Isn't that the norm now - what you get is usually just a download code and no physical media (and even if you do the 24/7 online even for single player mode and day 1 patch of gigs and gigs will mean a day of downloading anyway).

Sucks to be a kid these days. No open, plug in, and get playing. It's open, plug in, have a parent with a credit card stumble through the registration process then child lock setup, update your system, then the next day start downloading your games, then have Christmastime internet slowdown take you into the new year, then suffer holiday online licensing server overloads block you from playing, and finally get ready to play and hear "time to go to bed, tomorrow is school - you can play more with your present when summer break comes if I don't tell you to play outside instead.

Yeah, I can see why tabletop gaming and mindless mobile gaming is booming.