| Cobretti2 said: On another note, streaming has become so annoying with so many services, licensing exclusive issues, or expiring licenses and shows disappearing from one platform going to another, making you buy like 5 subscriptions to have access to everything now is actually making people say this is too hard and annoying and go back to piracy, so it has a negative effect. |
You might think that is the case, especially as companies bump into one another's shoulders for the same products, but streaming is bigger than ever and continues to grow rapidly revenue-wise.
To be honest, I buy a lot of physical and would like video games to remain what they were when I was a teenager like a lot of people here, but nothing is forever. The market trends are clear with a fast-growing winner and a fast-declining loser.
In 5-10 years, I wager we'll see similar discussions with people bemoaning a subscription or streaming-only future over their preference for buying games digitally. It is what it is, I suppose.
