The Future

[Psychonaut]

http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Tech&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended

how do you feel about this, if it is the future we are going to live in?

i'm sure we all know that things are readily available for free on the internet, but usually morally just causes make us purchase them online, or in physical media in stores, etc.

how do you feel about the points brought up in this article? do you disagree, agree, and why?

I don't mean to just churn out one more debate topic, i actually read this all and thought it would be both a good topic, and an interesting thing to share with you guys. if you don't want to discuss it, at least read the bulletin points presented in the article.

 

[EpicGamer12]

umm..
wat

 

[Sporge27]

We are reaching an era where the middle man is slowly being crushed. Why would I need a publisher for a game I make, when I can just figure out how to host the content myself and keep 100% of any purchase, otherwise publishers take a decent chunk out of your sale. Look at Minecraft. It won the internet.

 

[D1llon]

tl;dr????????

 

[Psychonaut]

tl;dr????????

how do you feel about this, if it is the future we are going to live in?

i'm sure we all know that things are readily available for free on the internet, but usually morally just causes make us purchase them online, or in physical media in stores, etc.

basically, the internet is getting rid of things that used to be commonplace. like sporge said, publishers will die out, unless they can really add something, or BS their way to sales.

as the article brings up, if and when the time comes that we can duplicate things (god forbid that happen), the only thing that will keep sales up is if they can BS their way around the fact that we can make as many copies of anything that we want.

it's basically talking about how the internet is going to *censored.3.0* us all over in the end.

 

[Marcus]

tl;dr????????

how do you feel about this, if it is the future we are going to live in?

i'm sure we all know that things are readily available for free on the internet, but usually morally just causes make us purchase them online, or in physical media in stores, etc.

basically, the internet is getting rid of things that used to be commonplace. like sporge said, publishers will die out, unless they can really add something, or BS their way to sales.

as the article brings up, if and when the time comes that we can duplicate things (god forbid that happen), the only thing that will keep sales up is if they can BS their way around the fact that we can make as many copies of anything that we want.

it's basically talking about how the internet is going to *censored.3.0* us all over in the end.

But the internet is what lets me play WoW

 

[Josh]

So are you talking about the Internet's future?

 

[Psychonaut]

tl;dr????????

how do you feel about this, if it is the future we are going to live in?

i'm sure we all know that things are readily available for free on the internet, but usually morally just causes make us purchase them online, or in physical media in stores, etc.

basically, the internet is getting rid of things that used to be commonplace. like sporge said, publishers will die out, unless they can really add something, or BS their way to sales.

as the article brings up, if and when the time comes that we can duplicate things (god forbid that happen), the only thing that will keep sales up is if they can BS their way around the fact that we can make as many copies of anything that we want.

it's basically talking about how the internet is going to *censored.3.0* us all over in the end.

But the internet is what lets me play WoW

i think wow's brought up in there somewhere.

the game industry as we know it is basically teetering on the internet, and digital distribution.

depending on how much digital distribution takes off, traditional game stores are going to become defunct, since the only reason anyone would go to the store would be for the feeling of physical media, or for a more human interface/experience.

i know that whole paragraph is awful and riddled with inconsistency and extremism, but i don't care, you get the point.

personally, i don't see why i would go to a store like gamestop and pay more money for a copy of a game i can get for cheaper, unless i really like it/want to collect it or something.

even though i know that every GBA game is available through the internet, that didn't stop me from picking up ones i really wanted, but how many people are there who do just that, and how much of a profit are the stores making off of people like me?

i dunno. it really just brings into question a lot of the things that we take for granted which are more likely than not going to be phased out at some point in time.

book publishers are going to get hit hard, as will publishers of any kind, i think. i dunno.

@josh, did you read the article?
it isn't just about the internet, though it is a main focus since it is already apparent and real in many ways, Steam and iTunes being huge examples, not to mention illegal downloading.

it's kind of redundant since it already exists, but with many new technological advances such as the e-book, a lot of things that we are accustomed to (again, like book publishers) are going to be phased out, or at least toned down/not so big.

 

[EpicGamer12]

tl;dr????????

how do you feel about this, if it is the future we are going to live in?

i'm sure we all know that things are readily available for free on the internet, but usually morally just causes make us purchase them online, or in physical media in stores, etc.

basically, the internet is getting rid of things that used to be commonplace. like sporge said, publishers will die out, unless they can really add something, or BS their way to sales.

as the article brings up, if and when the time comes that we can duplicate things (god forbid that happen), the only thing that will keep sales up is if they can BS their way around the fact that we can make as many copies of anything that we want.

it's basically talking about how the internet is going to *censored.3.0* us all over in the end.

But the internet is what lets me play WoW

i think wow's brought up in there somewhere.

the game industry as we know it is basically teetering on the internet, and digital distribution.

depending on how much digital distribution takes off, traditional game stores are going to become defunct, since the only reason anyone would go to the store would be for the feeling of physical media, or for a more human interface/experience.

i know that whole paragraph is awful and riddled with inconsistency and extremism, but i don't care, you get the point.

personally, i don't see why i would go to a store like gamestop and pay more money for a copy of a game i can get for cheaper, unless i really like it/want to collect it or something.

even though i know that every GBA game is available through the internet, that didn't stop me from picking up ones i really wanted, but how many people are there who do just that, and how much of a profit are the stores making off of people like me?

i dunno. it really just brings into question a lot of the things that we take for granted which are more likely than not going to be phased out at some point in time.

book publishers are going to get hit hard, as will publishers of any kind, i think. i dunno.

@josh, did you read the article?
it isn't just about the internet, though it is a main focus since it is already apparent and real in many ways, Steam and iTunes being huge examples, not to mention illegal downloading.

it's kind of redundant since it already exists, but with many new technological advances such as the e-book, a lot of things that we are accustomed to (again, like book publishers) are going to be phased out, or at least toned down/not so big.

Oh. That helped me understand.

 

[Bacon Boy]

The only thing keeping hard copies alive is security. What if my computer crashes and I lose all of my music/ebooks/games? owait! I still have some hardcopies!

 

[«Jack»]

The only thing keeping hard copies alive is security. What if my computer crashes and I lose all of my music/ebooks/games? owait! I still have some hardcopies!

Music - redownload from itunes with the account, free of charge
ebooks - redownload from amazon/b&n with same account, free of charge
Games - redownload from steam with the account, free of charge.
:J

 

[Bacon Boy]

The only thing keeping hard copies alive is security. What if my computer crashes and I lose all of my music/ebooks/games? owait! I still have some hardcopies!

Music - redownload from itunes with the account, free of charge
ebooks - redownload from amazon/b&n with same account, free of charge
Games - redownload from steam with the account, free of charge.
:J

Not all games are on steam.

Saves and everything are still deleted.
And iTunes is pretty persnickety when it comes to re-downloading...