Quote Originally Posted by Frankie_Says_Relax View Post
I am one of many lifelong gamers that have been a part of the gaming (and physical game collecting) communities since the earliest generations of home gaming who resents being told that digital-download-only gamers are somehow a "different segment/market" of the gaming world.

While there are plenty of gamers that are arbitrarily showing resistance/denying the validity of that segment of the market, there's also plenty of overlap between those who enjoy buying games on physical media and those who enjoy buying digitally.

Prior to the iOS App Store and the Android Marketplace even existing - Steam had several years of wild (and continuing) success as a digital distribution market and not many people ever seemed to complain about the lack of physical media/packaging there.
This is very true to a certain extent. The point that I was trying to make is that people expect different types of games for digital distribution. Smartphone games are nowhere near the quality of Arcade titles for example.... at least right now. Steam makes a killing because they have great sales, like $60 for 3 ubisoft games. When they have those deals, I jump on them without hesitation, however I don't feel that I should pay $59.99 for a digital only game when the retail package is the same price.