibly mean them. He mentions absolutely everyone else though, so what is it? This is like Fermat's Theorem!

I mean it has a couple of valid points, but alot of it is just gibberish. Maybe there are less pc gamers than total console gamers, but there are plenty of us who game only on pc and love buying all games on steam.

because you can't sell or trade-in a copy of a game if you downloaded it.

All I know is steam is giving me free games for a week!!

There is no ownership to the level we think when it comes to digital gaming. They say there is no ownership in the terms and conditions of our purchase. They give you the option to "buy" a game which is downright misleading. These companies are not trying to gain your trust in the digital age. They are trying to mislead people into thinking that buying the digital version of a game is the same as buying the disc version..except better. Better because it's convienant. Better because it's cheaper for you. However it is false. Digital prices have either remained the same or are expensive at this point.

I will never trust a company whose number one goal is to make profits and I will never buy into a system that allows them to take away my purchases just because they have the power to. There is a reason why they want you to use their servers and it goes far beyond limiting damages from piracy. After the dust settles they will have ripped off more consumers than the small percentage of pirates that stole from them.

It is a proven fact with the discontinuation of Xbox Live. It is a proven fact right now with the inability to backup PS3 game titles due to copyright restrictions. It has been a proven fact on the Xbox 360 where Digital Rights Management restricted honest paying customers from retreiving their games.

Until they prove a system that allows full ownership of video games (without restriction) to consumers I see no interest in there method of delivery. There is no need to wipe out your dedicated fans just to fight pirates and bring down used game retailers. We all suffer in the end and these services give you nothing in the end while keeping your money forever.

This is a delivery method that even destroys game collecting which is another used industry. Just look at Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on the PSN store. 7.49 while game collectors sought the best games in history and got this particuler gem valued at 80.00 used. Why? For this example because of rarity but for most cases because these games have a historical value in gaming's history. Though it's nice to share these older titles these will ultimately take the game away and sell it again on their next console or maybe never again. How can history ever be remembered or preserved when the digital age and rewrite,resell, or erase all that we remember at will?

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau