I know people already mentioned this multiple times here, but we should really start to question where these PS5s are going. It sold more than 40,000 this week, majority of it being normal ones not the digital edition. Digital edition is cheaper, but it's selling less despite physical PS5 software not selling at all. Why buy a console and not buy games for it.
1. People don't know that the digital edition exists
2. Digital edition is limited in stock
3. They're still being bought by scalpers and placed in storage unused
4. Exported to overseas like China
5. Players only playing 1 game
6. Players only playing free to play live-service
7. People want the normal one in case they want a physical copy, but mainly buy digital
8. Used for interior design not for games
9. Bought the hardware since it was high on demand, but no games to play yet
10. Famitsu is lying about PS5 sales, or software sales
However, even looking at the official fiscal reports we can see that software sales have been really poor despite great hardware sales. Most of the revenue comes from add-on content like DLC, microtransaction, etc. About 65% of software sales were digital. So I conclude that most points on the list are probably correct. People just aren't interested in buying games on the PS5 and they're enjoying f2p games. No wonder Sony is pushing for more live-service games.
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