I'm a collector of physical video games. I love them. I love the box art, that new game smell, the older titles have manuals and artbooks with them etc etc. Its also nice to know I have my collection right there on the shelf, no need for internet connectivity and they all just immediately play.
But a few games this gen don't work well with that mindset.
One example is that the initial copies of the spyro and crash remaster make you download the rest of the game before you can play, rendering the physical copies basically useless. Some switch games are also not playable unless you download the remainder. How much longer until that becomes the norm? Right now, sure you might not get the things like the day 1 patch on the disk, but the vast majority of games are perfectly playable out of the box without updates.
How much longer do you think we have until physical games becomes... pointless?
But a few games this gen don't work well with that mindset.
One example is that the initial copies of the spyro and crash remaster make you download the rest of the game before you can play, rendering the physical copies basically useless. Some switch games are also not playable unless you download the remainder. How much longer until that becomes the norm? Right now, sure you might not get the things like the day 1 patch on the disk, but the vast majority of games are perfectly playable out of the box without updates.
How much longer do you think we have until physical games becomes... pointless?