Well there is a reason why its much cheaper:
1. No Box product, so the cost with each box and shipping it to location isn't required
2. The retailers markup isn't high because DD services have little risk and they are selling nothing really so while server operating costs are expensive they are making lots of profit and dont charge as much as retailers. I think 30% or less for DD platforms, I think retailers add around 80-90% on to the price.
They are selling a boxed version too tho that cant be the reason
But they are reasons the only reason a box product would be the same would be
1. No licencing fees because its PC and not PS3/360/Wii
2. Taking Less money from each sale.
I read a article with the 1C guy and DD and retail and they make much more money on DD so buy DD.
Because it's true, lets pick a random game let's say COD , 60 U$S for a retextured game is a scam.
And 90% of games today are retextured games from previous versions.
may I ask why the game is so cheap compared to others?