Gaming Is About To Look Very Different

With a recent console leak from Microsoft and a push for more handhelds it looks like the environment for game distribution is continuing to change rapidly.

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[krazycharlie]

The problem with an all-digital future isn't the disappearance of physical media itself. It's the uncertainty of having everything digital disappear at the most ridiculous whims of companies and their licensing agreements or revoking your "entitlement" to whatever digital content you have at any time they see fit, whether you get it legally or not. This is the exact reason why physical media is so important, so is preservation and to a certain extent, piracy too.

[JMAX]

I have a friend that can’t afford games and I love being able to loan games to him that I really enjoyed. I also have friends we all trade games with. I’ll definitely miss that part of the experience.

[sly]

Blu ray is trending up with younger people oddly. As they want true 4K or fact that these companies just randomly remove movies and shows.

[ChaoticHoly]

I have enough of a backlog to last me to my death. I'm good with bowing out of gaming.

[ThePepperkingXY]

I'm broke. I get my games from the library. No physical media equals no more gaming for me if we get to that. Bye bye videogames at that point.

[cesarefable]

If their gonna push this all digital I wanna see prices drop there’s no physical copy no manufacturer costs no cover no case why am I paying the same price

[ssjfox]

PC went all digital first because retailers did not want to sell PC games anymore. Part of the rise of Steam was because it was easier to get a PC game on Steam than it was on store shelves. That was back when PC gaming was "dying" and going digital helped save it.

[bungleprosy]

My backlog is far and above big enough for me to just skip out on an “all digital future”. I’m specifically in their 20s demographic they shoot for with games purchases, and I’m all good just waiting it out until people get annoyed with it and discs come back if they ever leave. Everyone was saying DVD was where physical films were going to die, but my 4k blu rays look far better than digital services provide and don’t take up any space on my drives. It’s just not something humans tend to want to give up.

[ianvanwyk]

My only issue with digital distribution is the lack of consumer protection.
The digital license that is being sold to the consumer must be recognized as an item that is owned by the consumer, because you are selling it to me, not renting it.
The seller still retains ownership of the base product which I understand, but the fact that they have the right to remove the licence that I BOUGHT from my library does not sit right with me.

[Alexvander]

One thing that would allow me to accept 100% digital with all games/consoles is to allow the consumer to freely "copy" the digital files and back them up myself. Don't think this will ever happen for several obvious reasons.

[doyle]

I think the difference between PC and console is the amount of control. I can buy a game legally on steam, copy it to another drive, download an altered exe and that game is mine for life, no need to log in online, I can mod and changed it as much as I want. On console you are at the mercy of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo who can remove all your games if they choose to. Heck even if Microsoft started messing with Windows we have Linux to fall back on.

[pepperonin]

As consoles get rid of disc drives I wonder if having an SD card slot on most of them would allow game devs to release "physical edition" SD/micro SDs with their games on them as production costs keep going down and write speeds get better. Imagine getting something like Elden Ring on an SD card for your PC/Steam Deck and other console versions if they had SD cards.

[sandman]

Forget this digital crap and play retro games till the industry listens.

[magfam]

Sony just got right to make the physical media fir Disney, so they are not going digital

[workplaydiewpd]

I dont see Nintendo leaving physical any time soon

[MegaManNeo]

I want cartridges or discs with playable games on my consoles.
At this rate I could just as well stick only with my SteamDeck and play everything on there.

[evilmandrake]

I'll say it until I don't have to- the day everything is all-digital is the day I stop buying new games. Not like I don't already have a backlog to last the rest of my life or anything.

[TheElementalHeroTheShadowL.D.W]

@spawn wave .the problem with digital is it crashes, it gets corrupted and many other things, you have companies removing your digital library or trying not to let you claim the game or anything you own digital whenever they want. We seen it with the crunchyroll, the discovery and many other companies causing theses problems and people and the younger generations have been realizing this more and more and trying to go to physical media. Physical media is still need just in case something goes wrong with the digital in general. Physical media is a backup to counter against anything the digital media.

[Blasko]

No need for this console if you already have a series x, save your money everyone

[joe_schmoe_]

Everyone's talking all digital future but storage just isn't there for gaming
It's expensive for a 2tb nvme drive and that holds like 8 games
Deleting and redownloading is a quick way to destroy a drive
Paying $3 for a 512gb storage device to phhsically hold the game permanently seems like a smarter idea to me