Jensen wrote on Jun 28, 2011, 00:04:
This case is almost irrelevant anyway, as physical media is phased out.
Yeah, no.
Almost all full console games are still physical retail.
Also, there's still a large physical retail presence of PC games. Some people just like to have the retail box, especially if its collectors. Check NPD for data on retail physical PC sales, its still quite significant. No one would bother actually making a boxed copy if it wasn't still significant.
My wild guess is that at least a third to a half of game sales are still physical retail box. Of the digital sales, at least half of those are probably steam sales.