April 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

[Aquamarine]

ExtremeBrawler said:

Aquamarine said:

7.9% is the digital share average for software as of FY3/16. Nintendo tends to be a lot lower than companies like Activision / EA / Ubisoft because their games are primarily bought and sold by children and families....and you have to buy a separate harddrive for Wii U digital titles.

It can vary significantly with titles, though. More niche titles (like RPGs) tend to have greater digital dissemination. I would expect >30% digital for Bravely Second, easily.

This digital share average is for the software released overall in this gen so far or just for the past fiscal year? I'm asking because I tend to think digital shares for Nintendo titles have been growing in the most recent times, just like the rest of the industry, even if on a significantly smaller scale due to the reasons you mentioned. 

Also, it's true it can vary a lot depending on the titles considered.

Yes, it's just for this fiscal year, and yes, Nintendo digital % shares are growing rapidly with the rest of the industry in terms of percent change.

Last fiscal year, for example:

FY3/2015: 4.6%

 

At the beginning of the gen the average was virtually non-existent. Now it comprises a very real percentage of titles.