pete

Yeah defiantly. Patch imminent. Though if they actually made this legit I'd buy a vita. Unfortunately... They won't.

@HobbitGamer Midnight launch brethren alert!

Hobbit gamer: Yes, the high brow Joystiq editorial of video game journalism, how will people cope with my slack punctuation on a forum. How would the industry deal with this.. You're so right. I retract my comment and withdraw my offer of replacing a McElroy on a temporary basis..

#whocares

After that post Joystiq I'll fill in for a McElroy brother while they're gone. I'm convinced it is temporary... :(

In response to your points :

Trunas: I fall into the normal male demographic that enjoys playing games as much as a tv show or movie and believes they're an equal and often more enjoyable entertainment medium and yet still has time to maintain a full time job and take a shower regularly... Unlike 90-% of my midnight brethren. (my last experience was so bad I now wait for release day delivery instead)

Roflrex: True, the older generation do like physical media but that will only last as long as them or until they are forced to switch to the alternative/mainstream method which will be dictated by the publishers and developers. Distribution and physical media production costs would decrease extensively meaning more profit. Company's don't care if u can't wrap it. They'll sell a physical download voucher with a code in the interim.
The digital download model doesn't seem to hurt apple, people have adapted to their app stores pretty efficiently because they have to. There's no alternative. People will still buy and download the latest games even if they don't get a box with it. The latest call of duty title is an obvious indicator of where we're heading. no expensive prestige special edition they make hardly any money on, just a regular or hardened edition with a load of download cards inside for redeemable digital content, one of which being a digital subscription! Lobe it or hate it, it's where we're heading. If they can cut out the middle man, they will!

Churrotastic: Believe it or not the game industry is doing everything it can to stop consumers buying used games. (That brilliant online pass code u have to enter on the card that isn't inside your used copy of your 2nd hand game will tell u that).

Publishers and developers don't see a penny/cent for any used games sold, only the retailers.. and they don't make games. So none of that is going back into the industry, less money, less jobs, less games for you to buy! Want call of duty 23 and gears of war 9? Keep buying used!

This is happening for one reason only. The only way a company like GameStop will turn a profit in the near future is hardware. Pretty much everything will be available via download on launch in the future! Better for publishers, better for game devs, also better for the planet in the long run. Plus it beats waiting outside a GameStop at midnight with the rest of the no hoper generation and 30 year old basement warriors when u want a game at launch.

Why does everyone go on about how different this game is. First his haircut and now location! There's at least a couple of levels in New York. The last two games were set there. I'm looking forward to a new setting. If this was all set in NY I probably wouldn't play it. Every game nowadays seems to be set in NY. No one is gonna not see a batman movie cos his suits different or he spends 20 mins in HomgKong #moveon

where did the VGA's touch you on the doll...

what a s**t sandwich that was!

WHoah!!! look at the size of that guy's melon!