Downloading Games Might Not Be Better for the Environment After All, Study Finds

Downloading Games Might Not Be Better for the Environment After All, Study Finds   Traditional logic has held that downloading games over the Internet is better for the environment than buying games at the store--a process which requires the game to be manufactured, distributed, and then purchased at the store. In fact, a new study has found this is not the case.The newly published study, The Carbon Footprint of Games Distribution (PDF, via IGN), explores the carbon emissions produced by a game over the course of its life.Read more >