Are physical games eventually going to die?

[Jumpin]

I think the value of physical games is mostly for parents who are looking for Christmas and birthday gifts for their kids - and that is a fairly important thing, commercially - especially for companies like Nintendo. Eventually that’s going to be replaced with digital codes in plastic cases and perhaps a return of the digital gifting feature they had on Wii (which I would have loved on the Switch).

For most people, digital is vastly superior. No clutter, no risk of breaking, no risk of theft. I mean, the hardware that plays the games could be stolen or broken, but then you can just restore purchases on new hardware.

Last edited by Jumpin - on 22 September 2023