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A digital only storefront will be the end of gaming. We already saw it with the Vita.
People go to a store to buy the hardware:
"Wait, why aren't there any games?"
This would make sense if Steam didn't exist and is arguably the most consumer friendly of the storefronts
And if people weren't increasingly choosing to not shop in brick & mortar stores anyway. The big high street game retailer in my country has mostly transitioned to being a nerd-culture merch shop rather than somewhere that actually stocks any games other than the Sims, CoD or EAFC.
That was true last generation of consoles but nowadays I suspect it is very different.
Steam deck is digital only and is selling like hot cakes.
Steamdecks aren't dependent on physical stores to sell hardware.
Well, it won't be the end of gaming, but maybe the end of console gaming. Why buy a console when you can get a wider selection of games with a PC?
I won't spend top dollar on digital games. I'm giving up a lot, so I demand lower prices.
I'm curious what the split is on new games though. I know there's a 90% digital metric that gets thrown around. But I think that's a lot of cheaper games and sales. I want to know what the split is on full priced games.
That's a good point. I haven't bought a physical game for a few years now and I'm certainly not buying anything digital close to full price. The majority is probably under £10.
A lot of digital games can be sold for a cheaper "full price" than physical ones ever could though because of the inherent costs of the inefficient physical distribution network.
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