| We need a real platform for delivering content Coming from a pirate, who is also a gamer, one thing that is needed is a decent platform for it. Something system-agnostic. Don't tie the content to one system, one location, or even one specific format. And don't tie it to a single player, or even a single use.
Once upon a time, I was proud of the collection I had obtained without paying for. Now, I'm slowly working through that old collection, with a new one, which is actually paid for.
How did that happen? Steam. A semi-independent game delivery platform, which has made it easy to get the games (takes about the same amount of time ), can do decent work in promoting independent titles, and frequently has sales that are simply too good to pass up, if you have even a remote interest in what's being offered.
So, we need something like that for movies. Something where content can be put on sale instantly, where you don't have to deal with tons of extra crap, and where you can get all of the studios in one place, where everyone who's in it to make money, is doing so.
I'd even say that Valve should get Steam into the video business, to show them how it's done.
I now have over 100 games that I've paid for, that I can pretty much use as -I- want (I don't have any interest in sharing the games around wildly and selling them when I'm done), I can download them again in 2 or 3 years to play, I can play (most of) them offline, and in general, it just works for me. Much less hassle, and especially great when they have huge sales of blockbuster releases.
Really, isn't that exactly the kind of thing they want out of a platform? The ability to -convert- people who didn't pay, into willing purchasers? |
