So when PS4, Xbox one and Switch become retro consoles with no online support all versions become junk because there is no way to get the missing files. So no better than buying digitally. For me part of the appeal of retail games is the fact you can play them many years from now. I still replay old games occasionally. So if anything LA Noire is more future proof on 360 and PS3. There should be some rule that game updates are allowed to be stored on any media and always available online which can be enforced by allowing refunds for games that have been made obsolete by no longer providing the updates. However if the company goes out of business this obviously won't happen.
It's like we are all being trained into accepting the removal of optical drives and cartridges altogether. Their benefits are gradually being eroded by this.
I thought the Doom cartridge situation was perfect. Single player on the cartridge, multiplayer download which will be unusable anyway when the servers are shutdown so pretty much as it should be. 10 years from now you can still play Doom on your retro Switch console in single player. I think any reasonable person understands Switch cartridges won't be cheap and extra capacity costs more money so as always with cartridges there is extra pressure to keep capacities small.
