Originally Posted by
Nature Boy
When I read this at first I thought it was stupid, as I immediately thought 'how could you possibly enforce that'? (Even before I saw the post immediately after).
Digital sales only for the first 1-3 months, maybe a year? Then release a hard copy, maybe at a lesser price like they do anyway after a game has been out for a year.
I'm sure they've thought of it. Heck it happens now really, just not with the so called 'AAA' titles. I've bought at least 2 games like this (The Journey collection, and the Walking Dead Collection), both of which sold well in their digital form but couldn't be traded in, and are now available on physical media, but won't earn the Gamestops of the world much in revenue even if they sell a few.
It would be a stopgap until they go all digital - you know, like a way to ease the market into becomming more and more comfortable with digital only sales.