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Wman1996 on 29 November 2023
BasilZero said:

Physical will still be an option , just wont be the most successful form.


As for me, I'm already pretty much all digital.

I only bought one or two games this year that was actual physical - the rest whether it was on Switch, Xbox, Playstation or PC - was all digital.

I prefer digital because of the less boxes to clutter. I dont re-sell/trade my games so I'm fine with that.

True, but that's pretty much where we are already at. I stated that books were the most secure against an all-digtal future and they indeed still outsell eBooks by orders of magnitude.

Video games, music, and films/tv all sell more digitally by orders of magnitude as a whole. 



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PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

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Chrkeller on 29 November 2023
IcaroRibeiro said:

If they shut down the digital stores I will just pirate the games. I do it with a couple of Game Cube titles

It's their choice to lose my money. Can't buy what is not for sale

It's generally only Nintendo that does it. Third parties almost always port their games to PC

Not exactly something to lose my sleep about tbh

Agreed.  That and I'm not paying $300 for a 20 year old game.  I would happily pay $10 of developers would like leverage steam.  



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