Ubisoft reveals profit margins for physical versus digital sales on console

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Darwinianevolution said:

shikamaru317 said:

I kind of feel bad for buying physical games at $20 now. If I'm reading that right, the publisher only gets $3 on a $20 physical sale, versus $13 on a $20 digital sale. No wonder the publishers are pushing digital so hard. 

Then why not make the games significantly cheaper in digital? They are going to earn more from digital regardless.

" If digital games start being sold for cheaper than their physical counterparts when they’re new, that upsets retail partners greatly and they may refuse to carry certain games that do this, and so on."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/07/10/ubisoft-explains-all-the-terrible-reasons-why-digital-games-are-so-expensive/#6379f4a49e87

 

Old article, still relevant though.