You aren't supposed to Cntrl-V articles into an opening post without adding any thoughts of your own, you know. It's against the site rules.
That said, anyone who thinks physical media is going away any time soon is bonkers. A couple of years ago, I let a friend who didn't even have home Internet service of his own download a few games to his PS3. About 8 gigs of data took around 12 hours on a stable 3 Mbps connection.
Can you imagine trying to do that on a crappy satellite connection in the middle of nowhere? That's what a significant portion of the US population uses; and it's pretty safe to say we're one of the more developed countries in the world. I couldn't even establish a strong enough connection to play a few matches of Mario Kart Wii on satellite connection at my ex-gf's parents house, let alone download a full freaking game.
There's also other things to consider, like parents and grandparents who want to buy gifts for their kids.
