I hope it's available in shops for those of you who prefer this method, but I just don't care for having my data on discs any more. I'd rather have it on a HDD, and backed up elsewhere (another HDD, tbh). It saves space & is more quickly accessible. Additionally, I download at 20mb, so to my mind, there's simply not enough advantage to the disc. I suspect many others feel the same, and ultimately, this is where we are going. I'd be very surprised if the next gen consoles didn't use downloading as their main distribution method. If it's entirely proprietary, then it'll be that much harder to pirate too.