Sony announces New "Pre buy and load" game service

they did this with sf3:3rd strike except you had to dl it on the day it released instead of when you preorder it. i like this idea better though.

Oh hell. Sony already starting the Next Gen.

I never understood digital games. Why download the game for the same price as the real physical copy with a case and booklet that you can trade in and make money from it when you get bored? Makes zero sense.

!! MICROSOFT IF THEY DONT DO THIS!!!!!![pic]

this is a huge win for ps3 IMO

Eh, some people like the conveniece, I know I prefer digital at launch so I can just switch games through the XMB, rather than get up and switch out discs.

lmao@ people that are willing to lose 100% value of a game they buy for the convenience of not having to get up and walk three feet to their console and lose five seconds of their life changing a disc.[pic]

how are u losing 100% value??

I swear most of yall dont kno wtf ur talking bout

if I buy a game retail and my game gets stolen,I lose it or it breaks I would have to go out and rebuy it for the same damn price

where as ANYTHING U buy digitally can be redownloaded @ anytime as much times as u want.
Want to avoid redownloading it for future references? fine just copy it to ur flashdrive and make a backup on ur pc[pic]

and if u kno how to cheat the system like me buying anything digitally is like buying 2 for the price of 1

for example I have my own xbox and my little 13 y/o cuzin that lives next door from me has one I bought for him
every game/dlc I buy from the marketplace I purchase from MY gt on HIS xbox that way the digital license is on his xbox so he can play whatever was purchased on his xbox without having to be signed in with my gt (even works with season passes)
And I can play it on my xbox as long as im signed in with my gt which I am 100% of the time anyway

the best part is we can both be online playing the same game/dlc @ the same damn time that I purchased digitally and even if he got a new console I could easily do a license transfer which only takes 2 seconds

he never ever has to worry about buying a game/dlc for his 360

but if we both wanted to play a retail game @ the same time we would both have to have 2 different copies[pic]

how are u losing 100% value??

I swear most of yall dont kno wtf ur talking bout

if I buy a game retail and my game gets stolen,I lose it or it breaks I would have to go out and rebuy it for the same damn price

In all honesty how often does this actually happen to you ? and if you live somewhere this is a common thing you may want to consider saving the money your spending on games and move up a bit.

where as ANYTHING U buy digitally can be redownloaded @ anytime as much times as u want.
Want to avoid redownloading it for future references? fine just copy it to ur flashdrive and make a backup on ur pc[pic]

This is not an option when your internet is down, or your low on hdd space, or the network is down, or you have a bandwidth cap which happens more and more often.

and if u kno how to cheat the system like me buying anything digitally is like buying 2 for the price of 1

for example I have my own xbox and my little 13 y/o cuzin that lives next door from me has one I bought for him
every game/dlc I buy from the marketplace I purchase from MY gt on HIS xbox that way the digital license is on his xbox so he can play whatever was purchased on his xbox without having to be signed in with my gt (even works with season passes)
And I can play it on my xbox as long as im signed in with my gt which I am 100% of the time anyway

the best part is we can both be online playing the same game/dlc @ the same damn time that I purchased digitally and even if he got a new console I could easily do a license transfer which only takes 2 seconds

he never ever has to worry about buying a game/dlc for his 360

Sony changed how this setup worked in one of the most recent terms of service and you can be god damn sure its going to be modified again for both ms and sony. I own 4 ps3's and I used to do the same thing with my kids and digital games. trust me all good things do come to and end.

but if we both wanted to play a retail game @ the same time we would both have to have 2 different copies[pic]

In all honesty how often does this actually happen to you ? and if you live somewhere this is a common thing you may want to consider saving the money your spending on games and move up a bit.

Sony changed how this setup worked in one of the most recent terms of service and you can be god damn sure its going to be modified again for both ms and sony. I own 4 ps3's and I used to do the same thing with my kids and digital games. trust me all good things do come to and end.

This is not an option when your internet is down, or your low on hdd space, or the network is down, or you have a bandwidth cap which happens more and more often.