Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2

LOVED #TStheErasTour Detroit N1 and Cincy N2 • #SeniorSwiftie • Survived my 20’s, thriving in my 30’s! • GOT MARRIED LAST YEAR • Black Lives Matter

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

So many people rightfully slamming Kevin Feige, but yall still got Doomsday tix securely in your app. SPEAK WITH YOUR WALLET

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@GraceRandolph Learn to spell. It’s “up the ante.” If you get to nitpick, so do we.

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@redlipclassic REAL ONES KNOW 😭🫶🏼

[Canadian Guy Eh @Canadianguyehh]

Did more digging.

It gets worse.

I decided to compare, isolating the PS5 Platform as a comparison. How many more digital exclusive games are there? and does it correlate with the 85% number?

There are, at this point in time, about 1,120 PRINTED PS5 games (give or take). We are going to assume, that all 1,120 of those games also have a digital counterpart.

I went to the PSN store and simply clicked PS5 Platform and games. So this does not include DLC, MTX, etc. The total? 7,590 games.

But what about free to play?

Lets exclude those, this brings the total down to 7,451 games on the PSN store sorted specifically for the PS5. I want to note, this would be a COMPLETE PS5 library (thus far).

So, simple Math

7,451 - 1,120 = 6,331.

There are 6,331 MORE games on the PSN store than what's PHYSICALLY PRINTED For the PS5. That is 5.65x MORE games. These are all games that sell for 1 dollar, all the way up to your 100$+ digital special editions. If you Buy Final Fantasy Rebirth for 69.99 physically, go home, and buy "Quack McStuffins" for a dollar on PSN, those quantity of numbers are treated as equal.

and it gets even funnier.

Lets take that digital catalogue of 6,331 games and divide it by that complete library number (7,451) and turn it into a percentage.

6,331 divided by 7,451 = 84.96%

Meaning? almost 85% of the PS5's available library is DIGITAL ONLY. Ironic how 85% of Playstation's sales are digital eh?

So, what's happening here?

"All digital" defenders are using False Equivalency, and an Availability bias to gaslight users into thinking that no one plays physical anymore and to "get with the times" in the digital era.

Playstation themselves stated "This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs." But this logic is ONLY sound if you apply a False Equivalency.

ALL OF THIS- Before we even take into account of the insomniac leaks back in 2022, which showed that 31 out of the 33 first party games sold MORE in Physical than Digital. And in recent memory, Astrobot selling around 55% physical vs Digital.

So, why are they doing this?

Because MONEY!

Playstation makes WAY more money if you buy the game digitally vs Physically. So playstation is using the backing of convenience, Digital Incentives, indie/AA teams, Mini-Games, and yes, AI Slop, to validate jamming gamers who prefer Physical games with a hot poker into a 100% digital era.

[NIB @nib95_]

Seen several quote #PlayStation's 78% digital full game sales, thus omitting important context.

That figure includes countless digital only releases, from back catalogue to indie games etc. Even Capcom revealed 84% of its sales were "older catalog titles", many of which are only available digitally.

So using such data is somewhat misleading.

To gauge REAL physical demand you need to look at splits of games that released both physical AND digital only. Thanks to the Insomniac leaks, we have such data on PS first party games.

Playstation Physical / Digital splits

Sackboy - 77% / 23%
R&C Rift Apart - 76% / 24%
Ghost of Tsushima DC - 71% / 29%
Demon's Souls - 70% / 30%
Miles Morales - 66% / 34%
Spider-Man - 66% / 34%
Returnal - 61% / 39%
The Last of Us 2 - 61% / 39%
Ghost of Tsushima - 51% / 49%
MLB The Show 21 - 39% / 61%

So per Sony's own internal data, 31/33 first party games from their chart sold more PHYSICAL than they did digital.

Uncharted 4 actually has an insane 83% physical split.

Granted it only covers through to a few months into 2022, but we can see from other more recent data, things haven't drastically changed. For example GSD data shows ~60% of Astro Bot sales across Europe were physical.

So what skews revenue and data more digital, beyond digital only releases and platforms? The answer is games with LIVE SERVICE components, especially multiplatform ones.

As you can see from Sony's internal data, MLB has the highest digital split, and it's a live service game.

Generally the highly popular live service or annualised games such as Call of Duty, NBA 2K, FIFA etc, have higher digital splits, as gamers are constantly launching them (often daily) and don't want to be constantly switching discs, thus skewing digital/physical splits.

It's very different to single player games which are shorter and have different play and consumer trends. So again, context matters.

Then there's a MASSIVE audience of gamers that aren't even accounted for in any of this data; the countless consumers that buy and sell used physical games, because they simply can't afford as many new games, but still buy/own consoles, accessories, games, services etc. Everything from poor parents, kids etc.

Ultimately, the data rejects the notion physical is dead or meaningless, even if digital accounts for the overall lionshare of revenue/sales, especially when you look at things with the proper context and/or focus on single player tentpole games, which is PlayStation's bread and butter.

Keep in mind platforms make a 15% licensing fee from third parties on physical games, while they get a 30% cut on digital.

Likewise first party lose a 30% cut to retailers on physical, while they keep all of the revenue on digital.

As I said before, this move to kill physical is more about PlayStation trying to make far more profit and squeeze away the last remnants of consumer ownership, control, flexibility and resale, and could have greater negative market ramifications.

[Nicki @_Scotta16SFC]

Juzguen vosotros mismos y de verdad, díganme si merece más la pena el digital que el físico.

Elden Ring en formato FÍSICO: 26'99€ en Amazon
Elden Ring en formato DIGITAL: 59'99€ en PS Store

Y esto es solo UN EJEMPLO.

[Aeternum Game Studios @aeternathegame]

OFFICIAL STATEMENT 💿❤️

[Walmart Canada Gaming @WalmartCAGaming]

Thinking about the Walmart gaming aisle today…

[Loot Box Gaming @LootBoxGamingUS]

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[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@LindsTS19 Close. I went Hilary to Avril Lavigne to Taylor 😅

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@fayevermoree For Olivia claiming to be a taydaughter when she first debuted, she clearly missed some lessons. Taylor has always talked about how she wanted her fans to have the lyrics in her physical album booklets.

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@enerianna2 Taylor’s merch team is shaking rn TS13 custom merch for dayzzzzz

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

Here me out: The new cast is the entire OG lineup for the Disney Channel Circle of Stars

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

AJ Michalka has been cast in ‘THE WHITE LOTUS’ Season 4.

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@DanielRPK At this point, they might as well save it for the Super Bowl

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

Fine. I’ll use this to do the only good thing it can be used for… I’ll make A Bug’s Life 2 like we all deserved

[Daniel Richtman @DanielRPK]

💀

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

Yeah I’m gonna need this to happen ASAP. Kyle/Ben was easily the most compelling character of the sequel trilogy

#TheHuntforBenSolo

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@BrandonDavisBD Darth Maul literally got cut in half and was brought back in Clone Wars. lol I’m pretty sure we could’ve accepted a Ben Solo return lol

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@Cade_Onder They literally cut Darth Maul in half and brought him back in Clone Wars lol I’m pretty sure we could’ve bought into the idea that Ben lived lol

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@HuffleBoy These people would never have survived when the Kimye phone call dropped 😭

[Jon | Detroit N1 + Cincy N2 @jonsrep]

@HuffleBoy Can you imagine going to the premiere and meeting so many oomfs and running around NYC?! We need this to happen!!