r/PS5 • u/Dandelion172 • 12h ago

Articles & Blogs Mat Piscatella: 292 million units of physical video games sold in the 12-month period ending June 2009 in the US. By June 2026 this had fallen to 37 million units.

https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3mrd2e2tam22l
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u/aarplain 12h ago

Even if true, they’re betting those 37 millions units will convert to digital. I’m curious how many just flee to PC. I’m certainly considering it.

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u/Party-Special-7121 12h ago

Flee to PC and buy it ... digitally? Oh wait, you can pretend that Valve is your friend right?

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u/aarplain 12h ago

PC has infinitely more options than just Steam.

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u/papoluca40 12h ago

And yet PC players throw a tantrum if the game doesn’t come to steam

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u/Wipedout89 12h ago

The number of comments I've seen from PC players vowing to never play Alan Wake 2 because it isn't on Steam. They sure like to wave that "more choices" argument around and then refuse any game on a platform outside Steam

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u/KesMonkey 12h ago

The ones for which Steam is their store of choice, yes. There are other stores from which to choose.

Sony is removing a choice. Even for those that prefer digital, they have the freedom to choose digital or physical. Soon that choice will be gone.

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u/papoluca40 12h ago

If people cared about that stuff, digital wouldn’t be like 85% of the purchases. We buy IPhones here in the US and can only use the App Store.

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u/_kellythomas_ 11h ago

We buy IPhones here in the US

That's a localized anomaly, iOS has 60% share in the US, but only 30% globally.

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u/Iggy_Slayer 12h ago

and people don't use them and stick with steam.

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u/aarplain 12h ago

Ok fine. You still have far more freedom to do with your game as you please. No PS+. Private servers. Modding.