Future of Physical Media in consoles - end of disks?

[Conina]

DPsx7 said:

Conina said:

And our physical games / movies can be damaged or get unusable by fire, water, heat, cold, pressure, laser rot, scratches, rusted contacts, empty batteries (can't hold savegames anymore), old copy protections like Securom, Tagès, StarForce... Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it can't. 

But the point was these are things YOU can prevent or avoid. If I lose my games it's my own fault. Nothing you can do about their servers or the internet. Rot isn't a problem as these discs will last longer than you need them to. BR's can't be scratched unless you're trying. Batteries can be replaced without much effort. Put it this way, I have NES or even Atari games that still work. Pretty sure my PS1 or DC games would too. Meanwhile we've already lost access to a handful of digital games that are years newer. I've often said don't fix what isn't broken. It just makes problems that don't need to be. And for what, a handful of people who are too lazy to flip a disc or too careless to keep their kids and pets away? Digital costs more so that alone should be enough incentive.

So every damage or loss of your physical games is your fault? No matter if there is a fire or flood or hurricane or theft or a publisher cheaping out on the materials?

And it ain't your fault if you don't keep your downloads (or redownload and backup it, when a delisting of a game is announced? Also, even if a Steam, PSN, XBL or eShop Switch game gets delisted, you can still redownload it over and over again as long as you have a valid license.

You really have a simple world view, all black and white.

Both digital and physical games have advantages and disadvantages... I like them both.