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We Want Our Boxes (For Our Games, That Is)

Over on Ovi Gaming I’ve posted an editorial on the importance of game boxes and physical media for the collector and the console gaming ecosystems.

This may seem a strange issue to bring up, and even though there is a niche that regards game boxes as collectibles, there are many, many more that would be quite happy to sell on a game, be it to a second hand shop, as a trade in at EB Games, or on Amazon or eBay. And the games publishers are fighting to stop this second sale happening – after all, these are sold on at almost full price.

Nowadays, with electronic stores, you have to struggle just to re-download an application you’ve already purchased, and in the case of the Ovi Store you get one chance at downloading a purchase. Need to grab it again because of a hard reset, corruption or you’ve bought a new phone, then you’re out of luck.

More on Ovi Gaming, which is the new name for All About N-Gage, in case you have forgotten!

June 24, 2009; Console Gaming, Links to my Articles, Symbian;

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