http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/23/ps4-sony-sees-a-disc-based-future
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Sony's Jim Ryan has told IGN that Blu-Ray discs will still be the PlayStation 4's dominant delivery mechanism for games, despite a wider move towards a more connected console.
But although Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's president and CEO sees the trend towards digital downloads continuing, he still sees a primarily disc-based future for the console.
"Clearly, and this applies not just to games but to pretty much every form of entertainment, there is a trend to increased digital consumption, and that is happening now on PS3 and will continue and will probably accelerate on PS4," he told IGN. "But the primary delivery mechanism for the big games on the PS4 platform will continue to be Blu-Ray discs, for the foreseeable future."
What counts as the forseeable future? Five years? "That sort of horizon, yes," Ryan agrees. The reasoning behind this is that PS4 games will take up so much space that in many parts of the world, downloading them just won't be realistic.
whiskeystrike
Disc-based games still to be the majority.
Along with this and no used games blocking it seems the traders, collectors and other persons who prefer physical have nothing to fear.
Sounds like people who generally prefer digital will also have their choice. Great news!
That is good because there are still many areas where internet connectivity is not so hot. And to download games that would be as large on the PS3 let alone next gen games would be still a ridiculous amount of bandwidth data.
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