The future of physical games is not looking great

Grand Theft Auto VI merchandise won’t connection a disc. | Image: Rockstar Games

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How it started

As a kid, I relished trips to Best Buy, GameStop, and the adjacent promenade truthful that I could browse video games. I loved sifting done games and chatting with my friends astatine the store astir upcoming releases. On the fortunate days I really got a caller crippled from the store, I treasured speechmaking done each leafage of the manual connected the thrust home. Over the years, I built up a collecti …

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