Good, means that there will be more units for the UK launch, sod the Dutch. Downloadable titles are the way forward, PSOne games have be online since March 2007, if they werent selling then why are more titles coming out in that format? PSP game sales online are increasing rapidly - on the launch of the PSP Go and the release of new games for download will only make this more so. XBLA titles have been selling really well as have PSN titles.

Next Gen consoles wont support dvd/ blu ray/ flash memory etc. All download only, the sooner this happens the better I say!!

All these non english speaking countries are the reason why PSN/ XBLA games take so long to launch over here compaired to the USA.

The English speaking users should have access to a English language store/ marketplace. This will mean we get games cheaper (no translation costs, forigen marketing) and they will be released earlier.

Think of it from the shops point of view: what is the point in a shop selling a console where the customer can not buy a single game in store?

Consoles have historically been sold at very little profit and all the stores income comes from games and add-ons. Sony even makes a loss on the PS3 and is relying on game sales for profit.

Downloading games from online stores is probably the future for customers, but it is the death of all game stores.

"All these non english speaking countries are the reason why PSN/ XBLA games take so long to launch over here compaired to the USA. The English speaking users should have access to a English language store/ marketplace. This will mean we get games cheaper (no translation costs, forigen marketing) and they will be released earlier."

What complete and utter horse shit! The practice of keeping NA and EMEA markets separate has nothing to do with language issues. It does, however, have everything to do with being able to gouge consumers for the maximum amount they can get away with in the local market.

"Next Gen consoles wont support dvd/ blu ray/ flash memory etc. All download only, the sooner this happens the better I say!!"

Rubbish - and you know it.

Obviously, the next set of consoles will support both. Downloads and physical discs/memory cards/whatever complement each other, downloads will never replace physical media completely, certainitely not for a big complicated machine like a stand-alone console.

I'm certainly not a fan of Sony's new strategy of screwing over existing PSP owners with this download only crap. They deliberately went download only to cut out retailers and the pre-owned markets.