jawafour wrote:The digital console stores remain, in effect, monopolies but I've grown to accept that; I just don't buy stuff if I feel it's over-priced. Publishers have trained some customers to pay out crazy amounts at launch (and I have done this) but they then drop prices quickly and dramatically when their game "only" sells five million copies instead of the "expected" two billion.
The biggest flaw in the digital game future is the store monopoly on consoles. With music you have options (whether buying or streaming), with video you have options. With consoles though?
I don’t think the monopoly will last, sooner or later somebody is going to take it to court and win. Probably when consoles go digital only.