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In the early days of PC gaming most people got their gaming fix from games delivered by mail order. As sales increased, retail distribution of games on media such as floppy disks, CDs and eventually ...

This HEXUS.help guide discusses digital distribution, what it is, how it affects both manufacturers and consumers, and what the future holds for digital media delivery. Digital distribution isn’t a ...

You get it: Digital distribution is the future and the future is now. What you probably don’t get is exactly what that means, because… well, no one understands it. Not entirely, not yet. Too many ...

It would be hard to find anyone betting against digital distribution as the wave of the future in video gaming, as indeed in books, music and films. Electronic Arts' recent quarterly results record a ...

In the early '80s, a company called Control Video Corporation (CVC) developed a peripheral for the Atari 2600 called the Gameline. The device hooked up to a phone line and let users download games to ...

This post has not been edited by the GamesBeat staff. Opinions by GamesBeat community writers do not necessarily reflect those of the staff. There has been a recent trend within gaming that has ...

Robb McDaniels talks about managing digital distribution for independent artists such as Dolly Parton, Crystal Method, and Snoop Dogg as well as for big labels like Universal Music Group. Greg ...

Universal Pictures has restructured its home entertainment division, giving it oversight of all physical and digital sales, marketing and distribution of its film and TV shows. Studio made the move to ...

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