51b4fb No.16765542
What the fuck is this shit? They're now making mini-boxes just for the fucking download codes?!
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23ab82 No.16765544
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51b4fb No.16765550
>>16765544
This wasn't GameStop, Best Buy.
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23ab82 No.16765553
>>16765550
my second guess was target
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15fdc6 No.16765588
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6fb66c No.16765592
>>16765542
This started years ago with PC games.
I'm just surprised it hasn't happened sooner for consoles.
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473127 No.16765594
Not gonna lie, that's pretty cute.
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473127 No.16765595
>>16765588
now this is lol
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87ad2b No.16765600
>>16765550
>not going to B&H
bad goy
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879a5f No.16765607
>>16765542
The box says "Full Game" at the top, but when you open it, it's neither full, nor a game.
There's something here about the human condition, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
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0de448 No.16765640
I obviously don't like that they are just selling codes, but I DO like that they are using a different box for that shit. At least it's obvious at a glance.
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2dc58e No.16765724
>>16765640
My issue is the waste of plastic for a case just containing a code that can fit onto something the size of a gift card or receipt. Unless the box is merely a display item. Then a person just brings it up to the desk, does the transaction and gets the download code on a slip of paper/card/receipt.
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0de448 No.16765750
>>16765724
They need something big enough to bring home. I don't know about you but I've lost about a million receipts.
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d0c3fa No.16765793
>>16765607
I find it hilarious how they find a need to clarify it's the FULL GAME as opposed to half the game or just the tutorial. It's false advertising though, and I'm considering taking Bitchford to court for it, because I guarantee you it won't include the future paid DLC with it, which means it aint the full game.
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85065a No.16766006
>>16765542
what an entitled little goy you are
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ff7dde No.16766020
>>16765542
They have to pay store rental, I guess. Keep the old machine running.
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5bc5c9 No.16766032
What's the point of wasting plastic on an empty case in the first place? They should just print the codes on paperboard.
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ff7dde No.16766039
>>16766032
Lack of physicality would evidence the obsolescence of the store. They need to sell something solid or people will just go online. They're desperate.
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176f5e No.16766040
If that's what it takes for the dog to bite.
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4c0266 No.16766041
>>16766039
>>16766040
There's a few idiots that like the placebo of having it as well.
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d8c81e No.16766061
The absolute fucking state of physical media.
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b270e8 No.16766753
>>16765542
Anon, you can't expect a tiny indie company like 2K Games to be able to afford to print discs to go inside of those boxes. It might make sense when you say it out loud, seeing as the discs are the cheapest part of the box, but for such a tiny company that has no big-name IPs and has never released a hit, they had to cut costs somewhere. And their board of directors determined that cost-cutting measure would effect only a minor part of selling games - actually playing the game.
For real though, they did it because they want to reduce second-hand copies and rentals. They successfully made their own game so hard to buy/play that most people didn't even realize it launched up to a month after it did. I'm glad they're as inept as they are, because I didn't want another two-three years of hearing about Borderlands again.
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3a8e00 No.16766766
>>16766041
If the faggots didnt get their little plastic cases then their whole room would be empty and they would realize they own nothing
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009e7b No.16766916
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eb6949 No.16766957
What a way to totally misread the market. These aren't going to please anybody, since digital-fags don't care about boxes and manuals, and physical-fags aren't getting the disk. Even collector-fags and people who just want something to display on the shelf aren't going to be happy since they're an abberant form and look like hell in a mixed collection. Kind of like how they completely fuck up the spines of "Greatests Hits" titles as a penalty and mark of shame for waiting until budget pricing.
The only way these little mini-boxes make any sense to me is either as a Holiday/Birthday gift (since it's lame to give someone a receipt with a code on it or similar intangible)… or if they're ornamentals for a mini-console like the Sega Genesis and NES mini.
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3f4002 No.16766996
>>16765550
Bestbuy also gives out mini steelbooks for download codes as well. It's kind of sad.
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b5ca6a No.16767002
>>16765542
Because niggers steal shit. It's a shoplifting prevention measure.
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ccb810 No.16767030
>>16765542
Yeah, and most of the time there's no real media available. If you have a rather negroid internet connection you may wait a week for every fucking game to download. And of course you aren't going to launch any game that came out more recently than 5 years without internet access.
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7fec8a No.16767055
>>16766006
>no game
Do you mean "no GOOD game"?
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6b293d No.16767102
>>16766006
>NO GAME
I think the ps5 might actually have no games. What a world we live in.
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eab76d No.16767105
>>16765542
They been doing this for years now. A couple years ago I remember buying a "physical" copy of a game off of amazon, it ended up being an empty case with a piece of paper inside that directed me to a website to put in a code to download. Shit is enraging.
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96708d No.16767110
>increasing manufacturing waste to recreate the feeling of having physical products
>They got even more retarded with the pretending you don't own your shit bullshit
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96708d No.16767122
>>16766766
>enabling eula faggotry and you don't own nothing goyim bullshit
Get out
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85065a No.16767170
>>16767055
You know about the 100+ $ collectors editions that don't even have the games in them? It's something like this, but you only get the plastic box and paper cover.
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7fec8a No.16767241
>>16767170
>100+ $ collectors editions that don't even have the games in them
I've seen it only once, and it was Asscreed Wewuz. I'm still shocked about it. I sthis shit even legal? It shouldn't be.
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3edde2 No.16767459
>>16765542
I bet these are super easy to steal, hopefully the code doesn't activate until the cashier rings it up.
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495b99 No.16767623
>>16767459
But why bother going to a shop and physically stealing the code when you can just torrent the game?
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ff7dde No.16767631
>>16767623
>>16767459
If the code is logged on a per unit basis, any activation will lead to the IP address.
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987259 No.16767710
>>16767002
>Make the cases smaller and easier to conceal
The real measure is to lock the cases up and require them to be activated before you can use the code. But if they don't do either, it won't stop niggers from stealing. Especially since many states are increasing the limit for a misdemeanor so you can steal double the items before the cops can even do anything.
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e24695 No.16767753
>>16767710
Geez Tyrone, why do you get to steal two items?
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b96a99 No.16767787
>>16766766
>>16766753
This shit is exactly why I switched to gog
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164ff2 No.16767799
From the perspective of brick-and-mortar retailers
PROBLEM
Digital Distribution of Video Games is Set to Replace Brick-And-Mortar Distribution
Digital Video Game distribution is growing into the de-facto only way to obtain Video Games. There are several factors to this including:
>Increased Profit Margins for Video Game Publishers
<Video Games are sold to consumers at the same price point regardless of if they are digital or brick-and-mortar sales. Video Game Publishers can expect higher profit margins by cutting out brick-and-mortar middle-men
>Greater Control of Price Point
<Manufactures often provide a recommended price point to retailers, but retailers are not required to stick to it. A brick-and-mortar retailer may be inclined to lower the price point on a video game software they over ordered. This could threaten the well established fixed price point of video games and nobody wants that! This fact combined with the prior point creates risk for video game publishers
>Digital Theft is Becoming Harder then Physical Theft
<Theft is a common occurrence at brick-and-mortar retailers, so much so that most retailers factor it into their budgets under categories like "shrink". To make matters worse, the key portion of common anti-theft devices can be legally purchased online by potential thieves. Video game consoles however, are proving to be harder to crack by and large not the switch though, but piracy doesn't negatively impact sales as can be seen with the success of the Switch and the failure of the Wii U.
>Stolen Discs Are A Lost Sale
<Video Game publishers take a real risk when distributions their products phonically as there is no way for them to deactivate a psychical object that has not been paid for, by switching to digital distribution
>??? shit I don't have the time to write out sorry
SOLUTION
Sell small download codes that are not activated until after the point of sale not unlike giftcards
PROBLEM
Consumers do not see download codes are valuables unlike gift cards
However, customers are very much willing to purchase special editions that include special packaging and exclusive additional physical material
SOLUTION
Put the codes in exclusive packaging!
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7dec06 No.16767804
I remember when the game section used to have mountains of old rts games and other 12cm x 12cm size computer game cases, all for 4.99-9.99. I still haven't gotten used to not seeing zoo tycoon, stronghold, age of empires, or any of the sims games on sale.
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009e7b No.16767913
>>16767804
>I still haven't gotten used to not seeing zoo tycoon, stronghold, age of empires, or any of the sims games on sale.
Visit a fucking thrift store.
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96708d No.16767927
>>16767804
>Saw sims complete collection at the store one time ~3 years ago
>EA actually bothered to run a reprint of it
>They only reprinted it so the new disks wouldn't work with existing cracks and nodisc patches
>They actually baked origin into the sims 1 and now it's a gamble if the one you're buying is origin pozzed or not
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b3b825 No.16767936
>>16767110
>Be retarded consumer
>Buy Fortnite at Walmart
>They buy it thinking it's required for the game
>Instead, it's just skins and some fake money for the game
>Would you like to purchase the extended warranty for this game for $10? Y/N
>Inside is just a fucking scratch card with a code on it
There are people who do this.
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c9d830 No.16767947
>>16767936
Is that actually real
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b3b825 No.16767950
>>16767947
>>16767947
Yes, t. Walmart employee
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af5820 No.16767969
>>16767936
>Would you like to purchase the extended warranty for this game for $10? Y/N
Gee, I wonder what it's covering
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148dbb No.16768176
>>16766957
I assume people who buy discs want to be able to fucking sell or trade their games later and not get cucked by paying full price for a code that is permanently bound to your account.
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c9d830 No.16768203
>>16768176
Oy vey trading would mean we might not make money off every single person who wants the game goyim
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8eef43 No.16768343
>>16768176
>I assume people who buy discs want to be able to fucking sell or trade their games later
This is true for me at least. If a game sucks I can still make some money back. With digital downloads you pay full price for something that you can never get rid of.
I remember when digital distribution was starting to appear people were saying how the cost savings could be passed down to the consumer. I wonder if those people were just naive or paid shills. Either way, prices are exactly the same as retail and you own nothing, goy.
There is zero point in buying games anymore. Physical is now just a code in a box, and if you are lucky, then the disc contains at least half of the data files, so you only have to download half the game. Even if a game is promised to be DRM-free like Witcher 3, you still have to register with GOG and make your copy worthless in order to get patches.
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164ff2 No.16768386
>>16768343
On Friday Target was selling KH3 for 15 dollars, which is the price point that the game is actually worth.
I didn't check the prices of the games on the digital marketplace on Friday, but I doubt they went that low.
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911680 No.16768396
>>16767002
>It's a shoplifting prevention measure.
ban niggers
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78428b No.16768412
>>16767950
>>16767936
do you purposefully ask for the warranty for lulz, or is it just what you have to do all the time or a bit of both
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ff7dde No.16768417
>>16767936
>Warranty for Fortnite
How does that work?
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eb6949 No.16768492
>>16768176
>I assume people who buy discs want to be able to fucking sell or trade their games later
In some cases, maybe, I don't give a shit about resale value. I don't really care about collecting either. I just want to have the option, while it still exists, to put that disk into any compatible hardware device, and play the game. We haven't even seen a major digital storefront fail, but I've seen enough smaller digital storefronts close and enough larger businesses (in general) go from being market leader to the venture capitalist butcher shop within a matter of a few years to know that your entire digital library is only a hairs breadth from being invalidated at any moment. And that's not even counting someone stealing your account, verification failures on the distributor's end, and being banned for some shit you said a decade ago which is no longer kosher but is still in the archives.
It's only a matter of time before Sony or Microsoft succeed in pushing account locked physical media - but for the moment, it's last real bastion of consumer rights.
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57c2e0 No.16768500
>>16765542
The perspective is fucking with me so hard, it looks like a really big box next to a normal one
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a2f56e No.16768546
>>16765793
Download codes are not a FULL GAME either. Try buying that and playing it on something that isn't connected to the internet and see how much of a game you get.
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42894d No.16768576
>>16768412
>>16768417
Extended warranty through vendors are effectively gambling. Since they often don't cover ADH (accidental damage and handling) youre basically hedging your bet that something will break. If you're buying an $800 tv it might make sense to do it, but since planned obsolecence is a thing, I probably still wouldnt.
Thus, many companies treat it as a revenue stream and we're prompted to ask for it on every valid item, but everyone says no so I just default to skipping it. Fortnite doesn't have a disc so I have no idea what it would cover. Switch games are also somewhat durable, being a cartridge
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ff7dde No.16768601
>>16768576
Oh I get it, but
>Warranty for Fortnite
???
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0f92da No.16768616
>Go to a thrift store
>See a physical PC copy of CoD: MW2 selling for a $1
>Decide to buy it to see why it was the "biggest" game last gen
>Throw it into the disk drive
>Start installing
>Steam installation pops up
>Look at back of the box
<Internet Connection Required
<…You must activate this product via the internet by registering for a Steam account…
>Copyright 2009
Well, I guess Star Trek D•A•C will be happy to know that it won't be the only disc to be used as a coaster.
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8eef43 No.16768670
>>16768386
I meant the default price, not special offers when shops are trying to get rid of old stock to make room.
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c4083e No.16768672
>>16767913
That isn't what I'm talking about and you know it.
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96708d No.16768833
>>16767799
Really the issue is more that, obvious pretending ownership and rights don't real, digital is frankly a superior means of distribution. Not to say that physical archival shouldn't exist If you don't have your GOG library backed up to disks or at the very least an external drive of some kind you're a fucking IDIOT.
Physical Copies are only really superior in so far that theoretically it's harder for a publisher to violate your rights of ownership.
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75c87a No.16770300
They have been trying to kill physical games for a while now.
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3d08cc No.16770484
This has been the absolute state of PC gaming for years, and I'm sorry that you console gamers have to deal with it too. There's absolutely no fucking excuse for it. If this is all that gamestores do now they should just quietly close down instead of sell glorified Christmas tree ornaments.
I remember buying Portal in the usual big plastic box, then getting home to find that the thing rattling around inside it was a slip of paperboard with a download key. On our shit-tier broadband it would take days to download, plus installing Steam, AND THERE WAS NO GAME MANUAL. 3-for-the-price-of-one bullshit! I was absolutely fucking LIVID at how I'd been deceived and ended up pirating it from my school's network.
And it's only got worse from there - recently I walked into a game store to see about a Switch and my heart just sank because every single title was like this, PC and console. The gaming industry has literally regressed 30 years because back when an AAA game cost $40-60 you got a manual and your install disks guaranteed, probably an extra hint booklet or quick-key combo, and if you were realy lucky a booklet with backstory or a mini-novel. High Seas Trader came with the former that doubled as a legit history lesson, Elite came with the latter called "The Dark Wheel".
Now you get…a string of gibberish that gives you permission to download a copy of a game your 'ownership' is dependant on someone else's servers and permission.
What a joke.
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775aea No.16770504
>>16770484
Shouldn't the yuropoors be able to sue the shit out of them?
>store pretends to sell you a game
<it's just a piece of paper with a loicense to rent a copy indefinitely
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1c14e2 No.16770573
>>16766006
You laugh, but Best Buy has been selling empty steelboxes. Last couple of times I went there, they were selling a mini steelbox for that Monster Hunter expansion. Recently they sold a steelbox for Shenmue 3.
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0fd3dd No.16770602
>>16770504
Last time I bought a physical game for PC was in 2015. I naively asked if the box included the actual game disk. They told me yes. It had a disk and it was just for installing steam.
I am yuropoor, by the way.
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ff7dde No.16770615
>>16770573
I don't suppose there's even some printed card inside or anything?
>>16770602
>Steam installation disk.
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24dec9 No.16770621
>>16770602
Was it Metal Gear Solid V?
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1c14e2 No.16770637
>>16770615
Empty. I thought the Monster Hunter was going to have a code, but nope. E M P T Y. I think they were like $20 US.
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3f6155 No.16770661
>>16770615
>>Steam installation disk.
See this post: >>16768616
>>16770484
>The gaming industry has literally regressed 30 years because back when an AAA game cost $40-60 you got a manual and your install disks guaranteed, probably an extra hint booklet or quick-key combo, and if you were realy lucky a booklet with backstory or a mini-novel.
GTA4 on PC comes with a thick manual a poster/map, and a quick guide. But that is COMPLETELY leaving out the fact that the game has 20 different layers of DRM installed. First, you have the release date check (Which is broken and requires and an official offline patch). THEN, you have the Rockstar Social Club (Now defunct and removed with official patches). THEN, you have SecureROM. And, THEN, you have GFWL.
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486608 No.16770906
>>16770661
At least GOG makes it very clear and accessible if a game has extra stuff attached to it.
Falcon 4.0 comes with pdfs on real dogfighting tactics.
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8eef43 No.16771463
Gamers are a pathetic bunch. All it would have taken to stop digital distribution was to hold back on buying Half Life 2 for a few months. If within a couple months Valve was unable to force Steam down people's throats and started bleeding money they would have dropped Steam like a hot potato. But no, they had to get the latest shiny toy right now. Those are the same people who buy gamer fuel and RGB shit. Gaming would be better off dead than being this disgrace.
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8eef43 No.16771465
>>16771463
Sorry, 8kun ate half of my post. Here is the complete thing:
>>16770484
>I remember buying Portal in the usual big plastic box, then getting home to find that the thing rattling around inside it was a slip of paperboard with a download key. On our shit-tier broadband it would take days to download, plus installing Steam, AND THERE WAS NO GAME MANUAL. 3-for-the-price-of-one bullshit! I was absolutely fucking LIVID at how I'd been deceived and ended up pirating it from my school's network.
How old were you back then? If you were just a dumb kid you are excused. I remember being a teenager when I first heard about games requiring Steam and I thought it was a complete rip-off, I have been hating Valve ever since.
Gamers are a pathetic bunch. All it would have taken to stop digital distribution was to hold back on buying Half Life 2 for a few months. If within a couple months Valve was unable to force Steam down people's throats and started bleeding money they would have dropped Steam like a hot potato. But no, they had to get the latest shiny toy right now. Those are the same people who buy gamer fuel and RGB shit. Gaming would be better off dead than being this disgrace.
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ff7dde No.16771546
>>16771465
Digital distribution isn't an intrinsic evil. It's convenient in a number of ways and allows more people to publish games. Selling code boxes is ridiculous, though.
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8eef43 No.16771577
>>16771472
I meant the RGB blinking lights you see on gamer accessories. I actually have a glowing keyboard (except mine has a somewhat modest design instead of looking like a Transformer had an abortion) because it's impossible to get a mechanical keyboard for a decent price that's not gamer shit. The only sensible use for the LEDs is as a for typing in the dark when all the LEDs are turned to the same color at the lowest intensity. And even that is useless for me since I can touch-type.
>>16771546
Agreed (as long as it's at the very least DRM-free), there are games which would never get released otherwise. But even before digital distribution there was indie-gaming, through shareware and mail order, so it's not impossible. But there is absolutely no reason why a big-budget company selling a brand-new game should use digital distribution.
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ff7dde No.16771581
>>16771577
>But there is absolutely no reason why a big-budget company selling a brand-new game should use digital distribution.
Well, there's plenty of reasons. Physical logistics and material costs are two of them. Reaching a global audience easier is another.
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8eef43 No.16771588
>>16771581
*use digital distribution exclusively
There, are you happy now? And just to make sure for the next anon:
*no reason other than jewry
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9bdc30 No.16771593
>>16771588
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3d08cc No.16771604
>>16770661
FFS, all that for one game?! Good grief. I don't have enough words to describe how needlessly stupid that is.
.>>16771465
Yes I was a dumb kid back then, had never heard of a disc-less box. Both me and my parents thought it was a ripoff.
>>16771463
XD That's hilarious!
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1b3967 No.16771610
>>16771577
>because it's impossible to get a mechanical keyboard for a decent price that's not gamer shit.
You just have to look around a little. The best place to find a cheap (or free) mechanical keyboard these days is in garages and attics. I'm using an old Mitsubishi Electric 6511-UP that I dug up out of a box of miscellaneous computer junk. It's beige, it's filled with mystery dust that falls out if I turn it upside-down, it's PS/2 instead of USB, the keys go clack clack clack, and it has a volume knob and a button that says "WWW". It's great.
>>16771604
I don't know where you came from but you need to go back.
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ff7dde No.16771673
>>16771588
Indeed. Even from a greed perspective, selling some collector box with physical nonsense pays off, so full digital isn't intelligent.
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eb6949 No.16771753
>>16770615
>I don't suppose there's even some printed card inside or anything?
You're probably not even going to get a printed card in a few years. You'll have to go on WalMart's website and link your Steam/Microsoft/Sony account and when you bring the box to the counter - they'll just take it from you, credit your account for digital access, and then put the box back on the shelf.
Well, not them - you'll have to scan the box and then walk it back to the display shelf yourself since cashier is a dying job. The only "employee" on duty is a police/security officer watching over your transaction making sure you don't do anything funny.
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1c708e No.16771759
>>16771753
Checkout will never die, people need their hands held.
t. Worked at a walmart.
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765bc0 No.16772158
>>16771753
>and then walk it back to the display shelf yourself
Customers will never do that. They'll just leave it at the checkout and wander off.
t. experienced retail slave
>>16771759
I miss the early years when self-checkouts were still a new thing. You could just scan your stuff, pay, and go - simple as that. Now there's always a person stationed by the checkouts ready to wrangle the tards, and when they don't have anything to do they just stand there and greet every single customer that walks past them, completely defeating the point of a self-checkout.
IF I WANTED TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND MAKE EYE CONTACT I WOULD USE THE REGULAR CHECKOUT FUCK OFFFFFFFFFFF
Anyway, physical stores are going to go the way of the dodo sooner or later anyway. The future is going to be home delivery, because then they only need to pay for the warehouses (which they already have) and the warehouse staff (which they already have) and the delivery drivers. As soon as self-driving car technology becomes viable and mainstream, they'll find a way to get rid of the delivery drivers too. Maybe put all the deliveries in individual lockers, and when the truck arrives at the customer's house, the locker with their delivery unlocks? Who knows.
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c248d3 No.16772726
>>16772158
I cannot wait until we get rid of all jobs then we can being replacing the customers with robots too
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42894d No.16772757
>>16772726
Supposedly our stores will have a robot to patrol the aisles and scan the outs so we know what to restock. Our onhand counts have been fucked for two years since we dissolved departments and went to the One Best Way system
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c248d3 No.16772766
>>16772757
Only for two years? Seems like for years now websites will say an item is stock at the store and when I go there they are out. I don't shop at walmart though
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000000 No.16772773
>bought borderlands 2 at local thrift store years ago because it was like $3 and I heard good things about it
>go to install it
<please enter activation code :^)
>the steam code included is already used by whoever owned it first
>goyderlands 2 has been sitting on my self for years now never been played
this was before I heard about how awful the series was so maybe it was for the best
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e24c08 No.16774876
>>16770573
Best Buy regularly sells their pre-order/early purchase bonuses on their own after a game is out. They sold P4G pre-order Vita skins for several years.
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e0ba12 No.16776571
Return over a week later, and there's more.
<The Naruto and Rage boxes are regular size.
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48fead No.16777196
The hugest thing I have noticed is not only have game companies in the West become more lazy with Diversity hires and microtransactions. They are very very much interested in trying to steal from the consumer and making profits with Digital and trying these schemes of using a card or a digital download with pre order incentives that unlock one hour before launch time. Sad part is once the server shuts down like for PS5 it's going to be hard to have these games in your library for future consoles and I highly doubt various companies want you to retain it but keep rebuying it over and over again just like for your retro games libraries. This is why I still support piracy and emulation. Games have been getting piss poor and lazy yet we still pay 60$ for the product and then pay DLC. Especially on Consoles.
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d872c7 No.16777214
>Games used to have a huge disclaimer on the front letting you know if it needed to partially/fully download a game from the internet
>Now it's relegated to some tiny text on the back saying it MAY require an internet connection to install
Everytime someone asks if they need the internet to install a game on their console I have to look that shit up. Also
>Store has game disk and download code purchase options
>They're both $59.98
>>16772757
> went to the One Best Way system
Hey guess what? Better Workplace or whatever its called is coming out soon and we're changing how the entire store is run again if you haven't gotten the changes yet.
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43c2b4 No.16777217
>>16765542
Is the shame of having an xbone so much that they must make the boxes smaller so your visitors can't see them?
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48fead No.16777224
>>16777214
>>16772757
>>16772726
I have seen this becoming more common. You use to have a cashier and a bagger. You even had a team of 4 in a Pizza place. Now they downsize and copy Walmart with it's really awful policies. Which is essentially use less Cashier's especially on busy times and have self checkout Lanes open. Not only is the cashier in charge of bagging, electronics, and warranty but they also have to do groceries on top of it. They have to be highly productive and it is highly stressful. Even in Pizza places it's 2 or even 1 person answering phones, making pizza etc that is multiple orders deep. Keep in mind these are in places that are not California that have huge minimum wage increases. I can only imagine things getting worse because everyone keeps paying into the system of Amazon and Walmart sadly.
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c248d3 No.16777261
>>16777214
>Games used to have a huge disclaimer on the front letting you know if it needed to partially/fully download a game from the internet
How long ago was this? There are even games from last gen that hide they needed internet connection. Typically it was hiding that the DLC was download only instead of all being on-disc.
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d872c7 No.16777446
>>16777261
I remember it being mostly computer games that had a big bold "Internet Connection Required" on it somewhere. I guess I've fallen out of console games so far that I didn't notice things go to shit so fast.
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