I have a freind who owns indie stores and doing quite well i think he has 6 stores now, so a little less indie, but his business is based vastly upon pre-owned titles, i see this as the first nail in the coffin of such indies that remain, sure maybe the Likes of GAME and Gamestation can ride the voucher and Giftcard route, but smaller businesses are going to lose out big time in this the start of Digital Delivery

@haritori This is a big problem for retailers large and small. It's not just, independents that will be hurt by digital downloads - chains like GameStation/Game and CEX rely greatly on pre-owned sales. And they are going to go. Sure, the platform holders can try and keep retail on-side for new game sales with cards and vouchers - but only for so long. The reality is digital download is death for retail, and death for "ownership" of content. Users "rent" content from publishers under the terms of a licence. If they wish, they will be able to implement subscription based systems, whereby if you stop paying and you lose the right to use the content. And without any real competition, the free market will go too, and they will be able to price however they like.

All exciting on the PSP Go front, I mean cheaper games for consumers is fantastic....

Iphone, I touch?

I can't give up my UMD PSP games, especially my imports. PSP Go is growing on me, but that price is still far too steep.

So like how about a PSP 3000 price cut, Sony?

I agree with Doc Dee. I've always feared this DLC future, because while they say its to stop second hand sales, its also going to be taking away freedom from gamers. Frankly, prices will be kept high. See those discounted 360 games you saw today, those will end and we'll all be forced to pay top dollar, just like back in the cartridge days. I remember those days well, and I purchased a lot less games back then, and missed some gems too.

Co-existence of formats is the key. A DLC only future will crumble if we want more control and physical stuff.