Thread: Why have digital downloads not become standard on xbox and ps3 then
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Old 03-13-2009, 05:16 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Xero View Post
The problem with that is that eventually games REQUIRE you to put at least part of it on your hard drive anyway (yeah, I'm looking at you, PS3). So it sort of defeats the purpose of the physical media in the first place.

I thought that was the most ridiculous thing I heard when I first heard about it, and I still think it's stupid. If your main media source can't handle the output either tone it the fuck down or use faster media, don't use this middle-ground which only creates problems in the long run.

Yeah, it's mainly PS3's stupid architetcure that forces things like that though.

http://kotaku.com/5160621/midway-dev...ain-in-the-ass

That should explain it nicely.
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