Rightest guy ever

[Dharkbayne]

If you don't agree with him, you suck.

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/535/535505p1.html

[JetRaiden]

my god....he's right.

[Infernus]

Um... I missed it, what was his rant directed at?

[firecrackerNC]

Eh I could care les about dling from a website.

[Dharkbayne]

Think, never having to wait days if your order it online, or have to go to the store only to find out it's out of stock. NEVER HAVING A GAME OUT OF STOCK!

[Infernus]

Think, never having to wait days if your order it online, or have to go to the store only to find out it's out of stock. NEVER HAVING A GAME OUT OF STOCK!

O that... yea what would be cool!

[firecrackerNC]

Yeah but the dl would be hours and I hate having those long of dls.You can play games cause it slows the dl done alot and then theres nothing to do.At night my mom uses the comp so I cant do it while im sleeping.Eh im happy going to a store and buying it

[UncleDynamite]

Well, he's right, but I don't really see the controversy if there's supposed to be any.

[Lartnev]

This is why I buy online :rolleyes:

And it would be quicker waiting one day for delivery than having to download the sob.

[Dharkbayne]

This is why I buy online :rolleyes:

And it would be quicker waiting one day for delivery than having to download the sob.


Not for me. 3.0 mbs for the win.

[Infernus]

Not for me. 3.0 mbs for the win.

Indeed

[TheN00b]

Indeed

Yep. This would also cut the huge cost of shipping to stores from warehouses for publishers. So I can't see why the hell they don't do it.

[ViperGTS]

Yep. This would also cut the huge cost of shipping to stores from warehouses for publishers. So I can't see why the hell they don't do it.
Hrrrmmmm...
What aboout us 56ks(me...bugger...)
How cant dl those files...it wouls take forever....

[Dharkbayne]

Get cable.

[I Hate Pants]

what about people who don't like the idea of putting thier credit card number online?

[Dharkbayne]

I doubt they'd *completely remove* the games from stores.

[Derfud]

I bet they could get rid of alot of piracy if they do that. Lets face it, gamers are lazy, I myself have downloaded games because I didnt want to bother biking to the store, or waiting until the weekend to get a ride from my parents to EB. They make it easy to pay, and install, and its direct business right there. I Remember that savage did that, they let you download the game right for the site, and they e-mailed you the CD-key.

[Infernus]

There would be a lot of issues for a lot of people... some people don't like using their credit cards online, others can not get hi-speed connections due to money or where they live or parents that just don't care what connection speed their children have (I'm lucky I have cable...) ...There'd be problems...

[Dharkbayne]

Then they buy it from the store, :S

[ChewyLSB]

They could just offer the service, and then for people who don't want to have their credit card number online, could simply go to the store and buy it. It's really a great idea.

[Infernus]

I'm all for it, it would be great for my lazy ass... I'm just bringing up a few of the negatives...

Chewy... your sig... they aren't going to release the original cuts on DVD? I thought that was the original plan... :(

[ChewyLSB]

Nope, they're releasing the Original Trilogy with lots of modifications to it that don't make any sense.

[SDM]

what about people who don't like the idea of putting thier credit card number online?
Go back to 1979 and stare at a Farrah Fawcett poster or something.

[UncleDynamite]

Go back to 1979 and stare at a Farrah Fawcett poster or something.

OMGJUHVAFETT! Thanks for the idea!

[oddfish]

Go back to 1979 and stare at a Farrah Fawcett poster or something.


NIPPLES OMFGH4X REPAIR OUR VEHICLE FACILITIES!!!111111one

[Everay]

while its a fine idea and all, but it would also screw over the person that DLed it, say if they had to format, or their HDD went kaput. how would they go about redownloading it if they needed to? and how would the company make sure that this is the same guy downloading the game, and not his friend?

[OfaLoaf]

Pay per download?

[Everay]

who would want to pay 50 bucks twice? ergo its smarter to get it at the store because you have it permanetly, of course, that is if you forget the ability for said disks to be scratched, broken, or in general, unusable.

[Dharkbayne]

Simple, you make an account on their site, and it keeps a record of your purchases, and you can download them again if you need to.

[ChewyLSB]

I think what Everay is saying is, why can't a guy just buy the game online and download it, and then get someone else to sign in with their account, and download it to their PC as well?

[Everay]

and the ability for one person to share said account with friends? how would they prevent that?

[OfaLoaf]

and the ability for one person to share said account with friends? how would they prevent that?
What's wrong with that?

[Everay]

ummm, they didnt buy the game, and yet they get to play it fully, and also take up said companies bandwith, i dont think that would sit well with said company.

[OfaLoaf]

ummm, they didnt buy the game, and yet they get to play it fully, and also take up said companies bandwith, i dont think that would sit well with said company.
Nononono, I understand now... it's pay per download. The first guy (guy 1) would have to either:
[a] let his friend (Guy 2) d/l it and pay for it himself.
[b] charge Guy 2 for the download.

If Guy 1 didn't think he'd have to pay for it, yet shared his account and so got billed, Guy 1 is foolish.

[Jaged]

The only way it would work is if you could download it as many times as you want when you pay for it once. That would serve the purpose of the CD, say if your computer crashes and you loose your hard drive data or something. People want to know that they can get the game they already payed for again for free. They could use the thing that the guy in the article mentioned. Have the game check the account key on the server to make sure that it is a legit user. That would keep people from sharing accounts.

[Kaltagesta]

No one has thought about the obvious? They send you however many .iso's and you burn them yourself?

[Jaged]

Now that is a good idea. They could only let you download it once but strongly suggest you burn yourself a copy for backup.

[Dharkbayne]

What's to stop people from sharing a CD they bought from a store? Downloading is no different.

[EineBeBoP]

Get cable.

Isnt bush trying to get cable into every house in america

.... yeah it made me laugh too, but its the thought that count--- errr