"The Console Market is Shrinking" is a BS Statement

[DarkFury]

Max King of the Wild said:

DarkFury said:

I am far more worried about the continuous year-on-year software declines we are seeing each week on this site. This to me is the real danger: with the raising dev costs we need to see MORE sales, not less.

This site doesnt track digital which probably is slowly making up more and more of the sales. Since digital will never circulate in used shops then I would think it would be more profitable eventually

In Japan, where they track digital downloads as well as retail, the digital in console space is less than 10%. Perhaps it is more in the West, but usually Japan leads in adopting new tech. Digital is indeed far more profitable (no retailer premium and no used sales) so I am a sure publishers want to push it.