A digital only storefront will be the end of gaming. We already saw it with the Vita.
People go to a store to buy the hardware:
“Wait, why aren’t there any games?”
I won’t spend top dollar on digital games. I’m giving up a lot, so I demand lower prices.
I’m curious what the split is on new games though. I know there’s a 90% digital metric that gets thrown around. But I think that’s a lot of cheaper games and sales. I want to know what the split is on full priced games.
This would make sense if Steam didn’t exist and is arguably the most consumer friendly of the storefronts
And if people weren’t increasingly choosing to not shop in brick & mortar stores anyway. The big high street game retailer in my country has mostly transitioned to being a nerd-culture merch shop rather than somewhere that actually stocks any games other than the Sims, CoD or EAFC.