ITS OVER Sony Interactive Entertainment to end physical game disc production in January 2028

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Conina said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

Because absolutely nobody is going to drive to a store, buy a code in a box and input that long code, when they can just download the game from their couch. 

"Absolutely nobody"... these exaggerations and black&white thinking (on both sides) kills any civil discussion about these topics.

Exaggerations aside, the point still stands.

The only hope is that retailers might put those code-in-boxes on sale at times compared to the PSN store, which is a possibility, I guess.  Otherwise, only people who would truly value having something to decorate their shelves would bother.  That is, if the box itself is even included as the standard.  It could devolve into just a bunch of cards with codes hanging on store shelves being the norm.