Guest Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Personally, f*ck digital downloads. I downloaded DCUO the other day, and it took 2 days of downloading. It's bullsh*t. And, I would miss the awesome moment of going to the shops, picking up the game and staring at the box and reading the manual, waiting to get home and play the game... makes you feel really proud that you've got the game. Instead you'd be sitting there on your couch depressed that you have to wait two f*cking days to start playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 LazyboyEight that's a great part of fun of the game! I just don't see any emotion in download it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccrogers15 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 If you have fast internet, digital downloads are not an issue at all. If you have slow internet, oh well for you. I guess if you can afford to buy $60 games you should afford better internet as well. I personally like digital downloads. But the only part i hate is how on PSN you have a limit of 2 systems now. And if 1 system goes bad and you cant deactivate the content, your down to 1 system. If that goes bad, all your content must be rebought. But i DO enjoy having the box. It makes me feel like a truly bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kj2022 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 If you have fast internet, digital downloads are not an issue at all. If you have slow internet, oh well for you. I guess if you can afford to buy $60 games you should afford better internet as well. I personally like digital downloads. But the only part i hate is how on PSN you have a limit of 2 systems now. And if 1 system goes bad and you cant deactivate the content, your down to 1 system. If that goes bad, all your content must be rebought. But i DO enjoy having the box. It makes me feel like a truly bought it. i can afford a $60 game, but i can't afford to have my entire town rewired to get faster internet. it's appaling in this town, seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll rdny ll Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 If you have fast internet, digital downloads are not an issue at all. If you have slow internet, oh well for you. I guess if you can afford to buy $60 games you should afford better internet as well. I personally like digital downloads. But the only part i hate is how on PSN you have a limit of 2 systems now. And if 1 system goes bad and you cant deactivate the content, your down to 1 system. If that goes bad, all your content must be rebought. But i DO enjoy having the box. It makes me feel like a truly bought it. I have a 1Gb connection. It took me 2 days to download a 32GB file from Steam. And that was when I was home alone, so nobody else was sucking it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Without a Tongue Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 i can afford a $60 game, but i can't afford to have my entire town rewired to get faster internet. it's appaling in this town, seriously. Not to mention throttling, etc. Completely digital gaming is just not practical now and might never be practical enough to do away with physical media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 rodneythesavior you have 1 GB!!! Imagine me, I have only 1 MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kj2022 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 i can afford a $60 game, but i can't afford to have my entire town rewired to get faster internet. it's appaling in this town, seriously. Not to mention throttling, etc. Completely digital gaming is just not practical now and might never be practical enough to do away with physical media. well atm, i'm getting 512kbps in the dead of night with noone else awake in this house, if i had to download a game, i couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccrogers15 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Well mines comcast and its 56MBPS and it takes half an hour to download 1GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 The maximum I get is 100 Kbps!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 rodneythesavior you have 1 GB!!! Imagine me, I have only 1 MB And I have WLAN which should run with ~5MB but it never runs faster than ~300kb/s and even that is fast for my connection. It's usually even slower. GTAForums Crew Chat Thread - The Sharks Chat Thread - Leone Family Mafia Chat Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll rdny ll Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 rodneythesavior you have 1 GB!!! Imagine me, I have only 1 MB No, no, I have a 1Gb, not a 1GB. Big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackandWhite23 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 rodneythesavior you have 1 GB!!! Imagine me, I have only 1 MB No, no, I have a 1Gb, not a 1GB. Big difference. Thats correct Gb stand for gigabyte en GB euhh......i think gibibyte or something But a 1 Gb DAMN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll rdny ll Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 rodneythesavior you have 1 GB!!! Imagine me, I have only 1 MB No, no, I have a 1Gb, not a 1GB. Big difference. Thats correct Gb stand for gigabyte en GB euhh......i think gibibyte or something But a 1 Gb DAMN It's actually Gb - Gigabit, GB - Gigabyte. But you were close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkiller Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 If you have slow internet, oh well for you. I guess if you can afford to buy $60 games you should afford better internet as well. Uhh not true. We can afford the occasional $60.00 game because we save for it. We cant all afford an overly expensive faster internet connection every month. So there is a very big difference that you seem to miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED_ Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 It wont be the last in a box because the internet in most countries is not good enough to handle everyone downloading their games after paying for them. Games consoles will eventually go down that route, you pay for a game and then download it. However at this time the internet connections are not good enough to handle everyone doing that, only a few million. Not only that but the internet is getting cheaper but there are more limits. No longer is it unlimited, if you had to download a game every now and then you would have to get a pretty big package. Internet providers would have to start offering connections with no throttling and what not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple Vacuum Seal Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 @OP Games from the GTA series are pretty much the only games I give a sh*t about so I will certainly always collect the boxart; but I wouldn't worry about that since there will always be a market for GTA boxart from an artist's perspective. I am very sure that if you want the artwork for every GTA in a tangible form, then you will continue to have access to it some way. Just probably not in the form of a CD box because CD boxes will be obselete eventually. I know posters will always be made too. "shut up, sit down, relax" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euda Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Sorry I'm too lazy to write down a reason for that: I don't want all that: "buy this game really overpriced on Steam (reason: you don't have to walk to a Gameshop) and then you HAVE to activate it 2nd times, install newest patches and create 2 accounts in Social Club and Windows Live and then you can save your game. but when steam is down and abandoned in many years, we laugh at you. haha. idiots." I want a game in a normal box with a CD or at least any other removable media and want to activate the game normally one time, I don't want to be forced to create ANY internet account or logging into it for installing AND I want to start the game, independent from internet connection status. Any of you guys thought about installing GTA IV in ten years? mh?? What's then with social club. And with Windows Live. Or the R* activation servers. Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDM018 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I get my games through steam, but GTA is the exception, I buy the boxed version. The boxes are nice, and the manuals make it special. Remember GTA SA's booklet and map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayyob Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 well my speed is only 512kpb max, so downloading a 7 Gb guess how much it will take ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacketOverload_x64bit Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Strengths of GTA IS the boxart. I am pretty sure Rockstar will realize that. I would buy it - but it would be no where the affection I have for box art - which I look at and ponder daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 well my speed is only 512kpb max, so downloading a 7 Gb guess how much it will take ? In the best case 4 hours but really IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CASE so it won't happen because the speed can vary very strong. 5-7 hours to be on the safe site if not more. GTAForums Crew Chat Thread - The Sharks Chat Thread - Leone Family Mafia Chat Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFranchise Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I won't care if rainbows, ponies, and dicks were on the box art. Just to know I'll get my hands on the game, I'll be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayyob Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 well my speed is only 512kpb max, so downloading a 7 Gb guess how much it will take ? In the best case 4 hours but really IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CASE so it won't happen because the speed can vary very strong. 5-7 hours to be on the safe site if not more. lol no, in my country the internet is suck really not like yours. it will take like 2 days or maybe more, and to tell you something really makes me angry when i downloaded 7.5 GB in a whole week it turned its corrupted, and i was that close to throw the pc in the wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazelnot Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I don't know how people can preffer digital sales. I mean seriously, recently Valve and Microsoft added a no lawsuit clause in their user agreements. That's right. They can take away all of your games, give you nothing in return and you can't do anything about that. Hackers are also a problem, if you get your account stolen you lose hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars/euros/pounds, and you can't do anything about that either. In conclusion, while digital distribution is cheaper, it's much less safer than retail. So just go to the store and buy your games or order them online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kifflom112 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I don't know how people can preffer digital sales. I mean seriously, recently Valve and Microsoft added a no lawsuit clause in their user agreements. That's right. They can take away all of your games, give you nothing in return and you can't do anything about that. Hackers are also a problem, if you get your account stolen you lose hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars/euros/pounds, and you can't do anything about that either. In conclusion, while digital distribution is cheaper, it's much less safer than retail. So just go to the store and buy your games or order them online. Couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtaghost22 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) F*ck EA, nobody gives a f*ck about them. Sony & Mircrosoft already confirmed next-gen consoles will NOT be download-only like it was rumoured, they will have normal optical disk drives just like this gen: http://www.vg247.com/2012/05/30/report-son...nload-only-ps4/ AGAIN IN BOLD LETTERS. SONY & MICROSOFT CONFIRMED THAT NEXT-GEN CONSOLES WILL HAVE OPTICAL DISK DRIVES AS USUAL. Edited August 17, 2012 by Gtaghost22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpy.flippy Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Oh man, will I be sad if they don't have any box copies. My GTA collection from GTA 3 to EFLC have all been box copies, whether its the old school huge box to the modern dvd disc set. The art work that adorns the covers really sets the story, the city and the game atmosphere exceptionally well. I'm really looking forward to V's box art. There's more than just the game itself, the whole package is important to me and some gamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBrahemoX1X Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 The industry is moving toward digital delivery: EA expects its digital sales to overtake boxed games I don't have a big problem with the idea of GTA being only a download someday, but I think it will mean the loss of classic GTA box art. A downloadable game's "cover" is more like an app icon. A simple image that's recognizable at a tiny size. The classic GTA multi-panel comic strip/collage won't survive because it has too much detail for something that's not going to be printed. The simpler, more ordinary style of Rockstar's art for TBOGT DLC may be the future. and i have a 2MB internet speed and 200KB download speed , it will take 24 hours or more so i can download games . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1whitebuddah Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 when games go digital, is the day i stop gaming, if gta v went digital download only then i would not buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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