Comments on: Keep the Discs in my Xbox and PlayStation

By: Nicoli

Nicoli — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:24:00 +0000

Nice. Well done article.

Far far better than those immature and fanboy saturated articles i waste time reading at IGN….

By: mark

mark — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:14:00 +0000

OnLive is already doing this, in fact they even have a “console”.. sort of. Also, there are many places in the u.s. still where broadband is nonexistant or hardly affordable. IMHO it would be cheaper for companies to start expanding LTE or another wireless internet protocol, then not every single house and business would need a line buried to their home, of course to do that, the companies that run LTE will have to get away from insane 2-4G caps.

By: Migue Garcia

Migue Garcia — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:14:00 +0000

the only interest I still hold for these futurology based poetry essays or crude 3D renderings of tomorrows luxuriant toys lie deep between the lines , the little confessional needs of modern superfluous journalism,Pragmatism remains inflexible and simple while corporate monetary drive disguises gadget pollution as hard science.We grow and become peers in shared knowledge and advance development.Open source software logically surpassed the quality, proliferation and user confidence of most vertical enterprises.Natural self imposed limitations in traditional consumer/provider relations blur the lines of hierarchic prowess, unpleasant market deception litters the landscape and broken design overflows even the absurd oversize of mega retail outlets.XBMC.ORG speaks volumes over the concept of jail-braked Apples and advertisement filled APP stores or mutilated media systems (windows 8 money hungry ads felt insulting as I attempted to enjoy art and culture on the embedded player). digital physical storage is a sad attempt to hold hostages and marginalize the now common and misunderstood deep problems in copyright legislature easily perceived as piracy crime.moving parts break with ease/

By: Euton Lyons

Euton Lyons — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:46:00 +0000

Good Article, taught me a lesson. Please tell me Samsung is making some windows phones with >4″ displays.

By: unfunk Freeman

unfunk Freeman — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:36:00 +0000

This article is missing half a sentence somewhere;

“While I’m sure that most technology journalists covering the gaming beat have downloaded plenty of games and movies to their consoles,”

I need closure! Where’s the rest of this sentence?

By: The_nigel

The_nigel — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:21:00 +0000

This will be very simple. every game gets a pc version and a ps3 version. I will just have to drop the playstation and get games for the pc instead. Did sony execs realize the entire world does not have fast reliable internet. I live in a rich country where the internet is a nightmare. It does not have to be disks but it does have to be a physical media. I dont want to start playing in one weeks time after a 4gb download finished succesfully, I want to play in one minute. Is there a quick download version of MW3 or TD2Unlimited?? I doubt it

By: Dominic Richardson

Dominic Richardson — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:49:00 +0000

A very good argument I firmly believe we should be moving to USB flash drives, gives the retailers something physical to sell and they could have fun with the packaging.

By: VerdantOne

VerdantOne — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:01:00 +0000

No disc drive does not mean download only.
With advances in flash drive technology we could witness the rebirth of the game cartridge.

that is purely a guess on my part, but when you can make affordable flash drives the size of your thumbnail that can hold 50+ gigs, why not?

By: Jeroham Ortiz

Jeroham Ortiz — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:17:00 +0000

Optical drives are too slow. Disc are also still too big (i expected all optical media to be mini disk/umd sized by now) and frail. I really never thought that by this generation of consoles we would still have loading beyond 3 seconds. On that aspect, I praise Nintendo for low loading times (despite being optical) and for DS ROM storage. The Vita is on the right track with priority for downloadable content and flash(ROM) cards for those without broadband (although a new proprietary format was a bad move). I believe that’s the future. Flash cards are getting cheaper and bigger (2TB SDXC > 100GB 3xBD), so it makes sense to make it a standard.

By: Truthbot

Truthbot — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:04:00 +0000

Artistically those images look nice, but one of the worst concepts I’ve ever seen.

By: Leonardo Conner Russell

Leonardo Conner Russell — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:03:00 +0000

Great article, I agree 100%.
My friends and I are always letting each other borrow games, test them out and then go pick up our own copy so for hard core gamers physical disks need to stay. Sure movies and music we’ve moved pass the “need” for physical disk but I prefer blu-ray disk because they give me more media for my money and lately have come with a digital copy. iTunes (or any other online market) often charge the same price and you get less.
I hope Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo don’t mess up and drop physical games.

By: Leonardo Conner Russell

Leonardo Conner Russell — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:03:00 +0000