That's a compelling argument (or for how it should be but I bet it isn't) for local play I suppose, but surely the volume's in online multiplayer, where physical media really doesn't save you because you're reliant on server etc. anyway.

(And arguably why not download the game assets or whatever if you're going to necessarily play connected anyway.)

Pretty sure they were referring to the more than 500 movies that PlayStation deleted after people had purchased them.