Originally Posted by Libertine

Jesus Christ indeed.

The most profitable game in the history of mankind is WoW. A game that has low requirements exactly to be available to as many people as possible. So that's a great analogy you used there, champ.

But games are nothing like websites. Websites can offer both downloadable and streaming content, to satisfy two different sets of surfers at once. Aside from that, unlike with games, downloadable content actually offers a higher quality than streaming content does.

The advantage of streaming is immediate availability, not higher quality. It's great for surfers with a good connection who are looking for a quick fap. The ones with a less-than-great connection and the ones who want high quality instead of speed will not be pleased with sites that only have streaming video available. Which hurts retention rates.