It's like Resident Evil Revelations 2.

Why chop the game up. They already do mobile Hitman games as their little side project why not just give us a full on AAA release like normal. Feels like they are experimenting with new ways to develop games and using Hitman like a guinea pig

One reason to "chop the game up" as you say, is that they will be working on the title and will release it as maps/assets are completed. This may sound bad but it allows the team and publisher to start seeing a return on their work prior to game completion without using traditional early access methods. Technically instead of a beta you are getting a finished game in sections. I say technically because almost no titles are really finished these days and almost always seem like betas.

However, skepticism aside, releasing these episodically would also allow an attentive team to pivot quickly and make adjustments on material based on early fan response to initially produced items, missions, etc.

kind of sounds like what nintendo is doing with splatoon as far as adding new content. i think it's a great way to keep gamers involved who are known to beat games and never play them again then trade them in.

we also know digital is becoming more and more popular and lots of people are reluctant to go this route. so they keep saying in forums how not everyone has access but hardly ever talk about their own situation.

it's obvious going digital is the best case scenario for publishers as it gives them way more control. hardware makers are reluctant to go this route because they still rely on retail to sell their hardware so they want to keep this partnership going. trouble is game prices are often held hostage on the digital stores because they don't want to undercut the retailers.

i prefer physical copies myself but know very well digital will one day take over.

I know I've loved digital so far...I only buy games I know I want, and with pre-loading I don't have to go stand around outside a store with a bunch of annoying people...And I dont have to worry about space cause I dont feel the need to horde all my games onto one HDD so I can actually delete things Im not currently playing and re-download it later if the mood strikes me

Same here, the convenience was my main reason in doing it this gen (last gen I was about 80% physical, 20% digital but generally little PSN games). I use remote play quite a lot so it's just impractical to have only physical games when I am trying to play my PS4 from my Vita at work and wanna play different games all the time lol

EDIT: Also, I just wait for the sales on digital games and I very rarely pay more for a digital game than physical, beating that other myth too :)