Sogreblute said:
The problem is in Japan more people buy physical than digital, so there's no way the split is 20/80 in that country. At the very most it's 50/50. What we need to also remind ourselves is PS5 isn't a popular console in Japan. PC gaming has grown a lot and most people are on Switch and Mobile. There's even a decent amount still on PS4. |
While it is true that Japan historically has preferred physical media over digital and had a slower uptick towards that. People have been telling me on these forums since last gen that Sony could only ever be 50/50 tops with the split. All the while, year after year the digital split for Sony keeps increasing WW so some of that has to happening in Japan as well. It was 50/50 over 5 years ago for FF7R so it definitely increased since then especially with having a digital HW sku and the Pro not bundled with a disk drive. But you are right in the fact that there is no way of knowing the exact % but it has to be a decent amount at this point going into 2026.
We can't prove it either way without the data but imo if it's happening with Sony everywhere else WW then Japan is definitely on the digital uptick for them. Black Myth Wukong tore up the charts on PSN Japan last year and that didn't have a physical version at launch. So there's some growth there for sure, how much at this point, who knows. I just believe at this point with certain titles it's possible to be over 50% and that doesn't have to be the ceiling anymore.
