CosmicSex said:
DekutheEvilClown said:
They literally do specify how it is calculated. For the last Financial Year supplemental information report page 12 footnote 11. They specify how it is calculated in every single financial release.
It is full games sales on PSN divided by total full game software sales. It does not include Ads-ons, DLC, F2P. It also doesn’t include pack-ins even if they are just digital codes. All the Sony pack-ins are effectively counted as physical sales. So, Sony could actually skew the number more if they desired.
Here’s some data on revenue(Jan-March quarter 2026), just to put the situation into true perspective for you: Physical software - ¥17.7b Digital Software - ¥244.4b Add-on Content - ¥349b PS Plus - ¥208.5b Other Software(PC, and other ports) - ¥24.8b Sony made more revenue from first party games on other platforms than they made from all physical software released on PS, including their revenue share from every single third party game. |
So its | Category | Revenue | Percent | | Physical Software | ¥17.7b | 2% | | Digital Software | ¥244.4b | 29% | | Add-on Content | ¥349b | 41% | | PS+ | ¥208.5b | 25% | | Other Software (PC/Ports) | ¥24.8b | 3% | | Total | ¥844.4b | 100% |
So not only is physical game sales responsible for only 18% of all whole game sales this quarter... it is only responsible for 2% of their acutal revenue. When you look at the hard data, its harder to claim that Sony is some cartoonish evil corporation. They are just following the numbers. The social media grifters and rage baiters follow a different set of numbers though... clicks, likes and engagement. And the don't ever let facts get in the way. |
The most shocking thing about the numbers is that actual games on PlayStation accounts for only 31% of revenue.
That Add-on Content (microtransactions/battle passes/etc) and PS+ subscriptions together is 66%
A sad thing to see.
