PS5 Pro revealed. November 7th 2024. $699

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method114 said:

G2ThaUNiT said:

Too high? Digital PlayStation sales have already eclipsed 80%. And with the Pro model not coming with a disc drive by default, Sony is quite quickly joining MS in their push for a digital future. 

I still think PlayStation has 1 more generation of disc drives being a separate add-on though. 

Where are you getting 80% from? Last I read it was 70% digital

2. The digital ratio for full game software sales on PlayStation platforms reached 70% for the full year.

The chart below shows how digital sales accounted for just 19% in FY2015. The pandemic accelerated the already existing shift to digital. pic.twitter.com/ANlZ251cEK

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Also I'm not so sure Sony looks at a situation like this and judges it as a whole. For instance if in China Physical sales were still very high compared to the rest of the world I don't think they go all digital as quickly. I could be wrong though I'm not sure what their mindset is with that. IMO it would be dumb to even consider it until MS cuts off physical first and I don't think they even consider going all digital until MS does first.

That was the average for the full year of 2023. Q1 FY24 PlayStation eclipsed 80% digital sales. Still, looking at that chart, seeing it going from a measly 19% to 70% in just 8 years is an insanely striking number to look at. 

But yeah, MS does tend to bite the bad news bullet first lol. They'll be the first to go all digital, then PlayStation will most likely soon follow.