Digital Comics General Discussion

[The1stMJC]

Q. OK here is your chance. What level of interest do you hold for seeing digital comics, graphic novels and manga on these platforms. Laptop Computers, tablet computers and PS3? Would downloading on these platforms increase your use of the service given your particular circumstances?

Seeing the service on my laptop via Media Go would be nice, but nothing I would fight over.

I have very low interest in the service on my PS3 because reading comics on my large tv just doesn't seem right. The only reason digital comics work on the PSP is because they are portable and sitting in front of the tv just doesn't appeal to me when it comes to reading comics. I could be playing Uncharted or Killzone why would I turn on the TV and PlayStation just to read a comic.

Also this raises questions. For quality issues would the file size of the comics increase? Because I don't have a lot of memory for my PSP or will they have seperate files PSP comics file & PS3 comic file? Will prices increase? if so I don't want them anymore

To me it seems like people like the idea, but would try once and forget about it. The PS3 has too many things going for it games, blu rays, dvds, web browser, netflix I feel comics would get lost in the shuffle. 

Q. What improvements would encourage you to purchase more digital comics from the store? Any particular genres, pricing, additional platforms, download sizes?

Improvements I would like to see are 

Previews. I would like to at least see a couple of pages before I buy a comic to see if I like the art or not. 

Commentary is one of my favorite features and I would love to see more of it. 

Pricing is always a concern some comics come out at $2.99 and I feel that is way too much for a download especially if they are just a basic issue new or not I can grab the paperback than. True Blood is weird because issue 1 is $2.99 and the rest are $1.99. Which is why I have yet to buy any of that series despite my True Blood love. 

Bundles, bundles, bundles, I want more I like the ability to grab a whole story arch in one go. So if more bundles come out I will pick them up. 

The download sizes are decent right now I haven't noticed any being to big so far. Than again I only have 70 comics. 

A fix to Green Lantern Rebirth would be nice I made a thread about that though, lol.

[PokerDan]

Q. OK here is your chance. What level of interest do you hold for seeing digital comics, graphic novels and manga on these platforms. Laptop Computers, tablet computers and PS3? Would downloading on these platforms increase your use of the service given your particular circumstances?

YES,YES,YES! Some of us don't own PSP's and dont particularly want to either. Obv if you already do and use it for viewing your comics then you won't be that interested in alternative formats but I've been checking back on to this forum every few months waiting for you guys to pull your finger out and make the service available on PS3!

I have over a years worth of 2000AD to catch up on for starters...

Laptop/PC access would be ok too but second priority for me would be an iPhone/iPad app.

Q. What improvements would encourage you to purchase more digital comics from the store? Any particular genres, pricing, additional platforms, download sizes?

Obv I dont currently use the service so can't really comment on its current usability but the above suggestions by others seem sensible enough. Storage space and bandwidth are usually problems for most of us eventually so keeping the downloads as tightly packaged as possible is always a good idea.

[Yaster]

Cheers for all of this so far guys. Tomorrow I'm going to merge the threads together and start compiling the feedback so get your thoughts in here quickly if you have not done so yet.

[Yaster]

And we're done, thanks for all your feedback