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People are already DLing tons of games for all three console game systems. "World of Goo" is one of the highest rated Wii games ever, and it is only available by DL.

I am not sure how you can argue that DD is not the wave of the future when it is already happening.

We are seeing it happening in gaming today. We are seeing fiber optic lines spreading like tentacles across the US and we have already seen how people have embraced the technology in not only music, but in PC software, as well. I can't even remember the last time I went to a computer store and bought a box with a program in it.

Yes, there are people that will always want to buy their CDs to have a physical copy. But I think it calling iPods a "fad" is a bold and risky statement. As technology makes music transfer easier and easier, the need for fragile CDs is reduced. I remember 25 years ago people talking about how they would never give up their records because they sound so much better than "digital CDs". People complained that the CDs were too small, and the shrunken cover art would keep people from wanting them. True music lovers would never buy CDs

But the younger generation had no passion for the big clunky records and art.
We know what happened in the end.

I am not going to predict the future, and I never said physical media will be completely eliminated, but digital download is where I would put my bet for the present and future gaming systems.