EA Expects Digital To Beat Boxed Sales

[SuperTaz]

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

 

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.

[MaydaX]

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.

[HSMagnet]

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

[SuperTaz]

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

[Crotan]

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.