I think a harbinger of this was the fact that the latest console generation did not come with an upgrade in (physical) game medium.<p>Previously, each console generation came with newer cartridges, then with newer disc formats (CD, then DVD, then HD-DVD &#x2F; Blu Ray). But this generation just stuck with Blu Ray. That signaled to me that this may very well be the last generation to even support physical media.<p>If this console generation lasts the typical ~7 years or so... do we expect people to still be using any physical media in the early 2020s?