True but I still think physical is safer.

Even with digital, you lose SOME control. As far as that goes, it's always going to be physical>digital>streaming. Having said that, with PS Now, EA Access etc, it's just a matter of time before streaming takes over and digital falls by the way side. When that happens, we're all screwed.

That's what I'm getting at, with going only digital. My ps3 games I have on disc should last my whole life time. I should always be able to find a ps3 should my system fail, and it will eventually, my fat 60gig did. If I were all digital, who knows how long Sony will have those games online to download. Not to mention the time it would take to download everything again, should it be possible to get it all.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2012/jul/05/eu-used-digital-games-market

What this means is that, under EU law, software companies have no right to prevent users from selling their digital downloads to others; effectively, the software distributor's rights to control distribution are exhausted after the first sale.

When they say you own a license of the physical copy, they mean that all the content is owned by another person or company and making a reproduction of that content or making a profit(rentals) without the creator's consent is illegal, not that you don't own the item. That license may be sold(transferred) by you, the current owner, the next owner, and so on.

Digital licenses can't be resold, the company that sold you the digital license isn't required to allow you to download multiple times although most do, and they can pull services for that game at anytime. PSN and XBL aren't going to be around forever. Or if they are around for as long as we're alive, doesn't mean that the content will be available for the older consoles. You can't download any of the DLC that you purchased on the original Xbox anymore and you can't play online. Just wait until that happens to the 360, PS3, etc. It also has in a sense with some games being pulled off XBL and PSN.. You have no security even with GOG, Steam, and other digital markets. If you read their policies on purchasing digital you'd know this.

Digital content can be taken away at anytime and unless we download and create back ups we can't do anything about it.

You are right, from a legal point of view.
But in reality, nobody will ever come to take away my copy of FF7 for the original PSone, I can play it wherever I want and whenever I want. For digital, I cant for example take it to my friends house, lend it, give it as a gift to whoever I want, or sell it.

As I said before, we should always have the two option, and I would agree if they wanted us to pay more for the physical version. Like, $50 for RE HD (that will be released) digital and $60 if you want to buy it directly from Capcom website. It is fair in my opinion.

I never belived that. What I own with the disc is protection of issues that can happen in the future. I keep my consoles. And replay my games all the time. Will I be able to play my copy of a digital game 20 years from now or not? On the same hardware. And not being rebought over and over again. That is the reason people care about phsycial. If that answer becomes a no. Then the only other alternative is the hack the old system and pirate the game. The act of owning the property (not the games IP) is better, to me, then a file. Regardless of the tecnicality of the law. It's the loss of personal control, in every aspect, over said items that people want.

No ones refuting that we don't own the IP of the game. Games for Windows Live is a perfect example of things I don't want to deal with. It failed. But my games like Just Cause 2, Super Street Fighter 4 AE, and GTA IV can all be screwed because of this problem. Luckly Steam exsists to save people. If they didn't, or they failed at some point too, I'd have to pirate my non functional games. But again, I don't want to rely on things I can't control.

There is a thread on here about 92% ofcPC games being sold digitally. I understand why most people here cling to physical copies, your explanations are valid, but I also believe that you are in an ever shrinking minority.
Digital console games are growing, and toward the end of this generation, in some 5 years from now, most console gamers will move on to the digital, same as they moved on with music, films and series.

Sure, some of you will still insist on buying a disc, but they will slowly become a niche market, probably existing only as collector editions and more expensive than digital download (same as vynil as someone brought it up).

People on gaming forums are not representative of a majority, but are a tiny minority of gamers and console owners. Most gamers find games disposable in the same manner as Netflix movies or Spotify music - download, play, delete, move on...

If it exists, then I wouldn't care if it's niche. I pay the higher price to use what I want. And everyone that wants digital goes on. Problem for either side, no.

You can still play games from Steam that came out over a decade ago, and I doubt that'll change any time soon. Ditto for iTunes. I've never lost a purchase on Google Play or Amazon Kindle either.

So yes, there is a very, very good chance that your purchases will be secure. Not only that, but you can put that purchase on multiple consoles.