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TopicDo you think next console generation will be the first all-digital consoles?
LinkPizza
10/20/23 12:07:32 PM
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No. I dont think so But I also hope not, as well

Dikitain posted...
Seems like physical games are becoming less and less appealing, what with day one patches making them essentially an incomplete game that requires an additional download before you can even do anything with them. So, will the PS6/Switch2/Xbox Omega Delta Up Your Butt and Around the Corner Edition be digital only?

Depends on the game As long as the game works when I first get it or play it, Im good Even if it needs a day one patch

Dikitain posted...
Articles about physical games sold vs. digital:

https://mynintendonews.com/2022/12/27/72-of-console-games-sold-in-2022-were-digital-vs-28-physical/
https://www.gamebyte.com/90-of-video-game-sales-in-2022-were-digital/
https://assetsio.reedpopcdn.com/GI22_Infographic_YIN_dev1C.jpg

I think the biggest indicator that it might be going away is revenue. All physical games sold in 2022 accounted for a little over 10 billion in revenue, vs over 170 billion for digital.

Im not sure this definitely means that much. Like one of the articles said, it includes mobile Also, I think a lot of the games might nothave physical copies Like smaller indie games, for example Or ones they dont want to make copies for. Like when they made Ace Attorney Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice download only In those cases, it wasnt like people didnt want physical copies, but couldnt get them Which is why those were games that jumped to the top downloaded games on that system for a little while

People also probably wouldnt like it due to what adjl said, as well Impossible to redownload with servers off So, when the servers are down, hopefully you have all the games you want to play downloaded And sharing would probably be off limits, as well Sharing a game is easy, but you cant share the memory card, IIRC Nintendo erases the card if you want to use it on a different system I believe that happened with the 3DS, as well

adjl posted...
publishers would much rather digital.

Itd probably be cheaper for them, I would think

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