Ask Gamasutra: Sony bought Gaikai, are discs going away?

Gamasutra: If there's one news story that's on everyone's minds this week, it's Sony's imminent acquisition of "cloud" streaming company Gaikai, confirming pre-E3 rumors that, frankly, we were skeptical of.

There's been a lot of speculation on what the move could mean (including within Gamasutra's own community of bloggers), though Sony is understandably tight-lipped with its intentions.

However, one can't help but wonder when a major physical console manufacturer acquires a leader in cloud gaming what this means for retail games. So we've posed this simple, yet far-reaching question to our team of editorial experts at Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine:

Could Sony's purchase of Gaikai signal the beginning of the end of physical game media?