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… Physical First-Party Game Sale Profit Cost/Price First-Party Digital Game First-Party Physical Game Price $70 $70 Retail/Digital store cut ~30% -$0 -$21 Licensing fee ~15% $0 $0 Manufacturing ~5% $0 -$3.50 Publisher share profit $70 $45.50 With GTA 6 already raising prices to $80 , the industry cou… …
… We tend to think from a physical perspective, so I think we need to be more digitally conscious and become more global." Despite an increasing focus on digital games — timely, considering Sony's plan to stop producing game discs for PlayStation platforms in 2028 — SEGA is still partial to physical … …
… All of this makes digital appealing to players, more so than the general appeal physical provides, like disc-sharing. We wrapped up with a brief chat about the cost of digital vs. physical gaming, because, again, that has spread like wildfire in the last few weeks. …
… In fact, in some cases, Requiem’s physical sales have been outperforming its digital ones. France is the market in which physical copies of Requiem have performed best, with 55% of French Resi fans who have picked up a copy choosing physical over digital. …
… As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028. …
… They described this as misleading to consumers. “ I think this does create a sense of deception among consumers, since regardless of one's opinion on digital v. physical games, the average person expects something marketed as a physical copy of something to be physical .” This practice also raises … …
… Additionally, while physical disc sales have been expected in the gaming industry since its inception, digital sales now far outweigh physical sales, and the profit margins are too good for Sony to renege on its digital-only stance. …
… The internet is not taking the news well, and hot on the heels of f ans reacting poorly to GTA6 seemingly going digital-only, I imagine this will be an even bigger shitstorm that lasts well beyond today: incredible of playstation to announce the end of physical disc production the week after they d… …
… While it’s been on sale digitally before, it’s not included in the July Savings promotion at present. It costs a full $70. Meanwhile, on Amazon you can grab a physical copy for just $32. …
… Ubisoft’s leadership was asked about the situation on the Assassin’s Creed maker’s latest earnings call, and suggested that while there were pluses and minuses to abandoning physical, it would probably not “disturb” the industry too much. “What we saw on the PC is that it helped to grow the market,… …