"We do business in parts of the world where network infrastructure isn't as robust as one would hope," former Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai said in August last year. While Microsoft has remained quiet on its next Xbox plans, Sony has indicated its next PlayStation will not be digital-only. Driving a truck to Japan just to get it delivered to people when they can get it from the net? Hopefully the new consoles will embrace the download space even more." I don't understand how anyone can make money out of this. "Driving discs in a big van all over the world is really inefficient. "The retail model has always been and still is broken, from a developer's point of view," Patti told Eurogamer at the GameCity6 festival. Patti is yet to reveal Playdead's next game, but told Eurogamer it will almost certainly be downloadable - something he's perfectly happy with because, in his view, discs are outdated. It was later released on PC and PlayStation 3. Limbo, a digitally distributed game that launched last year on Xbox Live Arcade, wowed critics and proved an immense commercial success. That's according to Dino Patti, boss of Limbo developer Playdead games.
The retail video game model "has always been and still is broken".
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