That's the case, but yeah, definitely off-topic... http://www.gamestop.com/ps-vita/games/uncharted-golden-abyss-ps-vita/91436
Which would be on-topic, though. If anyone knows of an OnLive box just to check out the bandwidth usage, I would be interested. Sincerely, Eric Tykwinski TrueNet, Inc. P: 610-429-8300 F: 610-429-3222 -----Original Message----- From: -Hammer- [mailto:bhmc...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:21 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: XBOX 720: possible digital download mass service. Now we are venturing OT but I thought the format was proprietary but you still had to get the content on the memory via the glorious Internet? Are you saying I can go to Gamestop and buy a stick with whatever game I'm looking for? Is that the plan? -Hammer- "I was a normal American nerd" -Jack Herer On 1/27/2012 8:13 AM, Eric Tykwinski wrote: > The PS Vita still uses a proprietary memory card format, so it's not > just download only. > The best example of download only would be OnLive, which basically is > a game system that only delivers on demand games. > > IMHO, it's the market that will determine whether this is the right > choice in the long run. > It's a creative way to eliminate the used market and stop piracy, but > if the consumers don't join up like the PSP Go, it will eventually fail. > > Sincerely, > > Eric Tykwinski > TrueNet, Inc. > P: 610-429-8300 > F: 610-429-3222 > > -----Original Message----- > From: -Hammer- [mailto:bhmc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:02 AM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: XBOX 720: possible digital download mass service. > > Here's your baseline: Sony Vita. They already tossed the UMD out with > the PSP-GO and that failed miserably. Now they are trying again to go > to digital only with the Vita. It's not the scale of PS3 or XBOX360 > but it may be a good way to gauge the potential success of the concept. > > -Hammer- > > "I was a normal American nerd" > -Jack Herer > > > > On 1/27/2012 7:34 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: >> It's already done on a similar scale when apple releases new software >> for > their mobile devices. >> Just don't do it if you are on a low cap plan (eg: mobile, satellite etc). > Caps will be the new market discriminator IMHO. >> Jared Mauch >> >> On Jan 27, 2012, at 3:35 AM, Tei<oscar.vi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Can internet in USA support that? Call of Duty 15 releases may 2014 >>> and 30 million gamers start downloading a 20 GB files. Would the >>> internet collapse like a house of cards?. > > >
