And yet physical discs make up over 60% of game sales.
Just because they’ve enshitified new more profitable revenue streams outside of game sales doesn’t mean they’re not shitty for dumping the core competency that brought them customers in the first place. If physical game sales were less than 3% of their profit then they aren’t a game company and are already lost.
deliriousdreams@fedia.io 1 day ago
You seem to be under the impression that I am defending Sony or other game sales distributors who are getting rid of physical media. That is not what is happening here.
I agree it's shitty. I am pointing out the trend, not trying to mount a defense for a corp.
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I got the sixty percent from the op. It says quite plainly that total digital sales are near 30%
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 17 hours ago
Not quite. It says that FY2021 had 60% digital sales. The physical sales largely seem to come from 2020 and earlier (which puts the net total at 60% physical, but that’s mostly the PS4 games).
It’s 2026 now, I doubt the trend to digital has reversed in that time.