With the age of ever increasing data on gaming disks, publishers have looked to the cloud for ideas, storage, and distribution. What they must realize is that, unless they own the Interent companies, their efforts are futile. It does not matter if games are available through "the cloud", the price for it all does in the long run. Gaming companies must be aware of Internet provider intentions and must work together now to reduce cost for the end user i.e the customer.

Ideas are how the gaming industry evolves, it does not and will not evolve through force. Digital distribution on the PC platform has been around for years. Cellphone manufactures have incorporated the tech as well. If gaming consoles (the largest platform globally) embrace Digital Distribution too much, they might just as well trip over their own shoes. 

Here's a few articles (that you won't find on CNN, FoxNews, etc.) which describe breakthroughs in data compression and storage technology. Great reads.

New data compression technology for disks:

http://theconversation.com/more-data-storage-heres-how-to-fit-1-000-terabytes-on-a-dvd-15306

Quartz based storage can last more than the clouds:

http://www.techspot.com/news/50313-hitachi-unveils-quartz-based-storage-data-may-last-100-million-years.html

~DAGGER