| Chrkeller said: People can not like it, but digital is the future. Just a matter of time. |
This really depends on what you are trying to argue. If you are arguing that digital will be the primary means for game distribution, then we are already at that point on PlayStation and Xbox.
If you are arguing that digital will completely snuff out physical games distribution, I think that position is significantly more difficult to defend. The examples set by other forms of media have shown that physical releases basically always settle themselves into a niche. Sometimes this niche is small, as with vinyl in the music industry, but sometimes this niche is still extremely lucrative. DVDs and blu rays are still highly popular with home theater enthusiasts and still have large amounts of shelf space dedicated to their sale in the traditional brick and mortar retailers.
I think there is still going to be an enthusiast market for physical games. Rolstoppable thinks that the physical games decline has finally bottomed out, and I see no reason to think that isn’t the case to be honest. On PlayStation and Xbox, and Xbox in particular, if you are still buying physical now you probably will be 5-10 years from now and beyond, unless Microsoft or Sony try to force a digital transition which I think would go poorly.
