ITS OVER Sony Interactive Entertainment to end physical game disc production in January 2028

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Cerebralbore101 said:

G2ThaUNiT said:

Not entirely true

This community note is incorrect.

78-22 split is unit sales in FY25.

Per Sony, digital unit sales are "full game downloads."

DLC and live service games are not counted in this ratio (they are Add-On Content).

Sony does not reveal unit sales of Add-On Content like DLC. pic.twitter.com/d4Ju8dCRwT

— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) July 5, 2026

Well then that leaves Sony counting...

Digital-Only Indies
Free Live-Service Titles
PS+ Monthly Free Games
Games with an extremely limited physical release. 

Either way they are massively skewing the numbers. 

Sony financials do state that digital game revenues and units are based on titles 'sold via the Playstation Store'. Network Services is a completely separate number they record.

I'm not sure why digital-only indies and limited physical releases wouldn't be included. That doesn't make sense for a financials document. If anything, the fact that there are more games available digital rather than physical shows that digital is the preferable delivery medium is preferable for devs/ publishers.

Also what are your thoughts on Capcom posting that 80% of their console sales are digital, and that that number increases to 93% when PC is included?