Digital Distribution Rocks!

Posted Jan 7, 2006 by Wes Phillips

Updated Jan 7, 2006 at 12:00 PM

The future is nigh!

Well, it’s a new year, but this is one of the slower times of the year for the video game industry. At the Consumer Electronics Show this week though, the future, as always, was unveiled.

It wasn’t as obvious as you may think. Microsoft and Electronic Arts announced that a playable demo for the game Fight Night: Round 3 was available for download through the Xbox 360’s online marketplace.

The game takes a bit of time to download, but it’s possibly the best looking game on the system. And it’s not even done. It comes out next month on Xbox 360, while a lesser version will be released on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

It’s only a matter of time before you won’t even have to go to the store anymore. Valve has been doing it for a while on PC’s with their Steam service, but digital distribution for consoles would be the end all, be all. No reserving games, no braving the mall or Best Buy.

What a way to perpetuate the anti-social gamer stereotype.