Will Video Game Streaming Services Really Catch On?
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Whether its queuing in line for hours to get the latest 'Call of Duty' or saving up every penny so you can get the latest game; every gamer knows the excitement of breaking that plastic seal for the first time and placing the disk into your console of choice, but is this set to disappear?
It seems that every industry is trying to move as much of their operations onto the web; an example of this can be seen clearly in the music market, CD sales down and mp3 downloads up its no wonder why certain business are encountering shaky times; but is this set to move over to the gaming industry? This inevitable move for everything to be on the web shows no sign of stopping and instead looks set to smash through gaming more then any other industry, with companies such as 'OnLive' and others researching into how best to enter this market. But should we embrace this or rather fight against it?
I for one feel like we should welcome this move as it can have big impacts and change many factors; one of which being environmental issues, with all the packaging that engulfs games today its no wonder that there is an environmental impact for clearing all this and recycling it, however with a streaming service their would be no need for any packaging at all and therefore have less impact. Furthermore the lack of packaging would also create a slight reduce in cost which would be much welcomed by all!
Additionally a streaming service would also make game rental a lot easier and eliminate the tiresome task of having to take them back on a deadline or otherwise be fined; as with an online service the game could just be removed from your account when your rental finishes and save you time and money.
There are many arguments against streaming games as well, although over time i expect it to be inevitable, as technological capabilities change so will the users experience in gaming. But will we still get that excitement of opening a new game out of its case? Only time will tell.
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