This essay sheds light on what is the death of physical media products at retail stores phenomenon, demystifies the problems with physical media products not being sold at retail stores, and explicates why physical media products are the best type of media products for companies to produce. The death of physical media products at retail stores phenomenon is a phenomenon that is characterized by an absence of various types of physical media products at a cornucopia of retail stores. The death of physical media products at retail stores phenomenon is a phenomenon that has befallen upon customers in the 2020s. Customers are distraught by the occurrence of the death of physical media products at retail stores phenomenon in the 2020s since customers are eminently fond of physical media products and prefer to be furnished with the option to purchase them at retail stores. An excursion to a retail store is not as much as an enthralling shopping experience for a customer to revel in experiencing when the retail store aisles are devoid of physical media products. Buying digital copies of media products is not tantamount to buying physical copies of media products. As of January of 2024, the death of physical media products at retail stores phenomenon is a phenomenon that is contemporaneous with the 2020s. As of January of 2024, a myriad of retailers have discontinued their practice to carry various types of physical media products at an exorbitant amount of their brick-and-mortar retail stores. As of January of 2024, fewer retailers will continue to stock various disparate types of physical media products at their brick-and-mortar retail stores, such as tangible copies of video games, tangible copies of movies, tangible copies of television series episodes, and tangible copies of soundtrack albums. The death of physical media products at retail stores phenomenon is a phenomenon that is unfavorable to customers to all facets. The death of physical media products at retail stores phenomenon is a phenomenon that has culminated in rendering customers all the more reticent about purchasing media products that are not available for sale in the physical media product format due to them only being available for sale in the digital media product format. The death of physical media products at retail stores phenomenon has also culminated in devaluing the customer's purchase of media products in contexts in which the customer opted to purchase digital copies of media products that he otherwise would have not purchased if the retailer had physical copies of media products in stock at its brick-and-mortar retail stores when the customer was implementing a purchasing decision. Customers do not want to be disenfranchised when they are purchasing products. When customers purchase digital copies of media products, they are not only purchasing digital products that have no resale value, but are also purchasing digital products that are tethered to their account on a company's platform which can be shut down in the event that the company becomes defunct. When customers purchase digital copies of media products, they can wind up paying steep premium prices to purchase them if the media products that they are purchasing digital copies of are only available for sale in the digital media product format. When media products are not available for sale in the physical media product format, then they also cannot be purchased used via the second hand market at a discounted rate. When certain media products are not available for sale in the physical media products format, then customers also have far less purchasing options when purchasing copies of certain media products. When certain media products are not available for sale in the physical media product format, then customers are also limited to purchasing copies of certain media products via digital distribution platforms and e-commerce stores that sell digital copies of media products. When certain media products are not available for sale in the physical media product format, then customers also need an internet connection in order to be able to access digital distribution platforms and e-commerce stores that sell digital copies of media products. When certain media products only exists in the digital media product format, then customers also need to log into to their account on a company's platform in order to be able access the media products that they purchased that only exists in the digital media product format. When certain media only exists in the digital media product format, then customers will also need to memorize their log-in credentials or have their log-in credentials at the ready to be able to log into to their account on a company's platform in order to be able access the media products that they purchased that only exists in the digital media product format.