ZhugeEX on 10 June 2016
| Aquamarine said: Also another interesting thing ZhugeEX said: "New software released in May made up 51% of total software sales." This is emblematic of the current state of the retail industry. Everything at retail is focused on the latest and greatest....catalog sales continue to weaken as the years go by. This isn't good news for companies like Nintendo who base their entire business plan around building a catalog that sells-through throughout the entire generation. |
I'd wager that digital is also another reason why catalog sales have dropped at retail. Agree that being focused on the "latest and greatest" is probably the main reason but some publishers have talked about how they've had strong back catalog sales due to putting their games on digital distribution platforms.
Can't remember who it was who said it but one publisher noted that as they released a new game in the series, sales of prior games on digital platforms saw sales increase considerably.
(Also, I want to make a point that whilst I don't have access to NPD data. I do have access to other data from other market researchers.)
