{"id":7470,"date":"2025-05-14T17:21:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=7470"},"modified":"2025-05-15T18:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:23:23","slug":"over-75-of-all-playstation-game-sales-are-digital-as-physical-sales-plummet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/over-75-of-all-playstation-game-sales-are-digital-as-physical-sales-plummet\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 75% of all PlayStation game sales are digital as physical sales plummet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A digital-only PlayStation might be the only option soon (Sony Interactive Entertainment)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the physical games market continues to dwindle, new figures from Sony<\/a> highlight how PlayStation players are continuing to shift towards digital purchases.<\/p>\n

The decline of physical games has been an ongoing story for years, with retailers like GAME being gradually chased<\/a> off the high street, as more people opt for the convenience of digital.<\/p>\n

We’re now seeing companies like Nintendo try to deter people away from buying physical games, with higher prices and the introduction of half-digital measures like Game-Key cards<\/a>. Microsoft<\/a>’s entire strategy, with its emphasis on its Game Pass<\/a> subscription service, has also downplayed the need for physical games.<\/p>\n

In its latest financial report, Sony has revealed just how much of the PlayStation audience is buying physical media and it’s sadly (but unsurprisingly) a dwindling small number.<\/p>\n

As noted in Sony’s earnings report<\/a> for Q4 2024, which ended March 31, 2025, 80% of all worldwide software sales across PlayStation 4 and 5 worldwide were digital, up 3% over the same period last year.<\/p>\n

Most notably, 76% of all sales were digital over the entire 2024 financial year, which is a 6% increase from last year’s total.<\/p>\n

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