I come from a videogame development background. Developers rarely see 20% of the retail price. Often it is half that. So forgive me if I don't see the relationship with retail as very symbiotic.

The total cost of the boxed-goods model has to include the duplication and manufacture of the disk and packaging. This is another cost that would vanish if the industry went to download.
Along with the costs of inventory and the potential loss of over-duplication.

Fewer overheads means lower prices to end-users, and better still, a higher revenue to the people who actually make the games.

Music has already shifted to download.
The shift to download for movies and games is inevitable.

C.

Console manufacturers and game publishers are going to move towards games which are entirely downloaded.

Directly downloaded games are impossible to re-sell. So will block this "problem"

Moreover, the revenue from downloaded games is not shared by resellers and retailers. Retailers can take up to 50% of the sale price. Just to sell a box.

When publishers, originate the game, develop it, promote it and take all the risks- you can see why they resent the used game market and the burden of "boxed-goods" retailers.

C.

That video must have cost a fortune to make. It's a pity the premise was just was not that funny to start with. Dear Onion, Throwing cash at a weak joke does not make it super hilarious. C.

The original story was massively influenced by Joseph Campbell's book Hero with a Thousand Faces, which explains cross-cultural mythic structures that all stories share. Star Wars (IV) is an almost perfect example of exploiting these themes. And it created an perfect modern myth. So what happened? Lucas resented the interference of the studios in the creative process. As his power grew, he was able to push the external editorial forces away and take sole command of the property. This explains why the films became increasingly weak. Because everyone, even a genius, needs editing.