Clearly, there is some craziness going on here that needs to be explained. Nearly one year ago, I started a blog titled Digital Distribution Review. The goal of this blog was to inform consumers about the digital distribution of PC games, and to correct a great deal of misinformation that is floating around online. Surprisingly, the blog was a success. It attracted regular visitors, as well as opened up some interesting opportunities for myself.
I was a wholehearted supporter of these services at the start. However, the further I delved into my research and talked with members of the industry, that support quickly waned. To put it simply, I discovered this is not a world I wanted to be a part of. I found it difficult to continue writing for Digital Distribution Review without letting personal bias take over.
I feel further explanation of my reasons are of little value at this point. I have learned it is impossible to reason with a majority of gamers on the topic, and they will simply have to discover issues for themselves. Even reasoning with certain developers became quite a task, who will often avoid any challenging question and continue pushing gamers to use these services.
My initial reaction was to delete the blog and just be done with it, but a friend convinced me it was important not to. The information still needed to be there for others to read. After some consideration, I agreed and have now merged many of those posts into my personal blog, removing only the general news pieces that had no place here.
If you came here through Digital Distribution Review in search of an article, my apologies for taking you on this detour. The article likely still exists, you will just need to search for it again through the upper right hand search box, or Digital Distribution category. If you came here for the price debate charts, they likely will not make a reappearance due to the work involved. All you need to know is that you are likely paying too much.
My apologies as well to those who were so willing to help me, and gave me a great deal of information that I am still processing.
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That’s too bad. I liked reading the blog. I, for one, would like to know the general reasons of you getting tired of this industry.
Your blog was always an interesting read, and I haven’t really thought about the topics you mentioned until you actually mentioned them and it started me thinking. Thank you for that.
And I really wish you could disclose the facts that made you rethink your approach and hit the kill switch with the blog, but I think that will sadly remain a mystery forever for me.
Thank you again and I wish you best of luck for whatever you do next.