[inanutshellus]

"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway."

—Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1989).

[vanderZwan]

A more up-to-date take on this:

> Games on Disc More Energy Efficient than Downloads

http://www.notechmagazine.com/2014/09/games-on-disc-more-ene...

And if you really want to dive into the complications of this topic from a broader perspective of energy use, this piece is full of thought-provoking questions, even if you don't necessarily agree with the conclusions:

http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/can-the-internet-run-...

[StavrosK]

Yeah but latency sucks.