It's happening, before our very eyes. But there's hope yet:
"A lot of publishers are viewing digital distribution as the thing that is going to save PC," [Stardock CEO Brad Wardell] told Gamasutra during a recent interview.
The retail market for PC games is undoubtedly shrinking, as NPD sales figures reflect. "You can't get a lot of retail space on the PC," Wardell said.
But as that number declines, digital distribution figures are on the rise, and fast. Right now, Wardell roughly estimates PC digital distribution as about 25 percent of the total PC game market -- but based on its current growth, he expects that to double within a year or two.
Earlier this year, IGN reported Valve saw 97 percent year-over-year growth in its Steam revenues, while fellow digital distribution service Direct2Drive saw a 56 percent increase.
Just wait ...
ReplyDeleteJust keep waiting ...
yep, there it goes ...
All your choices are gone.
You can search and search thru Google and still only find 2 sources for games online, both require a subscription (What's that nasty word) to be a member of their exclusive digital distribution group, and you pay and you pay and you pay and you pay ... hmmmmm
The more Google Gobbles... the more Steam groups are formed, the more I want to just go take a big shit.
Hopefully, I shit the bed before it gets too bad. We're leaving our kids with nothing, no fun to look forward to. It's all heading in the same direction ... goddamn aliens.
Look what they've done.