I’d thought that the biggest benefit of digital distribution for consumers was that games could be sold for a lower price, since there’s no cost for a physical product. Yet I keep seeing PSP Legacy games by Capcom posted on PSN for the same price as their physical counterpart.

The latest example is Capcom Classics Collection Remixed, which comes out this week. It’s priced on PSN at $19.99, which is the same price I can buy it new in any store. For instance, here’s the listing for Amazon.

Where’s the incentive, then, to buy the digital version?

Plus, these are older PSP titles whose peak sales were met years ago. It makes sense to put it up for download for gamers that may not have discovered it before. But if they aren’t inclined to buy it in the store for $19.99, why would they be any more motivated to buy the download, also for $19.99?

I’d buy it for $14.99, especially since that also beats the average price of a pre-owned copy. Given the options, I think I’ll buy it used…

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