Arstechnica: Physical console games are quickly becoming a relatively niche market

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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 with services like Games Pass (which are the kind of future companies will most likely try to push for), you only "rent" the license for as long as you pay for the subscription.