July 11, 2011
Digital Distribution… Competition Bad for Business?
A war is brewing on the internet for your money, support, and loyalty (no it’s not the PC vs Console war that you see flames on a daily basis) and the outcome could have dire consequences for the gaming industry. That war is the supremacy over Digital Distribution. Currently there are several key players in the industry, Steam (Valve Software), Impulse Driven (GameStop), Direct2Drive and GoG. Steam is by far the most popular and largest of the group by several times however several companies are looking into providing their own services instead of selling them through a vendor and competitor like Steam. We often hear the phrase “competition is better for consumers” and in many cases this is true but in the case of Digital Distribution is this truly the case? Consider this, the majority of major title games can be hadRead more…