Capcom: the difference in profitability between retail sales and download sales is negligible

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mutantsushi said:
If they were talking about net profits for all downloads vs for all physical channel sales, they would have stated "profits", not "profitability".

ah ok thanks for clearing that up but if it's profitability then that could easily be explained by the ridiculous sales that XBL and PSN have. Factoring that in will reduce the profitability of digital sales overall. You'll notice that higher peaks of digital sales occur when there are special offers or huge discounts.