| CHYUII said: I think we all agree that in order for this to happen there will have to be some advancements in technology. Download speeds is another thing that would have increase. But if all games are 50GBs that would be the suck. As to Retailers some retailers handle online MP3's and they have physical CD inventory too. I speak of in store download systems in a physical retail spot because everyone will not have high speed internet capabilities unless it is provided for free by local government programs.
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I think we can also agree that there will be advancements in technology ;) As I said, even mobile broadband will provide sufficient speeds to stream movies and download games. 4G mobile networks will support up to 300+ Mbps (1 Gbps coming soon after). Of course this will be shared with simultaneous users in your area, but speeds will still be great.
You're right that some retailers also handle online distribution, but I don't think that would be the case with games. Game console systems are pretty locked to only accept games approved by the console makers, so the game distribution systems would be controlled by the console makers. This is also part of what would allow margins to be much lower than with current retailers, since they can mix the bandwidth fee with the licensing fee which already exists.
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