G2ThaUNiT said:
They typically get less of a cut, but it also remains to be seen if players will even buy them at all. It’s primarily the hardcore crowd that buys physical games, and currently, they’re the loudest on this issue. Personally, I’ll be shocked if code in a box “physical” games last more than a couple of years. Once you activate the code, the physical copy becomes a coaster. |
The hardcore crowd is the one responsible for ensuring a quick transition for a new system, giving it enough players to make the cycle of more people > more sales > more games > more popularity > more new customers, kick in, and also buy way more games than the Fifa/Cod guy, so they are quite a lot more valuable than a simple 1 less any person could point in a spreadsheet, so they better know very well what they have to gain if they are happy to let that kind of customers go.
If a recall right a successful console have an average of 8 to 10 games bought by person during the gen.
That numbers is only so because people like me have around 100 games (some a lot more than that) per generation, which means that they are trading it for the people that buy 5 games of the same big franchises, which mostly aren't even their own first party games, so good luck to them...
