Maybe this has already been discussed at lenght time and time again, but I think about it more and more now when this generation is coming to an end.
I've been playing video games since the Master System and NES era. Nowadays I don't sell games anymore, I just buy because I want them in my collection. It's a nice feeling to see the number of games for a console grow one by one. I do know that this era is likely coming to an end, though. Sooner or later. Just as streaming have pretty much killed peoples' interest in CD's and DVD's, it will affect the video game industry as well. Microsoft and now Google are pushing hard toward all-digital, and even though the next Xbox will probably have a disc drive, the rumoured Xbox One S All-Digital Edition shows us where Microsoft really want to go. What is probably just around the corner because most customers will welcome the idea.
Recently I bought a Wii U (talk about being late, I know) and while the system has tons of issues, it has a pretty cool retro feeling to it. I've tried 15 games during a week or so and it's been a nostalgic experience to just replace one game after the other without having to sit through huge updates. I fear that this is a part of the industry that will never come back, maybe except for how handhelds will still work for yet some time.
Digital has lots of advantages, and I like Game Pass as a supplement. I have to admit that I too buy less DVD's and Blu-rays nowadays when Netflix and other services are around. But there's a lot not offered on Netflix and HBO. There are tons of documentaries and smaller movies that will never show up there. Will those even be accessable in the future? And when Stadia, XCloud, Game Pass, PS Now and games for download is all we got, how will that affect what games we can play? Will it make the industry more diverse? Should we just accept that in less than ten years time, we can't buy games in a store anymore?
Do you have similiar concerns? Are you at all emotional about your physical video game collection and fear how it will be in the future when you can't expand it anymore? Or am I just getting old and grumpy here?
I've been playing video games since the Master System and NES era. Nowadays I don't sell games anymore, I just buy because I want them in my collection. It's a nice feeling to see the number of games for a console grow one by one. I do know that this era is likely coming to an end, though. Sooner or later. Just as streaming have pretty much killed peoples' interest in CD's and DVD's, it will affect the video game industry as well. Microsoft and now Google are pushing hard toward all-digital, and even though the next Xbox will probably have a disc drive, the rumoured Xbox One S All-Digital Edition shows us where Microsoft really want to go. What is probably just around the corner because most customers will welcome the idea.
Recently I bought a Wii U (talk about being late, I know) and while the system has tons of issues, it has a pretty cool retro feeling to it. I've tried 15 games during a week or so and it's been a nostalgic experience to just replace one game after the other without having to sit through huge updates. I fear that this is a part of the industry that will never come back, maybe except for how handhelds will still work for yet some time.
Digital has lots of advantages, and I like Game Pass as a supplement. I have to admit that I too buy less DVD's and Blu-rays nowadays when Netflix and other services are around. But there's a lot not offered on Netflix and HBO. There are tons of documentaries and smaller movies that will never show up there. Will those even be accessable in the future? And when Stadia, XCloud, Game Pass, PS Now and games for download is all we got, how will that affect what games we can play? Will it make the industry more diverse? Should we just accept that in less than ten years time, we can't buy games in a store anymore?
Do you have similiar concerns? Are you at all emotional about your physical video game collection and fear how it will be in the future when you can't expand it anymore? Or am I just getting old and grumpy here?
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