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[kazuyamishima]

Why's this news?

Is usually a thing with some Nintendo/Zelda players.

They’ve been publishing things like: “I tried to play/like Street Fighter 6, but after XX hours, is just doesn’t feel like Zelda”

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Congraturations.

 

[ADiTAR]

Is usually a thing with some Nintendo/Zelda players.

They’ve been publishing things like: “I tried to play/like Street Fighter 6, but after XX hours, is just doesn’t feel like Zelda”

Yeah, not like PlayStation fans post anything about sales.

 

[mckmas8808]

They say it sold 8 times as many digitally and wonder why you brought it up.

So avoiding the question and the truth. Never change.....

 

[THE DUCK]

So avoiding the question and the truth. Never change.....

Physical Xbox Series X and PS5 games are overrated - digital downloads are better

Let’s get digital

www.techradar.com

Most of the industry has moved on, but I see Nintendo Switch owners are a bit behind at 50/50. Probably chalk that up to half of them not knowing they can put a SD card in the system......
Not sure why your trying to frame it as physical is making some sort of comeback when all trends point to the opposite, even for Nintendo long term.

 

[Impotaku]

Physical Xbox Series X and PS5 games are overrated - digital downloads are better

Let’s get digital

www.techradar.com

Most of the industry has moved on, but I see Nintendo Switch owners are a bit behind at 50/50. Probably chalk that up to half of them not knowing they can put a SD card in the system......
Not sure why your trying to frame it as physical is making some sort of comeback when all trends point to the opposite, even for Nintendo long term.

LOL yeah i'm really sure that half of them really don't know that you can put a SD card in it, you are aware there's onboard save space to down;oad digital? Maybe the reason people still buy physical on switch a lot more is because for 99.9% of games you actually get the full thing on the cart not a download installer.

 

[ADiTAR]

LOL yeah i'm really sure that half of them really don't know that you can put a SD card in it, you are aware there's onboard save space to down;oad digital? Maybe the reason people still buy physical on switch a lot more is because for 99.9% of games you actually get the full thing on the cart not a download installer.

A quarter and two third of Switch owners don't know you can pull the Switch out of the dock, and they play handheld while the Switch is in the dock.

 

[THE DUCK]

LOL yeah i'm really sure that half of them really don't know that you can put a SD card in it, you are aware there's onboard save space to down;oad digital? Maybe the reason people still buy physical on switch a lot more is because for 99.9% of games you actually get the full thing on the cart not a download installer.

OK, that fills up in like 1 game, then they go buy physical saying they have "no more room". Have you met the general non techy public? They have no idea. The kid is more likely to know than the parent.

As to the full thing, no idea what you are even saying (buying a code?), if you download a game to digital storage, it's the full game. (and more likely the updated version as well)

 

[BlackTron]

OK, that fills up in like 1 game, then they go buy physical saying they have "no more room". Have you met the general non techy public? They have no idea. The kid is more likely to know than the parent.

As to the full thing, no idea what you are even saying (buying a code?), if you download a game to digital storage, it's the full game. (and more likely the updated version as well)

Personally, I know a lot of people who buy physical Switch games just because (wait for it) they want to own a copy of the game. Among those in real life, this includes an engineer, an actuary and a materials scientist.

But I mean, that's only anecdotally. So we can absolutely default back to assuming that it's usually just done out of sheer stupidity.

 

[Impotaku]

OK, that fills up in like 1 game, then they go buy physical saying they have "no more room". Have you met the general non techy public? They have no idea. The kid is more likely to know than the parent.

As to the full thing, no idea what you are even saying (buying a code?), if you download a game to digital storage, it's the full game. (and more likely the updated version as well)

The full thing i'm referring to is physical releases that on xbox & playstation the disk is basically an installer you need the internet to get the rest of the game there are exceptions to this where some games are all on the disk. On switch mostly the opposite is true if you buy a physical game you get the full thing you don't need to download the rest via the internet that's what i'm getting at why people are probably buying more physical than the other systems. For digital there's no difference between system although accounts on xbox & playstation are more robust seeing as they have been implemented a lot longer. System acoounts on nintendo systems is still a reasonably new thing, if physical is dying there wouldn't be so many limited physical release companies still doing so well out there most of them targeting switch releases because physical is still doing great on this system.

And no, very few switch games will totally take up the built in system memory you can get a reasonable amount of titles on there before you fill it up.

 

[THE DUCK]

Personally, I know a lot of people who buy physical Switch games just because (wait for it) they want to own a copy of the game. Among those in real life, this includes an engineer, an actuary and a materials scientist.

But I mean, that's only anecdotally. So we can absolutely default back to assuming that it's usually just done out of sheer stupidity.

Sure some of it is that. But you can bet a huge portion is those who have no idea how to expand the storage or don't even realize you can download full games. (Parents who never actually use e-store or the console)

 

[THE DUCK]

The full thing i'm referring to is physical releases that on xbox & playstation the disk is basically an installer you need the internet to get the rest of the game there are exceptions to this where some games are all on the disk. On switch mostly the opposite is true if you buy a physical game you get the full thing you don't need to download the rest via the internet that's what i'm getting at why people are probably buying more physical than the other systems. For digital there's no difference between system although accounts on xbox & playstation are more robust seeing as they have been implemented a lot longer. System acoounts on nintendo systems is still a reasonably new thing, if physical is dying there wouldn't be so many limited physical release companies still doing so well out there most of them targeting switch releases because physical is still doing great on this system.

And no, very few switch games will totally take up the built in system memory you can get a reasonable amount of titles on there before you fill it up.

Botw is 13gb alone, and system store available on most switches after OS is 26gb. So no, basically there is not a reasonable amount of space.

Physical is doing better than I would have expected, but its still shrinking every year.

 

[mckmas8808]

Physical Xbox Series X and PS5 games are overrated - digital downloads are better

Let’s get digital

www.techradar.com

Most of the industry has moved on, but I see Nintendo Switch owners are a bit behind at 50/50. Probably chalk that up to half of them not knowing they can put a SD card in the system......
Not sure why your trying to frame it as physical is making some sort of comeback when all trends point to the opposite, even for Nintendo long term.

The only way these stats are true is if they are including PC game sales. I believe about 35%-40% of game sales on Playstation consoles are physical. And 50% for Nintendo. Why would they throw away that much money?

 

[THE DUCK]

The only way these stats are true is if they are including PC game sales. I believe about 35%-40% of game sales on Playstation consoles are physical. And 50% for Nintendo. Why would they throw away that much money?

Even last year 80% was digital for playstation.

Nearly 80% of All PS5, PS4 Games Are Bought Digitally

Big increase over previous quarter

www.pushsquare.com

Money would not be thrown away, consumers would just shift to digital faster. Look at movies, once almost entirely physical has shifted to almost entirely digital, like 98% digital. Nobody has batted an eye.

If Nintendo is smart, they will eat the cost of larger storage in switch 2 in an attempt to increase overall profit. (Less revenue sharing with stores, physical costs)

 

[mckmas8808]

Even last year 80% was digital for playstation.

Nearly 80% of All PS5, PS4 Games Are Bought Digitally

Big increase over previous quarter

www.pushsquare.com

Money would not be thrown away, consumers would just shift to digital faster. Look at movies, once almost entirely physical has shifted to almost entirely digital, like 98% digital. Nobody has batted an eye.

If Nintendo is smart, they will eat the cost of larger storage in switch 2 in an attempt to increase overall profit. (Less revenue sharing with stores, physical costs)

The bolded is NOT true. That was for one quarter last year in 2022.

As you can see that number goes up and down throughout the year. All of 2021 had digitally downloaded games at 66% and physical games at 34%.

 

[Kataploom]

Physical Xbox Series X and PS5 games are overrated - digital downloads are better

Let’s get digital

www.techradar.com

Most of the industry has moved on, but I see Nintendo Switch owners are a bit behind at 50/50. Probably chalk that up to half of them not knowing they can put a SD card in the system......
Not sure why your trying to frame it as physical is making some sort of comeback when all trends point to the opposite, even for Nintendo long term.

Switch is literally the console whom users adopted digital the fastest lol.

 

[RoboFu]

Easy when you're the only relevant game on the console.

You don’t want to compare total sells with Nintendo

 

[RoadHazard]

It's funny though a lot of people (including myself) were saying "oh god it's going to end up being a glorified expansion" and then it comes out and people are like "omg this is amazing". I watched like one video of someone doing crazy stuff with the Ultra Hand ability and now there are dozens of videos in my Youtube feed. People are doing really crazy stuff with ToTK.

If only the same team was put on Pokemon!

No thanks, I don't want to have to wait 10 years for the next Zelda!