How big are the sales difference between console and PC games?

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Vashyo said:

mind said:

Vashyo said:

 

So getting an email with a cd-key you insert into steam/origin/etc counts as physical too then? Explain to me what you think is digital sale?

I think my post was strictly related to the topic too, tbh.

If the key is from the physical copy(printed), then of course it's physical.  Direct steam/origin/etc sale.

I wasn't talking about you, but about people comparing full markets, while the question is different.

Don't think it quite works that way, digital retailers buy cd-keys only without the physical copy. Would be rather silly if steam buys 100,000 copies of each game just to take cd-keys from them then store all those games somewhere or recycle them, thats just wasted work and misuse of resources. Would cause a ragestorm with some environmentalists too.

Not to mention the cost of buying a physical copy then selling the game cheaper than it is at most retailers like gamestop who sell the physical copy directly to the customer, that would be selling for a loss. The reason digital is such a big thing on PC is because you don't pay for the manufactoring process of the case, manual and disc at all and theres no royalty tax to anyone, which is why u can even get a new game for half the price of a new game on consoles.

I'm not, you misreading...)

"Steam/origin/etc" don't, private traders(and you are talking about them, i suppose) do.