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[Power Pro]

Well the issue is that physical games had advantages over digital games, however late on those advantages went away.

This image show a big advantage physical games had over digital games during the 7th gen.
Like how Red Dead Redemption on PS3 required only 515MBs on the HDD when the game itself is 7.67GBs

A lot of people confuse installing a game from the disc onto the internal storage as being "oh you have to download it". I see a lot of idiots use that argument saying "you have to download every PS5 game" when that's straight up not true. Yes, often times the PS4/PS5 immediately tries to download a patch if there is one, but if you had no internet plugged in, a lot of people still confuse the install process as a "download". Discs sizes being so big, it's more efficient, and easier to stream the data from the internal storage, so modern systems are designed that way. PS3 was beginning of that trend, but it wasn't always the entire game. It was hit or miss with that. Some games miraculously were able to load directly off the disc with barely any internal storage installation needed. While some other games installed most of the game on the hard drive.

 

[Shamash]

I'll continue buying, but less so, since I don't have the physical version and I'm not afraid of running out. I don't buy anything at launch anymore, and I wait for the digital price to drop significantly or simply until I have nothing left to play.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

I'll just play retro exclusively if gaming goes all digital.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Im all for physical media and ownership but I think it really differs from person to person. I for example, moved countries quite often, it came to a point where its not feasable for me to just drag all these boxes with me so I slowly phased out and switched completely to digital over time without even thinking too much about it. It costs money to travel with those xtra boxes or to even ship them back home, then i had to deal with customs trying to explain im not a reseller but this is my own collection so its really a pain in the ass. Also a lot of new physical is sometimes just a code in the box or requires 40GB download patch anyway etc and I feel like im getting half the game in that box. Someone that has a stable home and is able to just hoard and build their collection is nice for those that have that opportunity.

That being said, I dont get how the industry got away with selling digital at the same price as physical when they have no box distribution costs or CD printing costs. Any digital should be at least $10 cheaper than physical.

 

[Alan Wake]

I'll buy less games for sure, and as long as Game Pass is around I don't have to. I will keep buying physical as long as I can though.