[morelikeborelax]

Mechanical storage will probably change first time he builds a desktop to play games on. AAA games will require more and more space and I doubt SSD space will catch up for the budget of kids/teenagers within the next 5 years.

Or when he starts using a computer at school, other family or friends.

[ghaff]

And even though I have an SSD in my laptop, I have a bunch of USB HDDs in my office for things like backup and ripped video. I expect my SDD mix to increase over time but I expect to keep using HDDs for non-performance critical work for the foreseeable future.

[paxys]

I just bought a 2TB NVMe SSD for like $160. I doubt I will ever use a mechanical drive again for anything other than NAS setup.

[Ekaros]

I have circa 1,5TB of SSD storage on my desktop. And I find it sufficient for my gaming needs. Fast Internet helps though.

Solid state isn't too expensive now, if waiting for downloading is okay. You can get 480GB disks for around 50€. That is what, less than price of new title? And likely can at least one to three of them at one time.