Got a stack of old VHS tapes in your basement? Your brand new video game discs might be joining them sooner than you’d think.

New statistics from the NPD group reportedly indicate that physical video game sales dropped about 17 percent in the first 11 months of 2014 compared to the same time last year, while separate data show digital video game sales jumped 23 percent around Thanksgiving this year compared to last. (The Wall Street Journal reports that overall downloadable content sales on game consoles and PCs rose 44 percent in November compared to last year.)

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