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I mean the flipside to the good internet connection thing is proximity to game stores. It is significantly faster for me to download even a huge game than to go to a shop to get one and come back which would be true even if I had significantly worse internet. The only dedicated games retailer in my country just closed down, and looking over at the UK recently GAME just closed a huge number of stores, they will probably be next. Other retailers do stock games but less of them and fewer and fewer stores. Physical stores selling games are a dying breed and are disappearing faster than physical games themselves - because if you want to buy a physical game you do it on an online retailer then it takes a day to show up.

All of which is to say, it is faster for me to download a game than get it physically, which would take a long time - and I live in a European capital city, Im not exactly in the sticks. This will become more common for more people as time goes on.

Also it should be noted that sometimes digital can be cheaper as well, that is the case for FFXVI in some regions at least.