Moore Calls Game Discs Ridiculous

Gamespot reports on a Churchill Club panel discussion attended by a number of industry heavyweights. They discussed, heavily, the future of gaming online and what it means for the industry as a whole. From the article: "[MS VP Peter] Moore said that the retail landscape is set to undergo a particularly drastic change of face. Even though he made a point that the current retail model was hugely important to Microsoft's plans for the near future, he sees its days as numbered. 'Let's be fair. Whether it's five, 10, 15, 20 years from now, the concept of driving to the store to buy a plastic disc with data on it and driving back and popping it in the drive will be ridiculous,' Moore said. 'We'll tell our grandchildren that and they'll laugh at us.'"

Re:Moore is dreaming

[marcovje]

Indeed. The problem with subscription games that

- if you earn money (read: have a (nearly) fulltime job), you don't have time to spend enough time gaming to make the subscription worthwhile.

- if you have the time (college, unemployed), you don't have the money.

So I wonder what public they are actually targeting with this? Bankrobbers? Time and Money :-)

Re:So long as I can burn it to my own disc.

[displague]

I liked the old mp3.com beamer system. You could insert all of your CDs, beamer would confirm through some algorythm that you had an original CD (or a complete copy I suppose), then you could access the CD through their web interface for free.

I have dozens of CDs that don't play anymore - some don't even show signs of physical wear. I would like to, one day, regain access to my virtual possessions stored on my defunct or lost physical possessions.

"Grandpa, what was it like"

[nurb432]

"When people actually owned things and didnt have to pay every month for everything?"