Yeah I failed to download and install the battle.net app on my laptop, and that was even after I slipped in the ethernet cable to make a wired connection. But in my case there must have been some local internet weirdness because once the laptop went to my Nephew's house they managed to set up the app and download Hearthstone on a wireless connection no problem. So weird.

Oh, I know. I was speaking about physical media in general. I have a huge collection of DVD's that I bought between 1999-2005ish and yesterday, it dawned on me as my old DVD player is starting to break down, that all of our CD's, DVD's, BR's and games will be useless. If you don't manually convert your stuff into some sort of digital file, you're GOING to be screwed because there's going to be nothing to play any of them on in the future.

I may be in the minority, but that is pretty depressing to me.

Definitely sounds like connection problems. Your wireless connection may be the problem but it could also be your internet connection. But I'm sure you already know that as an IT professional ;)

Doesn't make it better though, that you can't install it offline.

Every computer can play DVDs I think and both consoles can play blu rays and DVDs so you'll be able to watch those forever :P, but converting that situation to gaming, say I had a huge collection of N64 games, but then my N64 broke.  There are a few retro gaming stores around me where I could buy another N64, but if I live in a place where there are no retro gaming stores then I could order one online.

What concerns me is games that have a required online feature where it is not even needed.  Ex Destiny has no reason to require an online connection imo, you can't trade items between people, hell you can't even communicate with other people.  It is not a mmo and it is perfectly playable alone, but the simple fact that people supported it even though it needed a online connection without it being needed and it being a huge success might mean other games will try doing the same.  Ofc when the servers for any game like this go down it will be unplayable.

I really dislike digital.

Anyways, take it to a friends house with your computer and download it. Tedious, but at least you get the game you paid for.

I am slightly surprised by the customer support though. Out of all the customer support I have gone through like Sony, MS, ASUS, etc. Blizzard was always the best.

Sucks, but you shouldn't be surprised. Well, I suppose you could (and should) be surprised about how badly it works - or rather, doesn't work.

This is exactly why I practically boycott DRM, with the exception of Steam sales. Steam is DRM as well, and thus lowers the value of games to me. And if it uses something else on top of Steam, well, tough luck then. Still haven't bought a single game like that unless it came as part of a bundle with other interesting games in it.

What happens if you have a low download quota on you internet plan? It's ridiculous.I was actually in a gaming shop 2 weeks back and saw PC game boxes with "no physical game inside, steam code inside".Might as well just go on steam and cut out the middleman then??

Also to add : 2nd to last physical PC game I bought(last was sc2) was dragon age.The expansion pack download didn't work with the retail copy.You had to buy retail expo only!

As far as playing movies and music, what I meant is that the PLAYERS, even consoles, they're going to break down because they are mechanical. I only have one working DVD player now. I use to have 4 lol. My old VCR finally bit the dust and my PS2 is next (games are starting to freeze). That's what I'm trying to say here. Unless we all back our stuff up digitally, 30 years from now, we're not going to have any way of actually watching, playing or listening to our phyiscal media. 

I agree with you about the online required games. If you want to see what it's going to be like, look no further than PSO for the first Xbox. It required an XBL account to play the game. You couldn't even play offline without one. Now that MS has shut down internet access for the original Xbox, unless you happen to have one WITH an old XBL account already there, the game is unplayable. Desitny, Titfanall... when those servers are gone, so too are those games.