This war is pretty much all but lost on PC, as many games you can get "physically" are just an empty box with a Steam code.

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without having to get up to change disks. They prefer not having to run to Best Buy or GameStop to grab it off the shelf, get an upsale pitch for GeekSquad protection, and then drive all the way home again just to download a bunch more data.

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I think this is just a matter of a cost that is no longer valuable for the company to keep. You effectively don't "own" your games already, even the ones on a disc. Many need a day 1 patch, extra data downloaded, or even server verification. And many people simply prefer to simply swap between games

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This.

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I think in general the issue of historical preservation and physical games is another issue of revealed preferences. High salience for the people who care and doesn't matter at all that much to the vast majority of people who will be happy to get each year's new Madden with updated rosters.

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