On a related note, Prime is $73 for new members right now... (Gaming)

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Saturday, January 16, 2016, 00:02 (3032 days ago) @ Cody Miller

I am completely baffled why you can't either preload games which then unlock on release (steam does this I think), or simply have the publisher post games digitally right after it goes gold. I know people want to push digital distribution, and what better way than to be able to play a month ahead of the people who have to wait for disc pressing?

If the publisher is fulfilling the order digitally why would it pay another online retailer (Amazon) for a share of the sale? That's probably the reason. They figure their own direct digital sales outlet is in competition with Amazon.

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Potentially save money on disc based games with Amazon. - Funkmon, 2016-01-15, 18:00
- On a related note, Prime is $73 for new members right now... - Korny, 2016-01-15, 18:32
  - On a related note, Prime is $73 for new members right now... - Cody Miller, 2016-01-15, 18:44
    - On a related note, Prime is $73 for new members right now... - stabbim, 2016-01-15, 18:48
    - doesn't XBL allow preload? - Schedonnardus, 2016-01-15, 18:53
      - Not necessarily - Earendil, 2016-01-16, 04:55
    - What? PS4 lets you preload games... - Korny, 2016-01-15, 18:56
      - What? PS4 lets you preload games... - Cody Miller, 2016-01-15, 19:16
        
        I think it depends on the game. - slycrel, 2016-01-15, 19:18
        
        This, and... - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-01-15, 20:32
    - I've had to install games from discs before playing - ZackDark, 2016-01-15, 19:57
    - On a related note, Prime is $73 for new members right now... - narcogen, 2016-01-16, 00:02
  - On a related note, Prime is $73 for new members right now... - Vortech, 2016-01-15, 20:59
    - Ayyup. - Funkmon, 2016-01-15, 22:09

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