Moore Calls Game Discs Ridiculous

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 10, 2006 @02:28AM from the power-to-pipelines dept.

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.'"

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Re:Not ridiculous. by KDR_11k · 2006-02-10 03:18 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Well, if the kids are sufficiently retarded, laughing may be the reaction.

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Re:Multiplayer gaming is overrated (by this guy) by syrinx · 2006-02-10 03:29 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Indeed... I don't think the comparison works very well anyway. For example, in two-player sex, you often have to pay extra to have the other player call you a gay Mexican Jew lizard, whereas in multiplayer games online, things like that just happen all the time for no extra cost.

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Ok, so disk are ridiculous by El_Muerte_TDS · 2006-02-10 04:17 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Now explain why the xbox360 core doesn't come with a harddisk?
I mean, you've got to store those downloads somewhere? right?