thus the reason why all digital only will never really take hold.  as a gamer, i don't want to lose ownership of what I do own and bought with my own money.  The day Sony or MS pulls this shit is the day I'm done with gaming on their systems.  There is a reason why I can still play the majority of the games I've bought on the consoles I own, even years beyond them being out of the loop.  As for the content, DLCs, "free" games due to subscribing such plans.. those are given.. if it's not physical.. then i don't own it.. I never did, never will.  If I lose my stuff.. so be it.. i still have the core game at my own disposal.  can you imagine what it's going to look like when psn & xbl servers finally gets closed down for the ps3 & x360?  but but but.. no buts.  you knew what you were getting when you are going digital.  this is hardly the same as movies/music/tv/mobile gaming.. which your content can easily transfer from one device to the next, via hardware or cloud. 

Seems gamers like you are more and more willing to give up your gaming (or anything else for that matter) ownership as long as you get a a few games to play.  Well.. sorry bud.. the day those games are no longer available, then what?  you've gamed and paid through a whole console gen owning nothing.. you're walking away with nothing.  who the hell wants that?

@Bold: Yes and that will be at their own risk, just like they risked putting a $600 console out and we saw how that ended, just like MS taking a risk with their own DRM and we saw how that ended. Big time followers will still follow no matter what prices or services are available (they defended the $600 PS3 and others defended the first vision of MS with the Xbox One).  After the private beta of PS Now they are now entertaining a subscription service. The reason behind this might have to do with customers not getting fooled by their high priced rental. The way PS now is  as of today I don't see it working at all (assuming most people are not stupid). At the moment Sony is giving the impression that there are all for gamers but they have gained that reputation through some good work of their own and with a big help from MS

BS.

i give you a "theory". MS tries to get a hold of anything to get atop. but what might looks like a good deal, like an opportunity to get the customers sucked in - and i have no doubt some will - only diminishes the progress they made with GwG. if they had declin3d just like sony their service could have been on par with ps+ someday.

and no. its not sony who would ve get only a small portion of what EA makes with their service. its MS who cut a big chunk away making their service more expensive with having less value but also getting a share of EAs income. nothing else but profit maximization.

and yes, of course we re steering towards digital, having a look at the market would make it clear.