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EA Expects Digital To Beat Boxed Sales

Started by SuperTaz, Aug 12 2012 08:46 PM

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Posted Aug 12, 2012 - 08:46 PM

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ea-expects-digital-sales-overtake-113046954.html

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Electronic Arts expects revenue from digital downloads of its games to overtake sales of boxed game software within a few years and is focussed on expanding its array of mobile and free-to-play products, its chief operating officer said.

EA and major rivals Activision Blizzard and Take-Two Interactive Software are struggling to sustain revenue growth as gamers migrate to casual and social games on the Internet and on mobile devices.

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Posted Aug 13, 2012 - 05:50 AM

I think that's realistic, especially with internet connections getting faster and faster. My last boxed game was codwaw. Rest since then have been through steam or other digital services.

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Posted Aug 13, 2012 - 01:27 PM

origin is a major stumbling block for them

i won't buy EA until origin improves greatly.

i struggled through the years with steam

can't see myself doing it again with origin

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Posted Aug 13, 2012 - 01:34 PM

All my COD and BF games are retail boxes. I always like the fact of having a backup disk ready when I need it.

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Posted Aug 13, 2012 - 06:12 PM

SuperTaz, on Aug 13, 2012 - 01:34 PM, said:

All my COD and BF games are retail boxes. I always like the fact of having a backup disk ready when I need it.

I guess I'm the opposite way. I can't stand boxed copies. Haven't bought a boxed copy game in ages, and was on a roll until Blizzard forced Boxed copies on the early sales of StarCraft II. Reading Physical media is slow,and ontop of that I then have to store the jewel cases somewhere, and just not needed in this day and age. My next build won't have a dvd drive. Everything worth a damn can be installed without the need for a disc. I look back on the 5 installation cd's of BF2 and cringe. Physical media is dead, or should be.

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