A hot potato: In 2020, digital downloads overtook physical game sales for the first ever. To which old-schoolers might exclaim, "Remember Everquest 2 coming on 10 CDs?"From a purely practical stance, why offer a faux physical disc if players can download the digital version more easily? Sure, there is a contingent of physical media collectors out there, but what about those wanting a hard copy because of poor or no internet access? Either way, EA will likely see many refunds going out to people who unknowingly bought or pre-ordered the physical copy, thinking it contained the whole game. But it would also include any physical media that rely on the digital version to run