[officeplant]

Rip main stream physical game market.

Long live independent physical game market. We already see people with 3d printed carts, designing labels and making their own homebrew games for retro consoles. Some people are also producing their own big box PC games for the hell of it.

As I continue to largely ignore AAA & mainstream gaming companies I look forward to how the indie gaming market takes advantage of everyone's growing nostalgia for physical ownership of games.

[deadbabe]

Nearly all of the people who sell third party physical carts and media are also selling digital versions as well, which sell in much greater numbers.

The physicality is a novelty, much like vinyl records. It’s a market sure, but not a significant one that calls for a paradigm shift.

[officeplant]

>also selling digital versions as well, which sell in much greater numbers.

Happy for them, I'll even buy it if it's DRM-free with off-line installers I can back up.