Physical games are on their way out, but there are downsides to a digital-only future. advertisement. ... the console might require an internet connection to allow you to play them.

Connections should be social, not just digital. At the heart of this paradox are two overlapping trends: a growing retreat from the physical world and a deepening plunge into the digital one.

Sam Nelson, President, Downstreet Digital. 15+ years running digital advertising and marketing in the political, public and private sector.

Physical video games media has been in rapid decline, and it seems possible that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo could eventually go all digital. Digital distribution has largely taken over.

Connection is as essential to our psychological survival as glucose is to our physical body. Human beings evolved in small, attuned communities where emotional contact, mutual recognition, and ...