… Even those who prefer to buy physical games will readily admit digital sales are the industry go-to, but to leave discs behind entirely, just like that, is such a sudden and controversial gear shift. …
… The digital-only share of total PS5s sold has been slowly creeping up. In October 2024, only 18 percent of PS5s were the digital edition. There are a few reasons why that share has continued to shift in digital-only’s favor. …
… PlayStation Announces That It's Completely Stopping Physical Releases From January 2028 I Guess We're Really Never Getting A GTA 6 Disc Release Over on the PlayStation Blog , a post was shared that announced a massively depressing update on the state of physical releases, as PlayStation confirmed t… …
… This move to an all-digital future heavily implies PlayStation’s next console won’t have a disc drive. That means, unless PlayStation also has plans to usher in some sort of disc-to-digital system, there will be no way to play physical games on its next console. …
… What are disc sales compared to digital sales? And I'm old enough to remember when digital sales were like 10 percent — I'm old enough to remember when digital sales were zero percent because we didn't have a digital market! …
… A legal precedent is already being set, and with grassroots movements like Stop Killing Games undeterred in their mission to fight for digital ownership and preservation, the conversation is shifting. …
… Although digital won out in the UK and Australia, those other sizable markets are far closer to France and Japan’s digital/physical split than the one in the US. …
… You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com Sign in to your TheGamer account PlayStation used to run a video delivery service that allowed you to buy and rent movies, but it was officially discontinued in 2021 due to a "shift in customer behavior." In so many words: digital sales sharply declined as… …
… Price Parity As spotted by Nintendeal—which also caught on just four days ago to the fact that the retail giant has been selling multiple Switch 2 games at decent discount —Walmart is fighting the increased push from Nintendo toward an all-digital world by price-matching digital for old-school cart… …
… "The shift to digital is being sold to you as pure convenience, and the convenience is real. …