DevilRising on 18 March 2013
I'd hardly say they're pointless. I would say that they need to start officially fully tracking digital sales. I'm sure there are several Wii titles, for example, that may have lackluster physical sales, but many people may have decided to download them. Digital is never going to fully overtake physical, I think, because too many people, myself included, like having physical discs, booklets, cover art, etc. A lot of people really value having physical "game rooms" and game collections, etc. BUT, they should be actually tracking digital sales more, kind of ridiculous that they don't.
