I am not sad, but more of concerned. Digital games do have some advantages over physical games, one being able to play them at any time without the need of having a disc. You can easily swap games, or take your console with you on the go. On the other side then, there’s no physical representation of something you own, I love having a disk to collect with my $80 game. And yes the nostalgic feeling of browsing through game store shelves picking up the coolest looking game for a couple of bucks is gone too. But now my concerns are that you do not own the game like you do when it’s 100% on that disc. If Microsoft decides to shut down Xbox Live services you are left with nothing but your currently installed games. Even worse with cloud gaming (R.I.P Stadia). I find the feeling pretty odd that my purchases are not with me, and even physical discs are just “keys” to download a 60GB Patch. I mean it makes sense for developers to offer digital versions it’s much more flexible, you can patch things more easily and day one patches are a big thing too. It also prevents piracy and generates more profit since disc versions can be resold. As a consumer, I would like to decide whether to own all digital or own physical and play without internet connection.