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Now, we try to give credit where credit is due and most definitely credit is owed to Shigeru Miyamoto, regarded by many as the father of gaming, but at what point do you have to ask if your father has gone senile?
In a recent interview Miyamoto has stated that digital distribution is not the future of games. Uhmmm...we beg to differ Mr.Miyamoto, I think Valve and Microsoft would as well. Miyamoto states:
"The hope for business departments always is how they can reduce costs. So if you look at digital distribution with the fact that you don't need money for packaging and things like that, it's great."
More words of wisdom about digital distribution after the break.
"As a developer, it's not changing how much money you're bringing in; it really doesn't change what we're focused on. However, I think it creates a lot of opportunity for a lot of different developers. Personally, I'm one of those guys who, even if I have all the songs from iTunes, I want the CD as well. It's something that makes me - I feel more reassured with that physical media," Miyamoto said.
"Entertainment is something that will not just become digital. If I look at Wii MotionPlus, this is something that you're not doing via digital distribution. The thing for us is we really don't see the future of video games being merely confined to digital distribution or moving solely or even to a majority of our products being distributed that way."
But isn't what's good for business good for your customers too? Look at Valve for example, by cutting out the middle man of box and DVD manufacturing they were able to offer the digital downloads of their products for a third of the price and still make profit. Can't we all agree that it's sometimes best to have the digital media instead because after all...once the physical copy is lost or scratched it becomes unusable. With digital downloads there will always be a working non-degradable copy.
Also, might we point out that Nintendo has had a decent run with their WiiWare games and DSi store so it sounds a bit hypocritical to us.
