MercyVA🎙️

I spend most of my time gaming
Writer/VA by trade, but I'll try whatever

[MercyVA🎙️ @MercsVA]

It was a pleasure being on call with you and peaking back to see you drawing the BS I was saying as the characters >:3

[nenkaii (the wheelie guy) @nen_kaii]

Gaming with @MercsVA :) #tf2

[uyu @ooo_8387]

ドクターさん

[eggsy 🍳 @myxineye]

a war doll's last stand #deadlock #warden

[Pinshi Amos @AmosDan67616024]

#deadlock #Deadlockfanart #Graves

[Seykoya @Seykoya_]

silver deadlock takes a drink

[MercyVA🎙️ @MercsVA]

@cronos12 @sebagerino @MattBanXI

[🚂 | train @cabeeese]

retreat!

#deadlock #apollo #graves #rem

[Silicarte @silicarte]

Filthiest rejuv steal I’ve had so far

[Morkoplya @Markoplya]

I had an idea to draw Ivy with Silver's backstory
#deadlock

[Fran @FranLu07]

I draw Graves Deadlock

[⦻ @kousomii]

recent commission i finished

#holliday #deadlock

[Bojler @Bojlero1]

Deadlock Warden redesign

[Dawi 🍋 @kdxdawi]

Graves

#Deadlock

[NikTek @NikTek]

The importance of physical dics explained by Sony themselves, 13 years ago.

[The Act Man @TheActMan_YT]

The PS4 won the 8th-gen consoles wars almost entirely because Xbox shot itself in the face and Sony said "we're not doing any of that."

Listen to the crowd cheering at the simple idea that they will own the games and the consoles they buy with no caveats.

What happened, man...

[ScruffTuna (DELTARUNE CH5 SPOILERS!!!!!!) @scrufftuna_]

guys they jsut leaked the secret final captain underpants book and you WONT believe what flip o rama it has

[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.

[MercyVA🎙️ @MercsVA]

@cronos12 @sebagerino @MattBanXI If results are intentionally skewed or misleading to push a specific narrative then the numbers aren't going to be entirely accurate. The numbers you pulled are publicly available, but are from the people with the biggest incentive to fudge numbers which we know happened. "Wrong"

[☠️ Lilith Lovett ☠️ same @ on 💙☁️🦋 @LilithLovett]

‼️A FRIENDLY REMINDER‼️

The “85% purchases are digital” figure is a complete LIE.

They include figures like mobile games, small games without a physical release, and even *DLC* into that number.

People buy physical, but they want you to feel small and powerless. DON’T LET THEM

[leonard | leonardistired on artfight! @wewardwhimsy]

i love you kelvin #deadlock