Another Example: Starscape (Score 1)

A company called MoonPod has released a game with the Internet being its primary distribution method.

You can pay more for a boxed copy if you want, but they have an instant-access online purchasing system that turns the crippleware demo into the full version.

The game is an asteroids-style 2d shooter with some turn based strategy mixed in.

I hope to see projects like this in the future from larger game developers. If the savings is passed on to me, I'm all for purchasing games, music, movies, or whatever else I could want, with no hard copy.