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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Gamers shun stores for downloads
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11397504

Quote:
US sales of PC games via downloads have exceeded shop sales for the first time, suggest figures.

In the first six months of 2010, 11.2 million full games for the PC were bought online compared to 8.2 million physical unit sales, said NPD Group.

Topping the list of download sites was Steamgames, the online shop of game developer Valve which created Half-Life, Left 4 Dead and many others.

Despite the prevalence of downloads, physical sales generated more cash.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:44 pm ]
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Until my broadband is fast enough, I'm gonna stick to physical media for games.

I sometimes wish I was still living in Dorset, where I had a proper 20-meg connection that ran between 17-meg and 20-meg. Now I have to content myself with crappy 2-meg "broadband". Barely enough for BBC iPlayer.
Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:28 pm ]
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Physical media ain't what it used to be. I've bought several games on "physical media", only to find the game had to be activated on Steam anyway.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Gamers shun stores for downloads
I prefer discs as well. At least you can reinstall if necessary, especially on an older machine that is not safe to connect to the internet.
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:12 pm ]
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I think steam is now the main gamestore for PC games for me. The Only issue is the odd game that requires to be online at all time but that would still be a problem if I had the physical media.
Then again I dont have Amnesias problem of having unsafe machines :lol: I also have a rock steady 17 meg BB speed (the best part of being on VM cable!) so downloading a game doesnt take too long.. phew!
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Gamers shun stores for downloads
bobbdobbs wrote:
I think steam is now the main gamestore for PC games for me. The Only issue is the odd game that requires to be online at all time but that would still be a problem if I had the physical media.
Then again I dont have Amnesias problem of having unsafe machines :lol: I also have a rock steady 17 meg BB speed (the best part of being on VM cable!) so downloading a game doesnt take too long.. phew!

I was actually thinking more along the ideas of older games, that only run on old OSes
Author:  phantombudgie [ Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:34 pm ]
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Steam has redefined gaming for me. The only games I have bought in the last year have been from them (almost all from sale batches), and I still haven't finished playing through all the games I got. There are months of new playability left for whenever I feel like it.

Plus I have installed them on my laptop and desktop. I just login on whichever I'm using at the time. I can re-install any games if it all goes pear-shaped, without worrying about sratched discs. It does take all night to download a game though!
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:55 am ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
bobbdobbs wrote:
I think steam is now the main gamestore for PC games for me. The Only issue is the odd game that requires to be online at all time but that would still be a problem if I had the physical media.
Then again I dont have Amnesias problem of having unsafe machines :lol: I also have a rock steady 17 meg BB speed (the best part of being on VM cable!) so downloading a game doesnt take too long.. phew!

I was actually thinking more along the ideas of older games, that only run on old OSes


Thats why I still have a machine with XP as well as W7 and dos box for the really ancient games. That usually covers most older games.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Gamers shun stores for downloads
bobbdobbs wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
I was actually thinking more along the ideas of older games, that only run on old OSes


Thats why I still have a machine with XP as well as W7 and dos box for the really ancient games. That usually covers most older games.

I have DOSBox on my mac for the ancient games but nothing that will run the windows XP games.
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