I'm OK with digital distribution as long as I manage to own the game without any killswitch / always online / streaming crap.
But, alas, to the likes of Bobby Kotick, Orwell wasn't a bad guy... he was hot, and he was on.
Anyways, talking about "natural progression" falls to the technological progress myth and places people as slaves to technological progress instead of it's controllers. Of course if technology progresses in a way to harm huge companies in a certain way, you can be sure it won't be called natural by them. File sharing? Kill it with fire! Modding? Anti-ethical antics!







