Some parts can be in pdf, like background information that you're not likely to read more than once. But there are other things that definitely should be available as printed information. Reference tables and checklists (launching depth for weapons, safe arming delays, cavitation charts, sonar frequencies,...), but even that isn't available (or it is changed in patches). Many flightsims even come without a keyboard reference!
Also, if a game has lengthy walkthroughs for training missions, but only in pdf, and the game itself tends to crash when using alt-tab, that's bad (Falcon 4). Yes, you can print the pdf, but it's not cheap.
Of course, this depends on the game. For Doom 3, the tiny manual was appropriate, nothing more was needed. But a sim needs a bit more.
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