Capcom Says All-Digital Future Won't Have a Significant Impact on Its Sales - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 3 hours ago / 491 Views
Capcom in a Q&A session with investors following its latest earnings report said PlayStation no longer selling new physical discs on PlayStation consoles starting in January 2028 won't have a significant impact on its sales.
"Approximately 90 percent of our unit sales are digital," said Capcom. "We do not anticipate a significant impact at this time."
Capcom in the latest quarter sold 23.81 million games, which is up from 14.16 million units during the same period last year.
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Well if they dont produce the physical copies so we can actually buy them
Yeah, I'm not surprised as Capcom has been leading the digital transition even though they still release every game on physical media as well. Last Fiscal Year ended with 93% of full games being digital, and they expect this current Fiscal Year (ending March 2027) to be over 95%. Those are full game % ratio's too, not like mixing DLC revenue with physical revenue.
That is crazy since Capcom still releases all their new games - Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata, Monster Hunter Wilds, upcoming Onimusha: Way of the Sword, etc - on discs and cartridges still, yet I guess it means the vast majority are picking them up in digital stores instead.
PC accounts for like 60% of their market, right? Helps results like these when there is no other option.
Statistics can be misleading. Pragmata and a few others were sold out physically right after launch. Also you have to remember that if a game is over 6 months old it won't be on store shelves anymore. And they count GKC purchases as digital so there's that too.
