Support Physical Games

[Cerebralbore101]

V-r0cK said:

KLXVER said:

I have seen no proof of that what so ever. And the guy is just saying it. Does he have a link to the evidence of that?

Also he is saying for full games. Not full games that released both digital and physical.

https://www.gamermarkt.com/blog/playstation-85-percent-digital-game-sales-disc-era-over/

Google helps.

I want to be on your side and hope physical can overcome but it sounds like you're really trying to pick at straws when a blind guy can even see what's happening to physical games.

The 85% number is a cherry-picked lie. For all of 2025 the number was 78% digital, not 85% as per Sony's records. And they count $1 indie games the same as a $70 purchase. 

G2ThaUNiT said:

KLXVER said:

I have seen no proof of that what so ever. And the guy is just saying it. Does he have a link to the evidence of that?

Also he is saying for full games. Not full games that released both digital and physical.

Sony's own financial reports as of 1 month ago? lol Sorry man, but you gotta stop living under a rock.

You can go through their latest breakdown if you want, but here's a breakdown article I was able to find.

https://www.gamermarkt.com/blog/playstation-85-percent-digital-game-sales-disc-era-over/

The 85% number is a cherry-picked lie. For all of 2025 the number was 78% digital, not 85% as per Sony's records. And they count $1 indie games the same as a $70 purchase. 

BraLoD said:

KLXVER said:

Not really sure where this majority doesnt care about physical argument comes from. Because of Fortnite? Overwatch? Or what else that never got a physical release to begin with? Just because many people play games that never got a physical release, doesnt mean they dont prefer physical. Lets see what Pokemon Winds/Waves do physical vs digital. Or Marvels Wolverine. If digital surpasses 50%, then fair enough. Unless someone has a good example of a game that got a physical and a digital release on the same day and the digital did better?

Digital sales are over 80% of total sales on Playstation, and even higher on Xbox.

I have no clue about Nintendo but considering the Game Key Card situation it also must be pretty high.

PC is pretty much as close to 100% digital as it can be.

Physical customers are vastly outnumbered for over decade now.

The 85% number is a cherry-picked lie. For all of 2025 the number was 78% digital, not 85% as per Sony's records. And they count $1 indie games the same as a $70 purchase. 

sc94597 said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

A physical disc lasts over 100 years when properly stored. 

What happens when disc drives are no longer produced? They don't last 100 years. 

Storing a game on 5 different flash memory devices, and then transferring it to newer technologies when they become available lasts indefinitely. 

You would be surprised how easy it is to restore a disc drive. PS2 drives go out a lot but there's a program you can use to recalibrate them. Gamecube drives have surface-mount capacitors that just need replacing. It's a laser that reads data, with a belt and a small electric motor in it. Lots of modern mods let you download the game to an HDD instead of constantly read from the disc. This saves the drive from running 24/7 and massively extends its life. It's basically what the 360 and PS3 did with game installs off the disk. If you were to store a disc drive for 100 years you would need to replace the belt, caps, gears, and grease. The rest would be fine as long as the caps didn't leak, but changing caps to a non-corrosive substance before storage would fix that. 

Also there's FPGA devices or reproducing a system PCB, Chips, and all. The Neo Geo is being remade with all the original chips this winter. FPGA is just a chip that can morph into any other chip you need. People thought I was crazy back in 2017 when I predicted an FPGA PS1. Jokes on them, though. SuperStation One successfully shipped to early adopters. So don't hand-wave my prediction that we will be reproducing 1-1 clones of all consoles eventually.