| vivster said: 10 years from now the next generation will laugh at us and ask why we felt the need to put software on individual cartridges or Blurays when there are perfectly fine local storage options. People clinging to physical games is today's version of people clinging to vinyl. |
There is a slight difference though
Song file size 20 years ago - 5,2 MB
Song file size now - 5,2 MB
Game file size 20 years ago - 5,2 MB
Game file size now - 52 GB
While I fully agree physicals will definitely become obsolete someday, I'm not really buying the idea that all the storage and internet issues will be solved in that short time. Song and images files hit their plateau many years ago, movies size file is becoming non-issue because streaming can dynamically reduce image quality (also also the quality of the movies are limited by the quality of screens, not every TV has 4K support). Games's size however is growing just as fast as storage devices are becoming cheaper and more reliable, I don't know if it will be a definitive solution for this in the next two generations.
Last edited by IcaroRibeiro - on 16 April 2020
