I think I see an Xbox in this one

Whenever we like it or not, boxed games will not be around forever. Music industry has made the leap to digital, and the movie industry is in the process too with all the streaming services. MS might be a tad too much agresive to bring the console market
there as well (a middle ground for the next couple years would have been easier for them ) but at least they seem to have made some policies and compromise to result in way more flexibility than what is currently possible on service like Steam, origin and
even ps3/ps4/x360 digital downloads).

Sony is playing it safe right now, but in a couple years they will have to think about something because statuquo won't cut it anymore.

Since his avatar is master cheif I will say no.

Ill tell you where its going. To join the Dreamcast, 3DO, Neo Geo, TurboGraphix 16 and Sega Saturn in failed console heaven.

if you honestly believe that they are looking at potential sales you are crazy. Look at your games on demand section. Take a game that has been out for awhile like black ops 2 and now go to steam and compare the price. We do have a digital distribution
model currently and tbh it really isn't cutting down on price

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For the 9th generation of consoles, the internetz will be included in the box LOL

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That could be. If you're going to have an always online console, why not give it 4G (or whatever G it is by then) capability?