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One-Third of Square Enix Sales are Digital - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 November 2014 / 4,747 Views

In Square Enix's quarterly earnings report one third of of the publishers revenue from HD games are from digital sales. HD games for Square Enix normally include the latest console and portable games, according to Siliconera.

The breakdown for digital sales include 32.6 percent of revenue worldwide. In North America digital accounted for 36.8 percent, in Europe 36.4 percent and in Japan 17.2 percent.

This is the second bit of news this month that the digital market continues to grow. 20 percent of Destiny sales were digital.

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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3 Comments
Kerotan (on 24 November 2014)

now maybe will start to realize the huge sales being done on psn. those cards are #1 #2 #3 on amazon for the year for a reason.

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disolitude (on 24 November 2014)

If you read the report it states that 33% of digital sales only apply to consoles. Mobile games are tracked on a different slide...

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KingdomHeartsFan (on 23 November 2014)

Surprised its not more considering all the mobile games and FF14.

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