konnichiwa on 10 April 2025
The high majority are not okay with going to the store and buy a physical game so doubt a higher price for a premium will attract more.... People may blame publishers but it is a fact that stores are downsizing physical game or getting rid of them because gamers don't want them.
All game stores/gaming store departments are basically becoming retro/nostalgic sections with figurines/mugs/shirts etc. This is why you get then Retro stores on youtube that invest into youtubers who hype up their stores in the hope that they attract some gamers who are kind of lost in life and become part of their community who then end up investing a ton of $€ in the store or a lot of their time watching those youtube vids.
