Being a games junkie I am kinda struggling to know where I'm going to get my fix now. Whilst I have downloaded games like Rift I generally still like the boxes as with Warcraft, STO and SWTOR... plus the stuff on the PS3 like my latest FFXIII-2 I get from Game. I have been using Game since the days on the Amiga and I always kinda hoped they would survive. They are a great source of interest to me cus often I go in and we just have a chat. They also let me know whats coming up and I can pre order. I prefer the boxes and the content and never feel like I have gotten the game till I have the case and the manual. Same with music, even though I do put all my CDs on the MP3 I still have the originals.
I kinda sense the download brigade will eventually destroy much of the digital market and we will see HMV get pushed over next along with the big book stores, magazines, music retailers on the high street. Its more than a loss of facility its a loss of human interaction that I miss. I did enjoy going into Lansdown Computers here and spending an age talking about computers, software and games. If all this stuff is coming over the wire or through the courrier we really are going to lose so much.
So in losing Game we can chalk up another tick onto the anonymous Facebook society of self actualisation and human interaction via text only.... and a big cross sadly against true human contact. But then I did enjoy Amiga groups way more than forums. Must be getting old I guess. The next gen can have their Facebook and Amazon... personally I liked clubs and real shops. Something about 'eye contact' and real flesh and blood.
