Re:think back to the day.... (Score 1)

First off, not everyone would be able to/want to download a game that was considered "modern" by today's standards. We seem to forget that not everyone has a broadband connection going to their domicile. I'd hate to be the person downloading return to castle wolfenstein on a modem.

Secondly, I would think that sales of not so well known games would drop considerably once retailers stopped stocking their shelves with a companies games. This would mainly be due to the fact that the game maker would be back-dooring the retailer by giving away/selling a game that the retailer would normally make profits off of. By losing products being sold by a retailer, the game also loses exposure to the general public. I would think that by switching over to a pay per play a game would lose revenue.