| The_Liquid_Laser said: I know you replied to me, but you didn't actually address anything I actually said. I'll repeat the main points so that it's clear. An all digital future benefits Microsoft and not Sony. This is because console hardware prices will shoot up to near PC levels when retailers are not able to sell physical games. Consoles will become like PCs for good and for bad. They will be all digital, like PCs, and the hardware will be priced like a PC. The PC market will grow and the console market will implode. All of this helps Microsoft. |
You would not see a change in RRP. Which retailers are going to drop them anyway? A new console brings people into the store. The games can also still be sold as digital redeemable vouchers, gaming peripherals and cards. Everything (including retail) is shifting to digital. An all digital future clearly benefits Sony. It currently does. They're booming in it.
The shift has been taking place since 2015. Digital is now 51% of their revenue.
First quarter 2020 saw 71% of their first party games sold as digital.
Now they're releasing an all digital console.
But they fear an all digital future?
