EA: digital sales will eventually overtake boxed games

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In an interview with Reuters, Moore explained that while EA will move in the direction of digital sales as the market demands it, boxed software sales will continue as long as the market for it survives.
"There will come a point, whether it is two or three years from now, when we say 'we are doing more in digital media now than we are in physical media,' and it's clearly ... not far away," Moore said.

Reuters points out that EA's expected packaged goods revenue for the fiscal year ending March 2013 is $2.6 billion, with digital products expected to bring in $1.7 billion, while its digital revenue increased by 55 percent in the first quarter of that year.

Moore insisted that boxed media will stick around for a while, saying "we will never abandon physical media. As long as the consumer wants to buy something on a disc, we will be there to offer it."

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MazurPosted:

Scanty
Mazur
upd8
Mazur Digital video games will be sooo much easier, they'll be conveniently placed right on your Hard Drive, or Cloud storage, and will cost less as well :D


I never thought of the cloud storage idea, but another problem with that is what if your internet gets disrupted and with all hacking issues and what not, people will most likely choose the safer yet less than easier choice. I see your stance on it though, and I like the idea with the hard drive.


when you look at it that way, then it still seems best to go with an expensive boxed game.


It sucks that they make cloud storage cost money :l

If it was free I'd be using that.


Apple charges money for more Cloud storage, it's ridiculous.

PeetzuhPosted:

Scanty
Mazur
upd8
Mazur Digital video games will be sooo much easier, they'll be conveniently placed right on your Hard Drive, or Cloud storage, and will cost less as well :D


I never thought of the cloud storage idea, but another problem with that is what if your internet gets disrupted and with all hacking issues and what not, people will most likely choose the safer yet less than easier choice. I see your stance on it though, and I like the idea with the hard drive.


when you look at it that way, then it still seems best to go with an expensive boxed game.


It sucks that they make cloud storage cost money :l

If it was free I'd be using that.


Same here.

I wish it was free.. :/

yayPosted:

Mazur
upd8
Mazur Digital video games will be sooo much easier, they'll be conveniently placed right on your Hard Drive, or Cloud storage, and will cost less as well :D


I never thought of the cloud storage idea, but another problem with that is what if your internet gets disrupted and with all hacking issues and what not, people will most likely choose the safer yet less than easier choice. I see your stance on it though, and I like the idea with the hard drive.


when you look at it that way, then it still seems best to go with an expensive boxed game.


It sucks that they make cloud storage cost money :l

If it was free I'd be using that.

MazurPosted:

upd8
Mazur Digital video games will be sooo much easier, they'll be conveniently placed right on your Hard Drive, or Cloud storage, and will cost less as well :D


I never thought of the cloud storage idea, but another problem with that is what if your internet gets disrupted and with all hacking issues and what not, people will most likely choose the safer yet less than easier choice. I see your stance on it though, and I like the idea with the hard drive.


when you look at it that way, then it still seems best to go with an expensive boxed game.

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

Mazur Digital video games will be sooo much easier, they'll be conveniently placed right on your Hard Drive, or Cloud storage, and will cost less as well :D


I never thought of the cloud storage idea, but another problem with that is what if your internet gets disrupted and with all hacking issues and what not, people will most likely choose the safer yet less than easier choice. I see your stance on it though, and I like the idea with the hard drive.

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

Rati What about LA. Noire haha 25+ GB, need big HDD's thats for sure!


Yea that's another problem, you will need to have a lot of space for all of those games. A lot of people will probably just buy the lowest HD capacity you can get and keep on getting the discs. They seem to still be the most popular.

yayPosted:

Mazur
Scanty
Minecart Is that a good thing?

Lol


If you have a huge memory for your system, then yes.

For the majority of people who mostly buy disks, not really.

If disks go, people are screwed.


like what Scanty said, if you have a lot of memory then yes it's good. if you prefer the discs, then you better get around to getting a new hard drive


It sucks that I'm running out of memory though, thanks to the full games I bought on the marketplace.

MazurPosted:

Scanty
Minecart Is that a good thing?

Lol


If you have a huge memory for your system, then yes.

For the majority of people who mostly buy disks, not really.

If disks go, people are screwed.


like what Scanty said, if you have a lot of memory then yes it's good. if you prefer the discs, then you better get around to getting a new hard drive

yayPosted:

Minecart Is that a good thing?

Lol


If you have a huge memory for your system, then yes.

For the majority of people who mostly buy disks, not really.

If disks go, people are screwed.

PeetzuhPosted:

Is that a good thing?

Lol


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