What you say is not incorrect, but it does not tell the whole story.  As the Ubisoft representative recently said, publishers intentionally reduce the price of retail copies so they sell out in stores.  Therefore, the retailers are willing to make larger orders when the next game comes out.  Digital copies should cost less than physical copies, because there is no disc, manual, box, boxart, shipping costs, and most importantly, no retailer's cut.  Publishers are giving in to retailer's demands, and it's hurting gamers.

Err.. no. The retailer cut goes instead to the digital store owner. So, thats not going away either way, except for first party games.

So, its shiping costs for physical goods. Not a bae deal when digital can be switched off at any time.

Amen brother!

I'm in the middle really, buy mostly physical but I don't mind digital every once in a while. Most of the stuff I get physical are games I know I'll replay at some point or many times. My digital purchases are usually multiplayer games since I'll invest a shit ton of hours on them, obviously purely talking about home consoles

I can't deny though, I like having the game in my colection..

Physical makes more sense.

But I still prefer digital. Easier to organize my collection. Plus I don't have to change disks all the time.

I don't mind either. These days I'm finding digital games for cheaper prices so I'm buying more of those. But I don't mind having either.

In the case of the consoles, the digital store owner is the console manufacturer, who the publishers already pay royalties to.  Now I'm sure that they do pay for using the console's digital store, but it has to be less than console royalties + retailer's cut.  And then again we have shipping and manufacturing.

i don't understand why people are trying to decide for others. I prefer physical, some people don't. There are advantages to both, I would never buy digital but i get why some people might. People will choose for themselves which is better for them, there's nothing to argue about here.

Physical games are the best because: You can lend them to friends and family, you can sell them or trade them in, they are not tied to your console (looking at you Nintendo with digital games), they are easier to find at an discounted price.

I buy all my movies on blu-ray, which is usually cheaper than owning them digitally.

The case to buy movies physical is even a lot stronger than games. No patches needed, better picture quality, lossless sound, multiple sound tracks, lots of extras, and you often get the digital version as a bonus. They're trying to make the digital (to buy) version more attractive now by delaying the physical version. Buy the digital version now and watch it 2 weeks before the blu-ray comes out.

For example Justice Leage Gods and Monsters, PSN HD to buy CAD 24.99 3.4GB download, Amazon.ca CAD 21.97 Blu-ray + DVD + digital HD ultraviolet.

A digital version is only worth 1/3 or a physical version to me. I have a hard time paying $20 for just a digital download. That might change though as opposed to movies, physical game editions get more and more useless thanks to major day 1 patches. Anyway as long as digital is half price or more than physical, physical is still the best way to go. Can always sell it on or trade it in for half price off the next game.

Btw movies have not gone all digital. Can't buy any digital versions of Ghibli movies for example.