ReaperCast 46 - How do you buy your Video Games?


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Main Topic - Disc vs Digital - how do you purchase games?

  • Digital advantages
  • Convenient - switch games at the press of a button
  • Game sharing
  • Disc advantages
  • Trade in
  • Still a tangible product you can stroke
  • Better specials?
  • How do data caps come into play?

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Updated for the YT link.

One thing to note from your digital game discussion. As someone used to run a direct to consumer division of a product that was also sold to brick and mortar retail, there likely is a deal in place with the Microsoft store not going to Steam levels with sales. We had to make sure our partnership with retailers was the priority rather than undercutting them in sales. So for the digital store to operate, they likely have restrictions in place to appease their partners.