If for Xbox 8 Microsoft is essentially using the disc as the means of distributing the software, not providing the ability to play from it, than it is likely that not far down the road will be the ability to walk into a store with a USB thumb drive, purchase a game, copy it to your thumb drive, and install it on your computer.
Go into Best Buy, log into a kiosk, stick your thumb drive in, slide your credit card in, and your game of choice is copied to your thumb drive. The only thing you have to do is stick it in your console where the license is tied to your device, and you're off to the races.







