I don't think in the next generation there will be a digital only game console at the start, it might be the future if only a small fraction is selling phisical copies, given the fact at the start of the generation the xbox one was a trainwreack they probably are going to play safe in the next gen selling their console at a loss in order to be stronger than the competition, it will be funny if Nintendo will be the first one if it ever happens, they are the first to shut down their online as well theirs stores, I have notice that in this gen their latest consoles aren't fully backwards compatible by different reasons, and the ps4 is still dominating in sales even though their purchases doesn't translate from ps3 to ps4 by the lack of backwards compatibility, is not a must in the next gen then, I wonder about Nintendo if they are going to phase out the switch after five years in the market in order to compete with the ps5 and xbox two in the home console market, or if they are going to maintain the hybrid approach