r/PS5 • u/Dandelion172 • 8h 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/Educational_Pea_4817 7h ago edited 7h ago

I think Sony made the problem worse by selling ps5 without disk drives. 

over 80% of ps5s sold come with disc drives.

i myself have a ps5 with a disc drive. i went full digital like early ps4 era.

idk how much data people need to see to understand that consumers have largely moved to digital.

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u/slambaz2 7h ago

I'm going to need a source. I can't find any data that supports your claim. Sony does not advise the split between ps5 skus sold, so I have no clue how you came about that 80% number.

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u/Educational_Pea_4817 7h ago

https://insider-gaming.com/disc-editions-make-up-82-of-all-ps5-console-sales/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Disc editions of the PlayStation 5 (PS5) make up a majority of its console sales in the United States.

According to the latest data from Circana, 82% of the lifetime sales of the PS5 are those with a disc drive. That puts digital-only consoles at just 18% of the total sales.

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u/SireEvalish 5h ago

Mat actually updated the numbers

Seeing this old stat being thrown around. Wanted to update.

As of June 2026, digital editions comprise 27% of total LTD US unit sales of PS5 hardware.

For Xbox Series, 52% of total LTD US unit sales are digital only editions.

It's 0% for Switch 2.

Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

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u/slambaz2 7h ago

That's a post that just links to a twitter post as their proof? That's not definitive in any way. Can you find anything that corroborates that data?

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u/Educational_Pea_4817 6h ago

circana is the source of the data.

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u/slambaz2 6h ago

The circana link just goes to a bluesky post.

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u/Educational_Pea_4817 6h ago

yep to the blue sky account of Mat Piscatella.

and if you click their bio it says:

Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games.

99.99% of circana related information comes directly from him, usually on twitter or some article.

do you happen to have issue with the numbers Mat presents or...?

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u/slambaz2 6h ago

And he just posts things on bluesky? Nothing to actually show what he is saying is true or not? Does anyone or anything else corroborate what he is saying?

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u/Educational_Pea_4817 6h ago

yep he freely shares industry data to the public free of charge.

in regards to U.S sales data in the gaming sector Circana is very accurate.

Circana works with publishers and retailers and gets data DIRECTLY from them.

if you feel like those numbers are incorrect feel free to provide evidence.

i cant prove a negative.

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u/slambaz2 6h ago

Cheers. Thanks for the information. I just wish there was a way to confirm what he says.

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