greenmedic88 on 19 April 2010
IMO, most gamers don't bother reading the game manuals, although there is still a significant percentage of gamers who do, even if it's just while reading them on the can.
In-game manual/tutorials are pretty standard as is with the print manual largely serving as a hard copy to reference while playing. Typically while the game is paused, which is also when the in-game manual is available.
Also consider there is no "standard" for game manuals. Some of them are flat out useless, while some probably appeal to the collector of "stuff" if they have pretty layouts and artwork in addition to useful information.
It's just one more step to eliminating physical distribution of information based goods IMO.
