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From tbone51's post in the COMG thread of Japanese december digital sales
If you rank them in order based on percentage of digital sales
What is apparent is that Sony consoles do far better digitally than Nintendo ones, Why is this?
I would of thought the opposite, the younger demographic, Nintendo would be the ones more comfortable with digital.
So why are Sony users buying more digitally?


1. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Mojang) - 35.705 (100%)
2. [PS4] Dragon Age: Inquisition (Electronic Arts) - 10.111 (20.3%)
3. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco Games) - 11.167 (17.0%)
4. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova (Sega) - 16.807 (10.6%)
5. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar) - 10.241 (10%)
6. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix) - 17.327 (9.6%)
7. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo) - 34.258 (8.0%)
8. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) - 7.763 (4.5%)
9. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Company) - 31.322 (3.8%)
10. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5) - 52.408 (2.9%)



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Bigger hard drives?



old skool

The 3 main reasons would be PlayStation has a better online infrastructure, an actual account system, and an older demographic.

Certain series on Nintendo also have older demographics(Monster Hunter) and those games also have higher digital percentages.



Better infrastructures and consuming habits started a longer time ago on Sony consoles.



...Let the Sony Domination continue with the PS4...

Aren't some of those nintendo games million sellers? To have Yokai watch reach the same 20% percentage it should like sell 350.000 digital.. I don't think that, that many people who would want it buy it digital.. Maybe in a few years



 

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Cuz playstations have harddrives



Does PS+ count?



                  

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Wizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Does PS+ count?

No. This tracking of digital sales, not overall download numbers. Otherwise, things like PSO2 and other F2P titles would be much higher.



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outlawauron said:
Wizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Does PS+ count?

No. This tracking of digital sales, not overall download numbers. Otherwise, things like PSO2 and other F2P titles would be much higher.

Oh I see! Thanks for the info! So, do they count the PS+ discounted games then or no?



                  

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Wizz_Beard_thePirate said:
outlawauron said:
Wizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Does PS+ count?

No. This tracking of digital sales, not overall download numbers. Otherwise, things like PSO2 and other F2P titles would be much higher.

Oh I see! Thanks for the info! So, do they count the PS+ discounted games then or no?

Of course. It's not any different than if a game were on sale. The price is just reduced. That said, none of the above games have any discounts going on. They're all recent releases.



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