News
Digital Downloads Expect Physical Attendance
Cordova, TN; October 26, in the year of our Lord 2015--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is laughing at an interesting trend within
the video game industry. Companies that make digital downloads
expect physical attendance at events. Let the irony of that sink
in for a minute. Here are people that are not publishing,
developing, or producing physical copies of video games; yet
they expect physical attendance at each and every single event
they attend. Trust me there are lot of them. A lot of fossil
fuels have to be expended to get all of those people to all of
those events. If they are making digital downloads to improve
the environment, they should only have digital events like a
Twitch live stream.
I personally have no problem with physical copies of video
games. In fact I support physical copies of video games. I have
written multiple stories about why physical copies are better
than digital downloads. I also see little to no point in the
trade shows anymore. Here again is a topic I written extensively
about over the years. My biggest beef with the trade shows is
all of the broken promises. I ran the numbers and realized it
was better to save the money spent on physical attendance of
video game expos, and transfer it to all of the games that do
not come in. I went from there to realize there are plenty of
much cheaper, and older video games that Family Friendly Gaming
could cover. That is what allowed us to spend more time playing,
reviewing, and video capturing games we want to play, review,
and video capture.
Why would any company try to entice the media to attend any
event? First off the companies are paying the company that hosts
the event. So they do not want their money wasted. Would you?
Would you want to spend all this money to attend an event, and
get no media hype or buzz about your products? The companies can
then get the gaming media excited about the product by giving us
a little taste of the game. What does that translate into?
Coverage of their game, which reaches millions of families and
gamers. This is why at E3 every single company promises every
single gaming media outlet the moon. If we are lucky we are
provided a blade of grass later. The company reps want the
gaming media, and gamers excited about their upcoming products
so they will make sales. They throw honesty and ethics out the
window.
I personally find it hilarious that companies running around
bragging about being environmentally safe by having downloadable
only video games, expect physical attendance at these events.
Much more damage is done to the environment from event
attendance than physical copies of video games. Since this
thought tickled my brain so much, I wanted to share with the
millions upon millions within Family Friendly Gaming Universe.
Got thoughts on this news article? Then please email them to me.
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming