I just wonder how Microsoft’s Store cut compares to the cut that high street retailers would claim of the profits.
I rather have physical, less strain on my internet, and I don’t have to sit there and let a large file download bog my internet down when I have other things to do. My internet is great, but even still, when you’re downloading 40+ gigs of data, rest of your internet does suffer. Plus, I am one of them older gamers who rather actually have hard media on their shelf showing ownership than going, oh, I also have this, and this, but it’s on my Xbox’s harddrive…
I still buy my music on compact disc.
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But, I can save money and bandwidth by purchasing a hard copy from Amazon.com and I get to add a nice little memento of sorts to my Forza collection. I’ll go digital as soon as digital purchases are cheaper than hard copy. For me, it’s as simple as that.
You are correct. All digital store fronts take the same cut which is 30%, the dev gets the remaining amount. If we use the average $60 game then with each digital sale, the dev receives $49.
With physical they get $9.
That is why they can sell less on PC, but make more. That is why they need to sell roughly 6 million copies to make it worthwhile on consoles.
EDIT: to give you an idea.
http://games.on.net/2015/06/csgo-castle-crashers-ark-survival-evolved-steam-sale-winners/
Open that image in a new tab to see it full size.
Guess who wants some of that pie…
I would get the digital version if the download was around 40 GB, but if it’s much more than this I’d be better off with the disk version.
You still have to install the disc… There is no difference. The disc Just tells the console you have rights to the game
I just pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition and I think it’s worth every dollar.
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I was considering the ultimate digital edition and prob will, but it seems a shame not to support the high street store where lots of other people earn a living from the gaming industry.
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Dang, I probably won’t buy a digital download game (never have except for a few deals with gold). Something exciting about picking up a hard case from gamestop and racing home. Will be a tough decision if digital ends up being the only way to get the ultimate edition.
Its not going to happen any time soon, large parts of the u.k and u.s still only have access to basic low speed/limited broadband, if they stopped physical copies they would lose more money than gain as they would be losing far to many customers.
A 50 gig game is 2 and a half months broadband limit for alot of gamers, so they wont be able to buy digital.
As for the linited editions, like previously said nothings been confirmed yet, in sure there will be physical copies
Im one of the lucky ones with fibre, but that’s not the only reason i buy digital, its purely down to gamesharing.
As it is my son gets to play all my downloads upstairs on his console too, so even though theyre more expensive its cheaper than buying 2 copies, especially as we can play online together.
What is the deal with the price too, they make more profit from digital, yet the games are £15 plus more, lol. If they want to push it harder digital should be cheaper
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I then might have to get both.
Seems like all the problems with FH2 was with digital copies not discs,i will stick with disc.
What I’m saddened by is the fact that T10 no longer has attractive physical LCEs. My first collector’s edition of any game was Forza 3, which came with a keychain and a USB thumbdrive. Forza 4 offered a book with photos and stickers. Forza 5? Zilch. Forza 6? Zilch despite being the so-called “10th Anniversary edition” (the real 10th anniversary edition would’ve been Forza 5 as it was released 10 years after Forza 1 in 2003)… The only Limited Edition related to Forza Motorsport 6 costs $399. I would’ve at least liked to have gotten a 10th Anniversary controller for an extra $20 or $40 (Nintendo added a free WiiMote to certain games on the original Wii, for example, Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword cost $50 and came with a limited edition gold Wii Remote with the Skyward Sword Logo).
And what’s up with the Car packs being only 7 cars now? Used to be 10 cars per pack. Turn 10 is starting to turn me off, despite being a big fan of the series since getting FM3; Got FM2 and FM1 after, but my copy of FM1 was pre-owned and crashed all the time on my Xbox 360 due to numerous scratches.
Turn 10’s Ian Webster has remarked in these forums that he cannot confirm nor deny the existence of additional hard copy editions at this point, beyond what has already been announced. So, we’ll just have to keep an eye open for more news between now and September.
I’ve searched for the source and am not having any luck, but staff had commented on the reasons, back in the original Horizon days, for the packs dropping down to 6 cars from 10 and that being that because the team was now detailing the vehicles for day and night environments (lighting and such) and, as a result, it was taking more time to work on each vehicle. This would be in line with how things are working out for Forza Motorsport 6; the previous title only had day conditions so packs were made up of 10 cars. Now, with nighttime and wet weather conditions, it may be forcing the team to provided fewer cars to make up the time afforded to extra modeling and detailing. If I come across the source, I’ll be sure the provide it.
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I remember that Shadow and I also remember thinking it to be load of bull. It’s easy to pull the wool over people’s eyes when the majority of players aren’t going to have experience in 3D modeling, texture creation/editing etc. I can get behind the fact that on a completely new scan of a car it indeed takes much more time to add reflection data for effects, weather, etc to get to a finished product. However many of the car packs we’ve been getting are often including at least 1 car that they already have the assets for from previous titles. Of course it’s not a direct port over but it’s easily going to be 1/10th the amount of effort to tweak the assets than it is to render a new object to completion. Even when factoring in the new graphical effects the XB1 is capable of compared to the 360 it still isn’t going to be a time sink. When you look at a pack like the Porsche pack it’s very obvious when comparing the quality of the cars we already had in previous titles to the quality of cars that were new to Forza. Cars like the 959 or the 914s really stand out and don’t appear to have much of a higher poly count than their FM4 counterpart.
Thank, I have more hopes for a LCE… and for the 7 cars for pack it’s normal, night and day and rain request more time to modelling a car, head up display and cockpit with working led signal are a very big amount of work. I think it’s a good compromise…
Forza 5 had a limited edition, the worst in the series but it’s limited…i very hope for a LCE “10th years edition” with stuffs and a model car!
Seems to me that this is the norm on XBox One, digital editions getting more priority over physical copies; I don’t even remember any LCE being released for FM5, so I’m not expecting news of an LCE for FM6.
As for the car packs, that seems reasonable, i guess. Of course, I would love for the packs to be priced accordingly, but the added time modeling the cars for lighting and wet/dry conditions means more money for that time, which I’m OK with.
I have a LCE copy of FM5 setting here in front of me,steel case,Forza sticker,etc.
I’ve seen people saying that the ultimate edition is available on the microsoft store? However, I can’t seem to find it.