Global UP! 29th December (HARDWARE ADJUSTED)

[Pokemonbrawlvg]

pezus said:

Pokemonbrawlvg said:
Since the Media Create thread won't be up until Monday, I'll just post this here.

500K of the 2.3M Animal Crossing: New Leaf copies sold are downloads. 22% of all sales being downloads.

Iwata states, unable to hide his surprise, that 'For a game that costs 4800 yen to sell 500,000 copies without a discount because it is a download is quite an event.'

http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZZO50298050V00C13A1000000/

~200k were eshop copies (bought digitally) while ~300k were download cards (bought in stores - practically no difference to buying the game itself in a store, and I heard the game was even sold out, which inflates this number). 

Where do the cards lie then? Buying the card still means a purchase as buying a retail copy or purchasing it straight from the eShop. Some people buy cards to avoid putting money in their accounts, use of credit card, or they found a deal outside of a retail copy. A purchase is still a purchase as long as you spent money. You're really just buying a download code in the form of a card.