| src said: In many countries its the law to notify that an internet connection is required for games. I've seen it on GT Sport for instance. BDXL is 100GB, should be enough for PS5 gen. Sony and Panasonic are working on disc for 500GB. So physical discs will always have a place. |
You could do BDXL for Xbox One right now, you'd just have to orphan the OG Xbox One (VCR model) in so doing. But you can do BDXL on the One S and One X, as well as the Series X. I think publishers are reluctant to orphan the One VCR, but you could be clear on the box that owners of the OG One would have to buy it digitally whereas One S and X owners have the option to go digital or physical.
But BDXL discs are likely more expensive to put in the box, let alone whatever these new 500 GB discs might cost, and I think publishers increasingly don't care how much data is on the disc.
As for physical discs, I think saying they will "always" have a place may overstate. I think there will be an eventual end to mainstream distribution of physical copies. Whether it takes 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, or even longer, I think there will be an eventual end to them being a common fixture for almost all game releases. If physical does persist well beyond into the future, it may do so in an extremely niche fashion (such as it's done with music discs). Perhaps it'll be less "Walmart", and more "Limited Run".
Last edited by scrapking - on 18 December 2021
