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This article says that sales of games on disc declined in 2014 but you'll notice that digital downloads are actually up. I think this is just a sign of the times. How many games have you bought on disk compared to digital downloads?
Overall for the year, US sales of games on disc plummeted 14 percent, to $5.47 billion, while hardware sales jumped 20 percent, to $5.07 billion. That boost in hardware helped the industry squeeze out a 1 percent total increase in US retail sales. But that kind of increase likely won't repeat. Heading into 2015, the industry will have to contend with continued drops in the amount of money spent on hardware as consumers buy fewer consoles and as prices fall on consoles that do sell.