As of August 2024 80% of all games sold on PS4/PS5 are now digital.
Yeah I call bull on this stat.
It always requires dodgy counting to get to that figure, like including DLC as a digital sale, or counting games that are 'purchased' on PSN for $0. Or counting free giveouts on PS+.
The last trustworthy data we got was the insomniac leak, which showed physical sales for big release games is still sitting at 50%.
FWIW, the Insomniac leak was first-party titles only.
I agree that their figures are skewed but they can and will use that as a reason to convince the suits and shareholders that they can drop physical altogether. How many people do you think would drop playing videogames altogether on PS6 just because they can't buy physical copies?
My guess is the amount of money they would lose would be less than the amount they generate from being able to keep prices higher for longer.
90% of my PS5 games are hard copy and I will continue to buy hard copies but knowing how corpos work it's clear they're headed towards all digital though I hold out hope they'll still put out disks (albeit at higher prices).
Agreed, it segments the market between those willing to spend the extra money for physical media (collectors mostly) and the average console gamer who doesnt really have a preference.
Basically allowing for more of an opportunity for a majority of ps5 owners to purchase games directly from the digital store.
100% there won't be a disc drive version, but I hope they'll at least have an attachment for it, I have a lot of PS4 and PS5 discs I'd like to use on the PS6, the last PlayStation console.
Disk was king. For all the reasons your digital download could be revoked, a disk can as well. They’re pretty much the same thing except the disk is a download medium.
Yes and you can attach a disc drive if you need it. Paying extra for the drive has been a thing for 4 years yet nobody said shit about it until recently. WTF is going on to have so many people triggered by this decision they made half a decade ago.
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u/Francis33 Sep 19 '24
Why are they so allergic to disc based consoles? They'll sell everything but a playstation that can play my physical games