> They'll happily buy a digital copy of a game that confers no ownership rights, to save $10 on a physical copy that you can play so long as you own hardware that supports it.

Do you even save $10 anymore when buying digital? Every time I've looked in years the price is the exact same

Then again, from what I understand gaming companies stopped shipping disks with content on them ages ago too. They just contain a download key basically nowadays so there's almost no actual benefit to owning a physical copy

Gamers are somewhat to blame here for being willing to go along with this, but let's not pretend the game industry didn't push this outcome hard.

How would people even really push back against this, realistically? A large scale boycott and consumer revolt?