TheLegendaryWolf on 16 April 2020
| 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. |
a digital only future isn't gonna be happening anytime soon, even if streaming games becomes more viable. Physical games will one day become the "vinyl" of gaming in the sense that'll be more of a collectors edition kind of thing.
(ps, vinyl sales are at their highest in decades so not the best strawman for that argument :)) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/vinyl-cds-revenue-growth-riaa-880959/ and https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/10/18/the-strange-revival-of-vinyl-records
