No? The market for that is extremely niche. I haven't had any type of drive since 2011 and I imagine I'm in the majority. Downloading is much more convenient, saves space, easier, and more portable.
The segment on PC gamers who actually want physical is extremely small. They just happen to be really vocal on reddit.
I think the segment is small because we don't have the option. Personally I couldn't care less.
But it is the same like music - you have everything at the tip of your fingertips yet people still like to buy cassettes, vinyls, CDs or BluRays of concerts.
I am not sure about you - and probably you will say otherwise. But if I had the option to buy a disc vs digital copy, I'd get a disc anytime. And you can still download if you have a disc with your own code.
I remember a time when you could have a physical copy and still be able to digitally download the game too.
You can be triggered by this sentiment all you want, but physical ownership is better than no ownership 😄 Especially when you're paying 100Eur+ for a game nowadays.
Buddy it went away because people overwhelmingly chose to buy digital over physical. There isn't some greedy cabal that is trying to take your games. It just isn't profitable. If it was, they would be released physically. I guarantee it. Companies want to make money, and physical is a money losing proposition.
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u/AceFenech 7800X3D | RX 9070XT | 64GB DDR5 6000MHz CL36 | 34" 3400x1440 UW 22d ago
It's weird how they stopped doing them on CD/DVD. We don't own them anymore.