Physical media is like "having a dead body handcuffed" to Xbox One

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From that article

1-However, Darling's knowledge of the industry means that he's not totally blind to the reasons for keeping physical retail in place ."Unfortunately, you're talking about people's livelihoods and careers," he continues. "At Codemasters we had salespeople and warehouse people, and their jobs depended on boxed games - if you don't have physical stock then they don't have a job. The shift towards digital is going to mean people losing their jobs and changing careers, but at some stage we have to say we don't need these people anymore. Those who resist are like the Luddites from the 1800s - we have a loom which does all of this stuff automatically so we don't need workers doing it by hand."

2-Darling feels that Microsoft and Sony's move to maintain physical games has opened the door for rival firms to radically alter the playing field in a similar fashion to what has happened in the mobile arena. "They've given Apple and Google a chance to get into the living room - they'll come along with new machines and take over the market," he says. 

1- I think that proves that he is completely blind as to why some of us want the physical to remain. It's not the job of those people that worries us (sad, but true), it's the reasons already said in the thread (people prefering it over digital, people with internet connections that still aren't completely reliable and/or have data-caps, etc.).

2- How is that true?! Sony and MSoft, even Nintnedo, have embraced both models of distribution: physical and digital. How can having the option to choose which way do we want to purchase our games give Google or Apple a chance given that they will only have 1 option? Less options is better now?