'Question Of The Week' Discusses Digital Downloads

The "Question Of The Week" feature, a specific industry-related question to be answered by professional game developers and Gamasutra readers, takes a look at the possibilities for digital downloading of game content, following continued publicity for Valve's Steam 'content delivery' system and the news that 3D Realms' Prey will also be distributed digitally.. The new question, which can be answered at the official Question Of The Week page until June 20th, is: "Are digital downloads going to become the predominant way of purchasing and playing PC or console game content in the future, or will physical game copies continue to be the conventional distribution method?" As with the previous questions, the best responses will be compiled into an article to be published on the site, and users can either respond publically, with their name and company specifically cited, or anonymize their answers if they wish.