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Considering only games that are available in both physical and digital form, how high is your share of physical purchases?

100% physical 207 16.68%
 
80 - 99% physical 375 30.22%
 
60 - 79% physical 183 14.75%
 
40 - 59% physical 118 9.51%
 
20 - 39% physical 83 6.69%
 
1 - 19% physical 154 12.41%
 
0% physical 102 8.22%
 
I don't buy games 19 1.53%
 
Total:1,241

100% physical, I never owned a digital-only console and I never will buy one. Should the future be digital-only, I will continue to play only on retro-consoles. I love to collect games (actually, with no intention to sell them), I love to own games (which you can't digitally) and I like to bring them to my friends. I have good hope that physical will not go away, after all we still can buy music CD's (even vinyl) and film DVD's and Blu-rays/Ultra HD Blu-rays. Music and film have the advantage that there are many different suppliers offering players, however, for gaming we have only the big 3, once this big 3 decide to go digital-only, there will be no other supplier offering a console playing physical media. However, at least Nintendo will remain physical. I was so happy to read their last Corporate Management Policy Briefing, released on September 16 (https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/events/index.html). In their future outlook for long-term initiatives (starting on page 43) they explicitly commit themselves to physical media (page 50).