It's not only Sony. I've seen articles about Microsoft thinking about doing the same thing. I imagine everyone is already thinking about doing it and it's only a matter of time before it gets implemented. I agree with you that it's kind of a ****ty move in that it will force people who primarily rent games to either buy games or quit playing altogether.

What they should do is incorporate a tactic that is used by movie studios and dvd rental companies e.g Netflix, Blockbuster, etc. and that is offer two different copies of said game. With the downloadable non disc version of the game you would be able to get bonus features and add-ons and with a hard copy (or a rental copy) you would get the only the basic game and nothing else. No options for downloads, add-ons, etc, etc.

Where I live it seems that there is nowhere to even rent games anymore. Blockbuster and Rogers Video are gone. The mom and pop shops don't carry quite the same selection.......that's why I've kind of migrated back to PC gaming

Lets be honest, the days of physical copies (Discs, etc.) are numbered. More and more we are seeing digital download services like Steam, XBLA, OnLive, etc.

The only problem with this is that some people don't have access to high speed internet. I have a cellular mifi card because, where I live in BFE, all we have is dial-up. Satellite isn't even real high speed. If the entertainment industry wants to move to digital downloads, they need to get with all of the telegraph companies and tell them to run fiber optics everywhere. It sucks to have to drive to my friend's house, 40 minutes away, to be able to download a game to my XBox.