Why do Disk Drives matter?

[Azzanation]

DroidKnight said:

Azzanation said:

It's starting to be the reality. I cannot see the next Xbox and Sony consoles offering disk drives. They both want to drive the digital media which is the best financial foot forward. More control, more profits, more compatibly, less investment. They all want to cut out the middleman. I feel Nintendo will be the only ones using some form of physical media next gen.

Not everyone will adopt that move.  It might appear like more profit for Xbox/Sony on paper, but they're shrinking the consumer base.  A vast chunk will choose to just not purchase Xbox and Sony consoles. Some will quit gaming all-together, others will migrate to PC gaming. Nintendo will receive some gains.  The profits only occur if they don't lose any consumers.

1) Considering majority buy digital games today, it's the minority these corps don't care about and that minority are physical owners. 

2) Why would these people migrate to PC if consoles are digital only? What do you think PCs are? 

3) Those that quit gaming over how they own a game are not true gamers.

4) Physical media makes less profit than selling a game via the 1st party platforms storefront.