- The PlayStation Sony manufacturer has confirmed that physical media represents only 3% of its gaming income
- PS5 models are no longer launched with a disk player
- The PlayStation 6 would have been digital when it is launched
The subject of the preservation of the game was at the forefront of the minds of people with the advent of the key cards of play Nintendo Switch 2, following Xbox and PC outings only digital. However, on his credit, Sony tried to keep the physical PS5 Games on store shelves.
However, this could be set to change with The last company’s corporate report suggesting that sales of PS5 records represent only 3% of the overall gaming revenues of Sony.
As indicated by EurogamerThis figure was twice as much (6%) in 2020 – the same year, the PS5 arrived, with a disk player included.
In the years that followed, Sony not only struck PS5 By removing the disk reader, but released the PS5 PRO without Disk player too.
It is a little “ chicken and egg ”, so-did the PS5 made thinner the purchasing players of physical games, or have they stopped buying them before Sony removes the record player?
In any case, the final result is the same, the sale of physical media constituting a very small proportion of its income. Rumors since the PlayStation 6 Could happen without a record, it also does not seem that Sony is ready to change this story.
Digital software represents 20% of Sony’s game income, and it is not difficult to imagine that the other main console manufacturers see similar models.
We reported yesterday That another large third -party title made its way to switch 2 on a key game card because its cartridges end to a capacity of 64 GB, while Microsoft has long been putting digital codes in boxes, even for its first part titles.
Although having a digital version of a game does not seem to be a huge difference at present, when the more recent consoles are there, it will probably be more difficult to access the games you bought on PS5. We already see the challenges of live service games close and even their disk versions rendered useless, and some of them were launched just in the last generation.
