Cant be done without a too big increase in price.. Lack of retailers cut and manufacturing is why the pricepoint can stay low. Not just the decreased budget. For a single 15 dollar psn title you would pay around 30 at a retailer if the profit margin is to be attained. There is a reason why sony and MS pushes digital distribution for full fledged titles as the retailer cut moves over to them. Even so the prices are the same for the consumer on that front because people expect 60 dollars. Now the best thing for digital purchases in terms of profit for platform holders is a 1rst party title. Take TLOU remastered for example. Not only do retailers loose their cut, but there is no 3rd party to give the money to and no disc manufacturing costs involved. This basically mean that in a completely special case they can instead of keeping 10-15 dollars in royalties for a 3rd party title sold at gamestop, they can keep the full 60 dollars for the same single amount of copy sold... Why would they take away digital sales when the profit ratio is so much higher than at retail.. I truly believe digital is the way to go to revitalize our industry. There simply isnt enough money to go around to keep gamestop and the rest in the loop.
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