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Originally Posted by MMM
Look at the music biz, the PS3 store, The Wii's virtual console and the X-Box 360 store. All these devices have hard drives, and imagine the savings by eliminating retailers and physical discs as delivery systems.
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Yes but that doesn't mean hard copies of games still won't be available?
Look at unreliability of storage systems, website crashes and product failures to name but a few problems.
These negatives will never be eliminated because if they were, the consoles would have to be almost militaristic in their efficiency and reliability.
As it stands, most consoles are cutting edge and pushing boundaries at every release date. It is unrealistic to assume that somehow the economy will improve so much that making an 'indestructible console' would be viable.
So no, I don't think digital distribution is that close to becoming a reality.