We’re starting to hear more and more companies talking about digital distribution. Not only talking about it, but planing for it. In a recent interview with Mcvuk, Square Enix chief, Yoichi Wada said he was preparing for the death of physical media.

He believes that over the next decade there will be a dramatic change.

“In ten years’ time a lot of what we call ‘console games’ won’t exist,” he said.

“Somewhere around 2005 the console manufacturers’ strategy shifted,” he said.

“In the past the platform was hardware, but it has switched to the network. A time will come when the hardware isn’t even needed anymore.

“With that, any kind of terminal becomes a potential platform on which games can be played – that’s exponential growth in the potential of gaming. The potential size of the market is enormous.”

He also spoke of how Square Enix is ramping up production of it’s social and browser games.

“Social and browser games are going to grow dramatically – especially in areas like Asia which does not have as big a console market,” he said.