[Sister
console digital download site GamerBytes» editor Ryan Langley offers charts and leaderboard data for Xbox Live Arcade titles in December 2010, which gives us an idea of which titles are were hits or misses last month on the Xbox 360's digital service.]
[We round up the top
console digital download news of the last week from GamerBytes, including brand - new game announcements and scoops from the world of Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, WiiWare, PSP Minis and DSiWare.]
[Every week, Gamasutra sister weblog GamerBytes» editor Ryan Langley will be summing up the top
console digital download news tidbits from the past 7 days, including brand new game announcements and scoops through the world of Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and WiiWare.]
It's been an odd year for
the console digital download space — lots of promotions, a ton of new titles, but honestly I felt underwhelmed overall.
[Every week, sister weblog GamerBytes» editor Ryan Langley will be summing up the top
console digital download news tidbits from the past 7 days, including brand new game announcements and scoops through the world of Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and WiiWare.]
Welcome to another exciting week of
console digital download content - with plenty of new released to check out.
[Every week, sister site GamerBytes» editor Ryan Langley passes along the top
console digital download news tidbits from the past 7 days, including brand new game announcements and scoops through the world of Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and WiiWare.]
[Every week we round up the top news and interviews of the last week from
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Featuring a 9.8 % year on year growth, it has primarily been boosted by growth in PC and
console digital downloads.
Not exact matches
In the U.S., retailer GameStop is being proactive, having recently begun offering PC
downloads; it's now ramping up its offering of codes for
digital access to
console game add - ons and purchased Spawn Labs in March 2011, which boasts a technology that is supposed to allow streaming of
console games.
Today, they finally revealed that feature: it's special data packs that can be
downloaded on the
console, and which will improve the loading times for the retail version (does not apply to the
digital version, since it's already installed on the external hard drive!).
The Dark Souls Remastered network client is available to
download for free from both
console's respective
digital stores, but it won't be around for much longer.
KOEI TECMO AMERICA CORP. is a publisher of interactive entertainment software for current generation
consoles, handhelds and
digital download content based in Burlingame, California.
«This points to not only the underlying health of the Far Cry series, but also to growing
digital download rates for triple - A
console games in 2018.»
They don't need an internet connection to play, they need an internet connection to connect to the
console's
digital marketplace (PSN, etc) to
download the patch to make the game run.
Players with a
digital copy of the game will find it ready to
download on their Xbox One systems, while those with a physical disc can also
download the game once it's inserted into the
console.
Total earnings for
digital downloads on
console last year, including full game
downloads and micro-transactions, was $ 7 billion, worldwide.
All the rest of the week's next - gen
console games come in the form of
digital downloads.
Also included is an UltraViolet
digital copy, which allows you to
download and instantly stream the film to devices including computers and compatible tablets, smartphones, game
consoles etc..
One of the big aspects of the next generation of hardware is that the
consoles will have expanded support for
digital downloads.
It was hearing that Nintendo is planning to launch a
digital e-reader type service where you can
download books, magazines, newspapers, comics, and other publications to your Wii U
console.
For instance, with the Wii, you
download stuff to your
console, but when it inevitable stops receiving support, and your
console breaks, where do your
digital copies go?
The Xbox LIVE summer update is coming out in less than a week and one of the biggest features is Games on Demand, a
digital distribution service where older Xbox 360 games can be
downloaded directly to the
console.
This collection will be distributed as a
digital download for
consoles including the Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC.
Speaking at Develop Sony have revealed some interesting regarding how the Playstation 4's
digital library system is going to work, namely that you'll be able to log in to your account from anybodies
console and access your entire roster of
downloaded titles.
This is the Police is already available for other
consoles, PC, Mac and Linux as
digital download and retail box (
console version only).
This is the Police is also available for other
consoles, PC, Mac and Linux as
digital download and retail box (
console version only).
If you're still on the fence about picking up an Xbox One due to the expensive price - tag then this might just sway you; both Amazon and Asda Direct have dropped the price of the Xbox One Titanfall bundle, which comes with the Xbox One
console and
digital download code for Titanfall, to # 349.99.
It's the newer
console version (lighter, more efficient, physical buttons, and full matte texturing) with a
digital download key for Uncharted.
This is not the HD version of the game that came out for
consoles, its just the original
digital version that is currently available for
download on the PS3, Online and Media Go PS Store.
Just remember that for future
digital games: you can
download to 2 different PS4's, and another account can get almost all benefits if they play on the «primary»
console.
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Players with a
digital copy of the game will find it ready to
download on their Xbox One systems, while those with a physical disc can also
download the game once it's inserted into the
console.
FEATURES • Survival horror returns — A brand new tale in the Resident Evil Revelations saga comes to current and next generation gaming
consoles in the form of weekly episodic
downloads, a
digital Complete Season and retail disc.
Not that I need it as I have the disc version, but maybe they could release an ODST Essentials version for
digital download, kinda like that Forza 4 - Lite copy that they bundled with
consoles.
But more and more, publishers are making their games available as
digital downloads that you can purchase on the
console via the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network or Nintendo eShop.
Little Orbit, a worldwide video game publisher, today announced it will bring the popular TNT sci - fi drama Falling Skies to video game
consoles Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and
digital downloads available on Steam, PSN and Xbox Live this fall.
KOEI TECMO America Corp. is a publisher of interactive entertainment software for current generation
consoles, handhelds and
digital download content based in Burlingame, California.
With the transitory nature of
digital files, what's going to happen to my
downloaded games when my computer's hard drive crashes or the next generation of home
consoles are released?
A very cool thing that Bandai Namco and Steam is doing will allow PC players that have purchased the Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition to receive a 50 % discount on DS: R. And if you would rather play the game on a PS4 or Xbox One, you can now pre-order the game so that you can
download it as soon as it goes live in each
console's
digital marketplace.
Nintendo 3DS and Wii U owners in North America now have the option to pre-order and purchase
digital games via the web and sending the
download to their
consoles.
This is the same AM2 - developed arcade game already brought to
digital console download, and now — as if you needed proof we were living in the future — on your mobile device.
High speed broadband along with lower pricing and additional extras have allowed
digital editions to reach an average 15 to 20 % attach rate and this percentage is set to continue growing in 2016 with many estimating that half of all
console and portable games will be sold via
digital download by the end of the generation.
but unlike China, the country has a huge
console playing population of more than 70 million (according to EEDAR) and generated over $ 7 billion in revenues from
Console game software at retail and via
digital download (according to NPD & DFC — CY2015).
When including
digital downloads and DLC the total revenue generated by the
console and portable industry reached $ 15.6 billion, slightly up over last year.
With evolutionary
consoles a user will transition over to a PS4.5 or Xbox 1.5 and retain all their
digital service settings such as
downloaded games and friends list, their physical disc games which continue to work on the new system, and their current add on peripherals such as PS VR & controllers will also work.
The
console also comes with a
digital copy of New Super Mario Bros 2 so you can
download and play straight away.
Knowing the convenience of
digital games convinced me to embrace
digital downloads this current
console generation, which ultimately led to me selling nearly all of my physical video games, especially all of the cartridge games for which I could find ROMs.
With the advent of
digital downloads and online marketplaces being easily accessible on our
consoles, game publishers are all too happy to re-release a classic in hopes of squeezing a few more dollars out of us.
It's amazing that the Nintendo Switch came out just this year and already there's over 500 games in the works right now that can be played on the
console either through physical cartridges or
digital downloads via the Nintendo eShop.