It's the always online and other DRM bullshit that is the real problem. Even without game disks, you can archive installations of your games on your own.
Once they kill off physical games for good, expect prices to ramp up even more
On PC the opposite happened. We've been all digital for decades. The "physical" cases are just glorified CD-keys and you can't resell them. Prices have actually gone down due to all the sales.
Personally I prefer digital with the huge caveat "on PC" because it's so easy to download, crack and archive games on an external harddrive. Saves a lot of physical space, ensures I can still run them when the distribution service goes tits up and reselling used games isn't worth it anyway with steep sales due to healthy competition among countless online stores.
There's also a lot of competition on PC. If you want to distribute a game you can choose Steam, GOG, Epic, to a lesser extent Uplay and Origin or you can just do it on your own website.
On consoles, as I understand it, there's only one publisher/distributor. Everything has to go through Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo.
It's the always online and other DRM bullshit that is the real problem. Even without game disks, you can archive installations of your games on your own.
Yeah, there is effectively zero reason to buy a console at this point.
I dunno, they're still good value mid range. Xbox x has what is equivalent to about a 2070s. And cost 700.
That's how much a 2070s alone was.
On PC the opposite happened. We've been all digital for decades. The "physical" cases are just glorified CD-keys and you can't resell them. Prices have actually gone down due to all the sales.
Personally I prefer digital with the huge caveat "on PC" because it's so easy to download, crack and archive games on an external harddrive. Saves a lot of physical space, ensures I can still run them when the distribution service goes tits up and reselling used games isn't worth it anyway with steep sales due to healthy competition among countless online stores.
There's also a lot of competition on PC. If you want to distribute a game you can choose Steam, GOG, Epic, to a lesser extent Uplay and Origin or you can just do it on your own website.
On consoles, as I understand it, there's only one publisher/distributor. Everything has to go through Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo.
Luckily, for movies, there will be some physical media for some time to come. At least until most people can't read and the libraries implode.