Now that things are going fully digital hopefully we can push for a license period with DRM, and then console/PC platforms move games to DRM-free x # of months or years after release.
GOG has shown that this model works.
Then we can just make our own backups on SSDs.
I'd imagine platform holders would make more money this way too, because they might be able to price the DRM-free version for higher or as an extra.
The only risk are for platform holders who are also very protective of their IP, but that mostly just describes Nintendo and they've found their alternative route where they are still mostly true physical for their 1st party titles because their games are relatively asset sparse and suitable for compression.
It sucks for collectors and people who like to resell their games though. Maybe a digital platform holder can figure out a way to resell digital copies for a % of the sale ( Ebay + paypal would take like 13%, so maybe that is the upper bound?)
