This is a silly argument.  you have just as much control and you never have to worry about losing or damaging your media.  

Physical costs the devs money, makes the consoles more expensive, etc, etc.  We shouldn't even have the choice.  Digital makes way to much sense for all involved.

That’s true.

It happens here as well in dedicated game stores, they have way more collectibles and merchandising than in the past. Also a suspicious amount of it is actually Zelda stuff. Stores here seemed to have ditched strategy guides though for the most part for some reason.

Can someone explain this to me?

When a $60 game sells in a store, the store gets a $10 cut of the sale. When a digital sale is made, those extra $10 go back to the developer. Why don't game companies offer a discount for digital purchases (as an incentive to sell more digital copies)? In some cases, digital is actually more expensive than physical (I've noticed that oftentimes when a game gets a price cut, the digital version stays the same).

I suspect that maybe stores like Wal-Mart and Target are pressuring the big three to maintain equal pricing, otherwise they would perhaps refuse to sell their brand in stores anymore. Is that really the reason? Or is there more to it than that?

* I just made up numbers here to make my point; I don't actually know how much a store gets on a game sale.

Depends on the contract and provider of course, but yes, the US have data caps.

https://broadbandnow.com/internet-providers-with-data-caps

Sounds like pure ignorance by someone living in a first world country with a great, unlimited internet connection. Especially when you can bet game prices would still stay the same.

Physical media will be around for another 10-15 years easily. The majority of full game sales are still in the physical space.

If having good internet and living in properly functioning society = ingnorance.....  guilty.  Enjoy you mud hut, and hopefully you don't lose your media in the sinkhole where the bathroom is.

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I agree. I don't see it going away so easily. Physical games may get more and more niche, but there will be always many into them, like films/series blu-rays. I buy series blu-rays sometimes. I'm no collector though. Let alone the real collectors. The same for games. I'm mostly buying digital, but I occasionally buy physical too.

They are? Bad news. They made cool books.

First, yes, I guess the big three don't want to sideline Walmart, Amazon and others like this.

Second, price is not the sum of all costs, price is whatever the market value the product. People just go and pay full price on digital regardless, so, that's the value of a new game. No matter how it's delivered to you, its value is $60 and people just pay. Of course, we can't forget the cuts that come later on. Full price is almost never forever (unless we're talking about Nintendo, lol). (I hope I don't get banned for that small joke but I can't resist -- no console wars: peace and love).