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PotentHerbs on 12 May 2021
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noshten said:

The digital excuse for Japan, is just that - an excuse.

Returnal was the top selling game in April on the PS5 digitally - at retail the game sold 6.5K, even with the best case scenario of 50% of launch sales being digital we are talking about the top selling game on PS5's storefront selling 6.5K in April... in the UK Returnal had 60% digital share and that market has been far quicker to adopt this method of purchasing games since they don't have a huge second hand market.


It's very likely that Resident Evil: Village on the PS5 will struggle to surpass 50K sales this year physically, third parties that are focused on Japan and Asian markets will look at the situation and be making their plans based on the figures they have access too. In Taiwan & South Korea the situation is very similar - so we are talking about the rapid decline of Sony in the region. 

Last year they had around 25% of the Software Market this year they will struggle to get to 5%. 

Not really the best comparison here. 

For one, that 6.5K figure isn't official, but you think its representative of a worldwide figure? The only leaked sales figure I could find for Returnal was 9K at retail for the UK. The best case scenario for sales is 50% digital? That is quite frankly laughable. You're arguing against data provided by Sony that shows the digital split reaching the 50% + mark in 2019, underlining how digital sales have been growing since the PS4's launch in 2013, but also illustrating how the majority of consumers on the Playstation ecosystem have been buying digitally for a few years already. Its not a trend that just started during a pandemic.

Capcom, like Sony and other publishers/platform holders, will look at the complete picture of sales which includes digital, and they can see physical sales are only a fraction of the pie, that also brings in less revenue than a digital sale, instead of pretending buying habits for consumers haven't changed in a decade, and basing their decisions solely on retail sales. All this talk about rapid decline of Sony in the region, yet the PS5 is outpacing the PS4 at a faster rate being more expensive, showing that the PS5 has more upside in Japan than the PS4.

Last edited by PotentHerbs - on 12 May 2021