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SvennoJ on 22 February 2022
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hinch said:
Link_Nines.XBC said:

Companies will most probably try to push for subscriptions-based gaming (like what MS is doing with Gamepass), which means that they won't want people to actually own the digital files . Having said that, I don't think physicals will ever completely disappear, they're still being made for films and music even though stuff like Netflix/HBO Max/Disney+/Paramount+/etc. and Spotify/Apple Music/Google Play exist.

I will personally keep buying physicals any time it's possible.

You don't own any copyrighted digital file but the license to use it. That goes for a lot of media, including physical games.

But yeah I can see physical games going the way of the Bluray/CD in a decade. Two max.

So nowhere? I still regularly buy Blu-rays and CDs, actually easier to get than a lot of game with digital only releases.

Sure, physical games are basically also just a license to use them, like blu-rays. The difference is, you can sell and trade your physical license. You don't own your digital license, you're just renting it indefinitely.