Buy & Download Computer Based Games From Amazon Or Choose Free Games To Try, Before You Buy

Traditionally, buying games meant going into a large retail or game specialist store and checking out an array of boxed items to choose a title for ones personal gaming platform. You would also find it rather taxing with having to walk, bus, taxi, or drive to the shopping mall, walking to the store and spending time choosing a title. It would be something of a drag if a particular title you really wanted to purchase was unavailable and you didn't find out until you actually arrived at the place of purchase.

Buying games through Amazon has recently expanded into digital download products for games. This makes a purchase so much simpler and one can save on having to drive the car as well. MP3's are a big item on Amazon, and now they have an ever growing library of games available to buy.

Why buy a game digitally form Amazon? Here are some of the positives.

• No more missing CD's or DVD's - You no longer have to find and load into your drive a disc to first install, then play a game. Most of the larger game publishers are also starting to alienate gamers buy having them buy the game, install it, THEN having to connect to the internet to activate a game BEFORE its played.
• No more waiting at the shops - You no longer have to wait in a queue at your favorite store after you have located your desired game for purchase.
• Easy to download via broadband connections - Games that are under 100Mb in size download in minutes. Larger games require longer downloading time. One game of 7Gb may take up to 10 hours to download. (Do it at night when you sleep, after waking your game download should be near finished)
  
• Games are stored on your computer - Once you have downloaded for the first time, the Amazon Game Downloader software & your chosen game, they are stored in a folder (or another folder of your choice) on your computer, better yet, if you accidentally delete the original game files, since Amazon has an account for your games, you can simply log in and re-download any of your previously purchased games.
• Use Firefox or Internet Explorer for the best experience - The Amazon Game Downloader software has been optimized for use with these two browsers. Other browsers such as Opera, Chrome and Safari for Windows, will still work, yet onscreen assistance will not be available for these alternate browsers.
• Works with Windows XP, Vista and 7 - Amazon Game Downloader will work with these operating systems.
• Products at many price points - Remember scouring the bargain bins in EB Games for cheaper games, or games reduced in price six months after their release? Well digital downloads have games made specifically for this type of market, or games may actually reduce in price quicker over a short period of time.
  

There are some drawbacks to purchasing games online. Yet with the trend of the market increasing for digital products, there are some previous ways to buy and sell games, that no longer work in the market, lets explore.

• No tangible product - Since the product is now digital and almost all the games have DRM, your option to resell the game is zilch, since you no longer have a physical product.
• No more value added products - Games sold physically still do come in special editions, with maps made of felt, a nice looking chrome tin box, a special bound booklet, sometimes a mini-comic, and other paraphernalia. Like no tangible product above, since these items including any manuals are now also digital, you no longer have the value added product with your game.
• Limited Library - Currently not every PC game sold physically is also sold digitally, so a game you may see available in the stores, or a review/trial in a game magazine, on release date may still be only available as a physical product. Over time, places like Steam, Direct2Drive and Amazon Game Downloads will expand their digital library.
• No Returns Policy - Since items purchased are in digital format, there are no returns or refunds. This is due to Amazon having no provisions to see that you no longer have the game on your PC (which would infringe on privacy laws anyway) and also your game is always in your Amazon Download Library.
• Not everyone has broadband - You may live in an area that uses directTV or satellite due to the area you live in and may not have a connection to fibre or cable broadband, this will limit your available bandwidth or may be prohibitive as a cost when downloading large files.
  

Amazon has become something of an enigma for an e-commerce company. Rather than provide fat profits to all and sundry for their shareholders and stock owners, they have massively re-invested their earnings into more distribution/fulfillment centers.

The benefit is also investment into cloud computing and IT technology. Faster computers, larger storage and more seamless integration allow for a much better and more beneficial inclusion in consumer experience. Especially now with legal downloading and purchasing of games, movies, music and soon to be items like video on demand, live streaming, podcasts, delayed sports and music concert broading casting (obviously for a fee or pay per view).

This always available and instant on approach to media shall see a large company like Amazon be at the forefront of this exciting change of entertainment delivery and providing for consumers.