Username does NOT check out.

“Of course, it’s company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a dildo. We have to use the indefinite article, “a dildo”, never … your dildo.”

You’re right, but no one’s going to run those servers forever. If Nintendo goes under, all that’s for naught. If they decide the Wii or 3DS is no longer supported, we’re all SOL. Meanwhile, Cartridges still work. Games that don’t need to trigger a license check and have everything they need on the disc, will continue to work forever. That is the future we all want.

I got a physical copy of Skyrim at launch. Plunked it in my PC and the first thing I had to do was sign up for Steam, attach it there and download the game. I didn’t have a Steam account at that point… not sure what the disc is acutely for.