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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8177625" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai, a person who is definitely  in the position to decide the fate of physical media, says he expects  game discs to be around for quite a while. Hirai told  game industry site MCV that Sony still operates in areas across the  globe that do not offer the "network infrastructure" necessary to handle  downloadable games. And due to Sony's size and reach, Hirai said,  "there's always going to be requirement" for physical discs. This doesn't mean that Sony doesn't see physical discs eventually  giving way to downloadable titles. Hirai just doesn't see it happening  anytime soon. "To think everything will be downloaded in 2 years, 3 years or even  10 years from now is taking it a little bit to the extreme," Hirai told  MCV. That said, downloadable content is continuing to spread. There are several titles on Sony's PlayStation Network that can be downloaded, and Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade has become a successful platform for the company.  Still, the prospect of every full-fledged title being made available  as a download in the next few years, at least according to Hirai, just  isn't in the cards.CNET</blockquote>

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