Retailers Now Able to Sell Downloadable Xbox Games Via Digital Download Codes - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 August 2014 / 6,327 Views
Microsoft's Major Nelson has announced that consumers will now be able to purchase digital games and dlc for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 at retailers via digital download code cards. The plan is to give consumers another option to purchase its digital games.
The first set of cards that will be made available are for stand-alone games like Max: Curse of Brotherhood and State of Decay, as well as expansion and map packs for Forza Motorsport and Halo.
The cards will be made available later this month at retailers in the US and UK. Microsoft plans to expand the digital download code cards in other countries over the coming month. There will also be a wider selection of titles from both Microsoft and other publishers.
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I think it's nice for people who prefer to do this on store, but I can't imagine why I would go to a store look at a retail copy of a game and just buy a voucher to come home and have to wait the download and use HDD space.
Well max curse of the brotherhood was never available at Retail.
because there are many of us (like myself) that want to purchase digital only and not have to be concerned with having/storing/finding disks, however purchasing directly from MS is at full retail price as they don't want to get in a price war with their retailers. So I for one will buy all my games this way in the future.
You can buy the card to give as a gift to someone else. For example for my nephews who do not have a credit card but still you want to give them the game and they are not in the same town as you - otherwise I would have bought the physical media
you can also gift someone an amount of cash for their mswallet since 2006 which they can use on any game they want on xbl
It's a win for retailers & MS. They don't need to hold as much inventory or dedicate as much floor space for games -- yet can accomplish largely the same sales.
This seems odd. isn't the point of digital to avoid going to the store?
I agree, if I was going to buy digital why would I wasted gas driving to the store when I can just go on my Xbox One?
If you don't want to use Paypal/Credit Card and want to use cash.
There are some people who don't want their credit card numbers "out on the internet" as much as possible.
But just buy the generic points card. Then you can buy any game. A code for one game seems a waste. When I get a eshop code to buy whatever.
This actually surprises me, Sony and Nintendo have been doing this for years. And as for why, some people don't like using a credit card or other services because of safety reasons, and not leaving a balance on their account.
I think Nintendo does something similar in Game in the UK, they sell download codes for full games
Kinda pointless? What does the card give you other then a way to buy a game with cash....OHH......
How is it pointless at the moment prices for digital games are ridiculous if retailers offer cheaper price for digital games more people will buy it
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