The splits were given sometime recently... I can't find where. I only found data for Japan for now.
That says what sold and Digital didn't exist to sell. That could readily mean digital sold out because that's what people want, and others only bought analogue because their preferred digital option wasn't available.
Likewise, both statements seem to support the sales being determined by stock availability. Seems like Sony supplied more analogues, or the digitals just sold out leaving behind the analogue stock. We'll only know what people prefer when they have free choice, both digital and analogue being in freely in stock.
I can understand that maybe November didn't have any digital stock, but I. February consoles were easily available, and the split was 1 every 3 consoles were digital. The production before the digital was 80-20 in favor of the digital:
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Is that split of sales or split of stock? And, again, source.
That tweet says the opposite, 80:20 in favour of analogue.
For all PS5? The thing to look for is the how PS5 Slim sells. In only making one hardware device, Sony have streamlined their capacity to balance and will presumably adapt production accordingly, whereas previously they had to commit to drive or not. If consumers prefer physical, they'll either choose the physical bundle or buy the physical peripheral. Sony will start adjusting supply of digital and analogue SKUs to accommodate consumer preference. We'd then see people buying digital and then the separate drive. If digital sales are high and optional drive sales low, that'll show a disinterest in physical games.
On Xbox, absolutely, I don't see the next product supporting discs at all. The fact that they are not doing a disc drive attachment at all for the refresh tells you everything you need to know. And it's disappointing.
The 80/20 thing was a typo, meant to write the opposite, like the tweet says.Is that split of sales or split of stock? And, again, source.
That tweet says the opposite, 80:20 in favour of analogue.
"While PlayStation 5 production has a very solid 80:20 ratio between disc and digital on a global basis"
Sony weren't supplying many digital units at all, forcing consumers into buying the analogue and ensuring analogue made up the majority of sales. Conversely, half XB sales were S which is all digital, so lack of the physical option there wasn't observably harmful to sales.
For all PS5? The thing to look for is the how PS5 Slim sells. In only making one hardware device, Sony have streamlined their capacity to balance and will presumably adapt production accordingly, whereas previously they had to commit to drive or not. If consumers prefer physical, they'll either choose the physical bundle or buy the physical peripheral. Sony will start adjusting supply of digital and analogue SKUs to accommodate consumer preference. We'd then see people buying digital and then the separate drive. If digital sales are high and optional drive sales low, that'll show a disinterest in physical games.
Current install base isn't that telling because it was heavily influenced by what Sony provided.
No, you just need to link to the source to corroborate your position. Why? That should be pretty evident from you writing that the split was 80:20 in favour of digital and me going to your source and seeing that's not the case.
The price difference between S and X is far larger than PS5D to PS5.Is that split of sales or split of stock? And, again, source.
That tweet says the opposite, 80:20 in favour of analogue.
"While PlayStation 5 production has a very solid 80:20 ratio between disc and digital on a global basis"
Sony weren't supplying many digital units at all, forcing consumers into buying the analogue and ensuring analogue made up the majority of sales. Conversely, half XB sales were S which is all digital, so lack of the physical option there wasn't observably harmful to sales.
This will work roughly like image enhancement AI tools available today. A lower resolution texture will be enough, so the basic game can fit in a smaller space. From which the AI algorithm creates a much better quality. Of course, these textures need to be controlled so that they really look good, but that won't be a problem.
I have provided my sources? They are right there in the two tweets? I also say exactly what they say? Literally everything that I'm bringing to the discussion here is accompanied by sources that literally say what I'm saying.
Yes, there's lots of muddled factors. We can only state that physical isn't overridingly important to a lot of XB gamers to the point they'd buy the more expensive, larger X to ensure they had access to discs.
Yeah, I just overlooked that one (notably because Twitter links are now just X.com rather than embeds and don't show what's said). You only needed to reply
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Agree, people wouldn't abandon gaming because of it. But people that don't want to spend too much on games would be even more selective on their purchases, leading to even more stagnation in the market. Another big problem would be convincing your various Euronics, Mediaworld, target, Walmarts to not abandon selling consoles in store with no physical games to improve margins. That's already happening in Europe with Xbox, and we can all agree that's not helping the situation.
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Why? Physical games aren't notably cheaper than digital except second hand, and second hand brings no new money into the industry meaning if it'll stagnate without people buying slightly-more-expensive digital games, it'll stagnate with people buying cheaper second-hand games.
Sell add-ons and get footfall. If you are the only store selling PlayStations in Germany, everyone in Germany wanting a PlayStation will visit your store. You can then sell PSN credit and gift-cards with decent margins and zero shelf-space, and peripherals and upgrades and TVs and sound-bars and headsets. Worst case, provide a reasonable loss-leading profit margin on the console hardware for the retailer - you'll make it back with would-be physical sales going digital with 1) more profit per game unit (~$25 for each $70 unit sale cutting out the retailer) and 2) no second hand game sales (unless EU steps in and changes this!!)
No, consoles are electronic computing devices, the same as laptops and mobiles phones and iPads, and these don't have any trouble with reaching audiences of every age. Apple doesn't struggle to get users due to a lack of physical games for iPhones. Why should a console be any different?
I can't pretend to know how the economics of abandoning physical would look, but I can't see a platform holder being happy that even a single store abandons your product. That's how you become niche.
