Shuhei Yoshida Wants Every PS4 Game Available As A Digital Download

<p>With the sudden flourish of PlayStation 4 news&comma; you can be forgiven in being unable to tell the difference of a confirmed feature and a rumored feature of Sony’s next generation console&comma; the PlayStation 4&comma; which was announced last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to The Guardian in a recent interview&comma; Shuhei Yoshida &lpar;President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios&rpar; stated the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re shifting our platform more and more to the digital side – PS4 will be similar to PS Vita in that every game will be available as a digital download&comma; and some will also be available as a disc&period;”<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What does this mean&quest; As Nintendo is currently trying to implement with both its platforms&comma; the Wii U and 3DS&comma; we can expect to see many games which are available to purchase at brick-and-mortar stores available in the company’s digital store&comma; creating an easy way to top-up your game library at any given moment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whilst pricing wasn’t confirmed or even discussed during the interview&comma; it would be interesting to see if Sony follows a similar path taken by Nintendo in charging much higher prices for digital content compared to that of RRP &lpar;recommend retail pricing&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are you for or against a digital future in games&quest; Especially when considering that all of your PS3 game saves and PSN content WILL NOT be functional on your new PS4 console&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;guardian&period;co&period;uk&sol;technology&sol;gamesblog&sol;2013&sol;feb&sol;22&sol;ps4-shuhei-yoshida-interview">The Guardian<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;psu&period;com&sol;a018496&sol;Every-PS4-game-will-be-available-as-a-digital-download-says-Yoshida">PlayStation Universe<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;c59d42a1-a67c-4f51-8b17-ba51481f7a4c" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;