Consumer experience can give digital distribution edge

***Darksaviour69*** · September 10th, 2009, 18:20

Originally Posted by osgeld

and when xbox 720 comes out?

I can still use my gold account on the original xbox if I want, and use my halo 2 maps that I download/ bought all that time ago.

But really both digital and physical discs have there pros an cons

**osgeld** · September 10th, 2009, 18:22

lol, maybe

what happens if your xbox goes belly up, can you still download those maps you purchased?

where as I still have cd's that my dad purchased back in 1986 or so, I still have lots of old apple // and pc games on floppy

***Darksaviour69*** · September 10th, 2009, 18:48

Originally Posted by osgeld

what happens if your xbox goes belly up, can you still download those maps you purchased?
y

I have had my download games on 4 xboxs now, Some times I just put my account on a memory card (you can recover an account on a different xbox but that take about 15/20mins and it means you will have to do it again when you get back to your own xbox) and i can download any of my xbla games and play them at his house (I wanted to show off REZ HD).

This is how it works, the game is linked to you account and your original xbox it was downloaded on (so that is works when your offline) it also means that other user accounts can play the games on that xbox. You can redownload them on a different xbox, but if you are offline, you can only play them as demos/trials. But you can transfer a game officially to a new xbox but you can only do that once a year . The guide to that is here:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/sy...on/default.htm

So it nice to have access to my games from different xboxs, if I want to, but I can't really lend my XBLA games to friends

**osgeld** · September 10th, 2009, 20:40

well that really does sound A lot more convenient than driving 5 min down the road and getting a copy that you can play anywhere you please

without drm, account management, required internet access, logins and a freaking subscription just to show your buddy a game

next were going to need an rfid chip implant so the controllers can confirm that your the owner and not letting someone else play

***Darksaviour69*** · September 10th, 2009, 21:58

Not everyone can drive, and for the average jo its never 5 mins, 30mins more like and when you get there its sold out (ok rarely), or they don't have it if its an old game (I have been looking for assassins creed for a few months and all the game shops i have visited in that time don't have it). But the 2 big advantages for me I have 20+ xbla games and bringing them round to a mates house each time if they were retail copies would be a pain. Also you don't have to worry about scratched discs, or misplacing your games.

I not saying you don't have a point (bar subscription, because you don't need a subscription), I'm just saying there is different pros and cons for each

**symbal** · September 11th, 2009, 18:51

Everyone can talk about pro's and cons untill their teeth go blue.. but apart from the size of the machine digital only is a step backwards for consumers, i mean the original Psp's have both formats so i can choose what to do with games when i'm finished playing, so i will wait until Psp go is hacked and if i want i will buy the umd's and just download the iso's with no feeling of guilt.