Is the Gaming Industry Moving Online Too Fast?

RyanDJ writes with his reaction to the Sony PSN outage, wondering if our rush to online services and digital distribution for games is a bit too enthusiastic. "I love technology, I just want it to slow down. I know I sound like an angry old 'get off my lawn' kind of guy right now, but until my 8-bit Nintendo dies from plastic corrosion and age, it will continue to play any game I find just as it was supposed to. Online dedicated games, one day, will lose servers. System crashes, such as the Sony problem, will cause interruptions. I feel if we don't slow down, stabilize the current technology and ensure its safety, find ways to guarantee that items bought are permanently owned even without a physical copy, we might see a company such as Nintendo saying that online isn't worth it!"

Comments

8-bit Nintendo is probably not the best example

[rolfwind]

I blew that thing so much trying to get it to work (often failing), I feel like a cheap whore now just thinking about it.

That was the only game system that failed on me.

I love technology..I love technology

[countertrolling]

Well goddammit, go rent a room and fuck it then... jeezus!