With it’s new Xbox Live updated, Microsoft is getting closer to sell games via direct download. Not only community and Xbox1 games, but also Xbox 360 ones. For sure the first line-up won’t be amazing as the titles are from 2007 or so, just to keep retailers asleep.
But in case of success, gaming will jump into the direct download model, that’s a fact. Dematerialized games distribution seems so evident that we should think for just only one good reason why this wouldn’t be mainstream anytime soon ? Why would you need or want to get out and pick your gaming disk when you can download the game, and eventually pay less ?
Does it means the end of physical game retailers ? Of course, someone has to sell the consoles (which at this point can’t be downloaded :-) ). But hey, any corner store can do that. So will the customer still be in need of dedicated distributors to feed him ?
World is changing my friend, and the mobile one as shown us that we like download (AppStore to name one). If you earn a living by reselling games, please wake-up and get yourself a real job ! ;-)
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