Has Sony Opened The Possibility For An Xbox Comeback?

[zorg1000]

KLXVER said:

zorg1000 said:

No, the people who are part of the vocal backlash are not the majority. It might seem like a big deal on game forums & social media but it’s being way overblown. The vast majority of people prefer digital media when it comes to shows/movies/music/games.

Yet digital only consoles barely sell. Maybe the people making the noise are in the majority.

Who cares how much the disc based consoles sell if people aren’t buying physical games for them? Digital sales are ~85% of PS software revenue and ~90% of XB software revenue and that’s likely going to keep going up.

Also, digital edition sales have been going up throughout the generation. Mat from Circana said digital editions made up 49% of PS5 sales and 66% of Xbox sales in 2025.

This decision is not going to have a major impact because most people already prefer digital and it’s not like 100% of the people that prefer physical are going to boycott. Some will move to digital with no fuss, some will complain but go along with it and some will boycott and jump shit but that’s going to be a small percent of the their audience.