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LinkPizza posted...

I think doing this would be the best since it allows everyone to still get what they want.

The thing is, "best" for consumers isn't necessarily what manufacturers/publishers are interested in. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of people who still buy most/all of their games physically wouldn't actually stop buying games if they went digital-only, no matter how ardently they protest against going digital-only. At this moment, ditching physical media entirely would piss off enough people that it's uncertain whether it would actually be more profitable in the long run, but there will come a point in the not-too-distant future where that's no longer a question.

Of course, the biggest thing that I think is holding them back is that nobody wants to be the first to do it, simply because all of those physical holdouts will jump ship to competitors instead of just putting up with a digital-only system. To that end, I won't actually be surprised if Nintendo's the first one to do it, given that they have such a robust exclusive library that people won't be able to get the same experience by buying a physical-ready alternative. But then Nintendo's generally been behind the curve as far as sketchy corporate shenanigans go, so who knows?