>From what I've read, the XBOX 720 is still going to have traditional >distribution but also including online purchasing (think Steam). The goal is >to go with a key system to play the game. I think the idea you will be able to >register the game via phone, or other means as well. However, their idea is to >rid the world of the secondary market of used games.
---- Matthew Huff | 1 Manhattanville Rd Director of Operations | Purchase, NY 10577 OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039 aim: matthewbhuff | Fax: 914-460-4139 > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Tykwinski [mailto:e...@truenet.com] > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:25 AM > To: nanog > Subject: RE: XBOX 720: possible digital download mass service. > > That's the case, but yeah, definitely off-topic... > http://www.gamestop.com/ps-vita/games/uncharted-golden-abyss-ps- > vita/91436 > > Which would be on-topic, though. If anyone knows of an OnLive box just > to check out the bandwidth usage, I would be interested. > > Sincerely, > > Eric Tykwinski > TrueNet, Inc. > P: 610-429-8300 > F: 610-429-3222 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: -Hammer- [mailto:bhmc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:21 AM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: XBOX 720: possible digital download mass service. > > Now we are venturing OT but I thought the format was proprietary but > you still had to get the content on the memory via the glorious > Internet? > Are you saying I can go to Gamestop and buy a stick with whatever game > I'm looking for? Is that the plan? > > -Hammer- > > "I was a normal American nerd" > -Jack Herer > > > > On 1/27/2012 8:13 AM, Eric Tykwinski wrote: > > The PS Vita still uses a proprietary memory card format, so it's not > > just download only. > > The best example of download only would be OnLive, which basically is > > a game system that only delivers on demand games. > > > > IMHO, it's the market that will determine whether this is the right > > choice in the long run. > > It's a creative way to eliminate the used market and stop piracy, but > > if the consumers don't join up like the PSP Go, it will eventually > fail. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Eric Tykwinski > > TrueNet, Inc. > > P: 610-429-8300 > > F: 610-429-3222 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: -Hammer- [mailto:bhmc...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:02 AM > > To: nanog@nanog.org > > Subject: Re: XBOX 720: possible digital download mass service. > > > > Here's your baseline: Sony Vita. They already tossed the UMD out with > > the PSP-GO and that failed miserably. Now they are trying again to go > > to digital only with the Vita. It's not the scale of PS3 or XBOX360 > > but it may be a good way to gauge the potential success of the > concept. > > > > -Hammer- > > > > "I was a normal American nerd" > > -Jack Herer > > > > > > > > On 1/27/2012 7:34 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: > >> It's already done on a similar scale when apple releases new > software > >> for > > their mobile devices. > >> Just don't do it if you are on a low cap plan (eg: mobile, satellite > etc). > > Caps will be the new market discriminator IMHO. > >> Jared Mauch > >> > >> On Jan 27, 2012, at 3:35 AM, Tei<oscar.vi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Can internet in USA support that? Call of Duty 15 releases may > 2014 > >>> and 30 million gamers start downloading a 20 GB files. Would the > >>> internet collapse like a house of cards?. > > > > > > > > >
