[throw101010]

Game box collectors, people who want to offer a physical wrapped gift, kids who see it while shopping and nag their parents each time they pass near the boxes... on that last part it's pretty cheap advertising in every shopping center.

But mostly the goal is to remove the resale/rent/borrow ability of people who purchase this game unfortunately.

[theturtletalks]

I remember when Xbox One launched, Xbox had this great idea. If you have a physical game, you can turn it into a digital one and then the physical disc is worthless.

The bad PR was insane. They backtracked. But now I wish I had this. I use the Xbox Series S for travel and it doesn’t have a physical drive so I can’t play my physical discs.

It’s even worse because you can find used games on eBay for <$5 but those same games to buy digitally are >$20.