Fair enough!
With regard to cwg009, I have to say that digital download will never, in its current state, supplant physical media for me. With things like bandwidth limitations, traffic shaping/throttling, etc. having an effect I don't see downloading a game as either fast or convenient, and I'm still old-fashioned enough to prefer a nice shiny box, even if they are generally less attractive these days than they used to be. My biggest bugbear with digital distribution, however, is price. Here in the UK when a new game is released I usually have a choice of buying a digital-only copy for say £25-£30, or a physical copy for £18. So I can pay less and get more for my money. That's what I refer to as a no-brainer.
Well, that's understandable if the price is really cheaper for a box in the UK. In my experience in Canada, the prices for a box or for digital distribution are usually almost identical, so saving money is not a real factor. Nor is bandwith a problem for me personally, so digitial download is literally often a week or two faster than waiting for the retail stores to have things in stock. As I said, if the stores could actually have a box in my hands faster than I can download the game at home, I would seriously consider that option, but it almost never happens in Canada.
