Runic Games CEO wants end to physical media

 

"I look forward to the end of boxes and disks. Kill them with fire for all I care. The retail market has historically starved developers and narrowed the market for available games. Now we need to take advantage of services like Steam with innovative pricing, business models, and games," he said in an interview with Gaming Nexus.

 

And with digital markets ready and unspeakable benefits to the environment as a result of less packaging and distribution, we couldn't agree more.

 

And with emerging markets suffering from piracy, this could be a legitimate way to explore countries such as those in the Middle East, which have huge gaming potential, but are stifled by the piracy issues.

 

Let us know, would the Arabic gaming audience be ready for a digital videogame revolution?  Developers seem to be ready...