Shops refuse to stock psp in Europe till they get psn cards

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alekth said:

The data on those carriers is digital, however their distribution is not.
Their distribution (even if you order it over the internet) is still a physical copy and last I checked plastic and colourfully printed glossy paper were still very easy to tell apart from a file. Is sending you an email the same as sticking a floppy in your mailbox?

Is this splitting hairs really what matters though?

I didn't say it's the same, I said they're both digital. As I said before, being physical or virtual has nothing to do with being digital or not, it's like color and smell, two separate classifications.

If you're talking to someone who has never heard the name before, you'll have to explain it to them, whereas everyone can understand what "online distribution" is (as long as they know what online is, which is more likely than knowing what digital is).

It's not that big a deal, just a pet peeve I have.