Same here. RARE occasions I’ll buy digital. Rebirth was one so I could keep my collectors sealed. I just downloaded a copy to play. But that is a very very rare circumstance
I recently turned to 100% physical but only because I have so many games already that limiting myself to physical only helps me keep the backlog from getting out of control. I wanted Black Myth Wukong but decided not to because of it being digital only and it didn't bother me like I thought it would.
I will always support physical media on my ps5 disk console and Nintendo switch. Only time I buy digital on my ps5 is for old games that I love. But for new ips or sequels I always buy physical
You have to keep mine you still do not own anything. No one has ever owned a video game ever in their lives. But purchasing a media device you get a key with usage rights as long as they don't revoke it and they still can. And here's a simple fact a Blu-ray can only store a mass compressed 50 gigs of data the most games are well over that. So they only put a startup code and key on there meaning to play the game you have to have the disc in but you still have to download it which you don't have to do if you download from the get-go you don't need to have a disc in . And the Distributors want to get rid of this so they're not going to give you any actual game there anymore. Cleaning if you don't have internet and you deleted the game you're not going to play it regardless
That’s not true. Some games potentially don’t work like Call of Dity or something but the large majority have the entire 1.0 game on it. For example, I was able to fully install and play new Lords of the Fallen game without connection to the internet.
@@Mindfulnessnetworkthat’s not true. I got logged out of my PSN network when I bought Silent Hill 2 and was able to play the game without connecting to internet
It doesn't surprise me. The fact that the disc drive add on sold out after the PS5 Pro was a clue. As others point out, the digital sales are inflated by DLC, and games that don't even have physical versions. Even if people are buying digital going forward though, many of them want the option to play their older physical games
Yeah… except they aren’t inflated by DLCs. If you include that, and all digital transactions, it’s at 96%. The term *full game sales* is used for a reason, and it wavers at around 80%. Sony is a publicly traded company, and they break these numbers down within their financials.
The program is a mere 4% cashback which had to be claimed within two years, but was okay because of subscriptions going into those points. Now no subscriptions and has to be within a year. That means you have to spend $250 on digital games and nothing else to claim even $10, within a year. That is one stinky bonus program policy summary.
The best part of them removing Plus subs from point collection is that even the highest tier at full price would only give enough points for about 3 of the 5 £/$ so it's not like you could redeem it without spending more money. I can't see the relatively small number of people who use Stars compared to those who sub to Plus causing them any financial problems with such a low cashback amount. Even if you did every 50 point event in a year, you'd need to buy at least one thing to bring you up to the 1250 needed to redeem them for wallet funds. So weird that they're being this precious about it!
Physical 💿>>>> digital any day. On PC, you have plenty of options to buy games or even pirate them, but that’s not the case with consoles. If they take physical games away, you’re stuck with one outlet-and I don’t trust Sony or Nintendo with that. If they remove physical games, I’m done buying consoles. I’ll just wait for the games to come to PC, where I have the freedom to either pirate or buy them. That’s up to me.
so you not a gamer you will pirate a game and take money away from devs just because if gta 6 comes out you will wait and everyone will be having fun. i dont trust PC and it will work 100 i seen people play on Pc and shit look a mess and having to do 1000 things just to make one game to work
But you trust Valve or Epic Games? People fighting for physical games on consoles have no problem buying all their PC games on Steam, not even noticing the hypocrisy because it’s in their interest.
@@vassili3000 I don't buy anything from steam or valve. For a start I don't own anything that I could play a game on that I could get from steam or valve.
Sucks but cant say I am surprised. It seems like the flow chart for Sony begins at "is it consumer friendly and benefit thconsumer?" If yes "kill it or nerf it so it benefits them less" if no "is there a way to make this more expensive or behind a paywall?"
People should also remember that physical ownership also prevents the fact of having access to your purchase anytime, anyhow, and anywhere, even in offline periods or server downtime. When games and licenses expire, you cannot access your library, and this is a HUGE problem. In the case of physical media, would they retrieve and scavenger your house and take the physical media you physically own? No? Right? Did I make any sense? 😂
@@jadjohnny You did.. and it was all a fair point.. There are good things on both sides. You cant lose digital media, it cant be scratched or broken either. I have most all of my games on Steam now.. and I guess there is always a chance where the license could expire, but I personally havent run into that yet.. I still have my games from 10 years ago that I can download today if I wanted. We should just do both shouldnt we? Buy a physical copy of a game, that also includes a digital code for it or something like that.
@@CodyKing-s5myou can lose digital media. If your account gets banned all that digital media is gone. You could start a new account and buy it all over again, but all that money is flushed away
I remember hearing somewhere that the digital vs. physical sales numbers are skewed. Allegedly, they consider things like DLC or add-ons as digital sales, which makes it seem like more games themselves are being sold as downloads rather than discs.
Yeah and they purposely keep dlc off disc in ps4 and 5 generation as it makes you update your operating system to get the dlc, sony is smart. I updated my 11.00 console because I wanted my dlc. And no they didn't release a dlc version disc
Yes and how about free demo downloads? When ever I get one off PSN Sony always send me an email receipt for a £0 transaction. Is that counted as a digital sale?
No disc drive = no buy for me. 98 percent of my insanely huge PS4/PS5 collection is physical. I dont care what Sony says, gamers still want physical copies. Period.
so you going to tell them what their data is and is not so you telling me if they cant find the game physical you want everyone to wait for it just to play it and not get it fast and play it
@@TheCoolgame24 do what's right for u. I'm not telling anyone what to do. But I am aware that everytime u buy a digital game u don't actually own it. And I'm not really ok with that.
@@DieselJT Well thats not entirely accurate. A game on a disc is exactly the same as a download. So if a dev decides that the game is not playable anymore for whatever reason, your disc game will not be playable either. So just because you have the game on disc does not mean you own the game. A digital game is exactly the same as the one on the disc. And the license to use it is exactly the same as well.
@@Kalfja that's where ur wrong. If u turn your console online connectivity off and the game is on the disc you can absolutely play it. Lots of games are fully playable after being copied onto your console from the disc. Nintendo Switch cartridges are all playable from the cart. Sure some have updates. But most of them are completely playable. And you own them. But owning games digitally does make you susceptible to not being able to play them or download them if the videogame company does not want you to anymore. Of course with games that are always online you never own them. That is true. But any single player experience will always be playable later on if u own it on disc or cartridge.
It would be nice of them to have different metrics where you can see the digital vs physical sales for games that sell both.. saying digital sells 78% when you count every 100000000 games in the store is a bit misleading. but 22% physical even like this is still a big win and shows physical isn't dying.
That 78 % figure comes from only comparing games that have both physical and digital purchase options. If a game only had a digital option is was excluded.
I love this physical vs digital sales talk. The reason digital sales outweigh physical when it comes to games is because a LARGE majority of games are digital only. So yes, software digital sales will be higher. However, gamers don't want to be limited in their hardware (being able to borrow or rent a game or movie for instance), so they buy the hardware that supports a more open ecosystem. Point of the story is that console gamers clearly want the option to play physical AND digital games. And if they made more physical releases than digital ones we'd see the opposite when it comes to game sales. Personally, your hardware sales should dictate your software medium. If you're selling more disc units, maybe publishers should release more physical games? Just saying.
I don't believe that, if they made more physical copies, they would sell better then digital copies. You wouldn't be seeing 80/20 and 90/10 splits for these other publishers if that were true. Some of these 3rd party publishers sell way more software overall then Sony does too
I think we're on the same page here honestly. Go to the store now and filter to PS5 and just released. The last 10 released games, only 3 out of the last 10 have physical releases, Black Ops 6, Miraculous, and SonicXShadow Generations. That means 70% of the most recently released games are digital only. So of course they would sell more digital games. 70% of them aren't on store shelves to even buy! However, hardware sales are showing that customers do indeed want the option to play physical games, otherwise we'd see the hardware number reversed. I'm simply saying that if there were less digital only games and more physical releases of those games, we'd see much different numbers. You can't say physical sales are waaaaaaay down when only 30% of games released in the last week are physical and digital and the other 70% are digital only, that's not a fair analysis.
@@danbooke2001dude that split he talked about was specifically for titles that had BOTH options of digital and physical. That is excluding digital only games
i've been full digital for years, maybe someone bringing a disc over could be a reason to have a disc drive but other than that i don't see the point of discs
I don't know why my brother is a complete opposite. We have many memories collecting physical games for PS2 and PS3 and we still have them but since the PS4 generation he is completely digital and wouldn't even accept me being buying him a physical game once. Saying stuff like you can't fight the digital future I still do both.
I agree and that is why PS5 Pro will hold me over till at least inevitable PS6 pro comes out 3 years after launch of PS6. I’ll only cave and get a PS6 if it has a physical disc drive as part of the PS6. If it is like the PS6 where separate disc drive is required then will just upgrade my PC instead and wait till PS6 pro.
Ps6 cant just rely on pure performance, for it to sell it needs to be backwards compatible with ps2, ps3,ps4. its the only way that console will sell well i rate.
@@jacooosthuizen3593why would having the ability to play 20 year old games be the key to success for a next gen console? 😂 it’s a nice feature to have but it’s far down the list of key selling points to the masses.
Naughty dog needs to release a game this gen that’s not last of us 1 & 2 remake. They are the only big ps company that isn’t on track to release anything this gen. It’s been a massive disappointment.
For comparison: during the ps3 era they released 3 (!) Uncharted games and 1 Last of us. Suffice to say that their current perf is more than pathetic...
@@tombladeThat’s how it’s been for almost every video game studio. It’s not just a Naughty Dog problem. It’s a game industry problem. There a some rare exceptions but not many.
I loved Killzone. I played KZ on PS2 on release date, purchased a PS3 for KZ 2 and 3, and purchased a PS4 for Shadowfall. Were they spectacular games, no, but they were fun. The online community for Killzone is still active and had a 24 hour online game when they decided to shutdown servers. There's a lot left over from Killzone's IP that can be taken over and produced. Hell, I'll take a restored KZ 1-4 if anything. Its sad that such a historic IP should be left in the dust for practically Horizon. If, down the road, they do decide to bring something/anything back, I know there will be a dedicated, loyal fanbase ready and waiting to purchase.
The issue with upscaling videos is that they ought to be evaluated through a blind test. It's interesting to zoom in 300% and scrutinize the pixels, but when you're actually playing the game from your couch, seven feet away from the screen, it's doubtful that people can spot a significant difference.
the stars program confuses the hell out of me, also kill zone would be such a breath of fresh air for them to do just a small project, doesn't have to be huge
If Guerrilla is done with Killzone, pass the torch to some developer that will give us either a remake of the games, or possibly a new sequel. Don't let the IP catch dust or even worse go forgotten.
Nah, if I were you I would at the very least go for a PS5 slim, because you'll get both PS4 and PS4 pro built in to the PS5. Some games I loved on PS4 are actually better on the 5.
It’s such a shame that many games from the PS3 era have online trophies, and therefore platinums, that are unobtainable due to server closure. Killzone 2, 3, and even Shadow Fall, a game for a platform that is still actively being manufactured, have unobtainable platinums due to their online connectivity no longer functioning. I might eventually revisit them regardless, but as a trophy hunter I would have a much stronger incentive to do so if this were not the case.
I am not convinced by these metrics for digital software sales. What portion is "whole" software and what is micro-transactions? It's also important to identify what was bought digitally for a hefty discount vs full price.
With the update for PS Stars, your acculturated points get removed after a month and the amount of points you earn for purchasing games has been significantly reduced, basically the only thing you can buy with points now is collectables. The only time you’ll be able to buy a game with the points is if you spend $1,000 all at once on triple A games, you may accumulate around 10,000 points by doing that which is enough to purchase a decent game with those points.
4:14 that's an usually bad take from Ryan. That might be the case in the USA but that is certainly not the case in other regions. The UK infamously has value added tax (VAT). However it's applied at source. So it was always better to cash out those points.
With the digital vs physical topic. I think that while a console is active digital might be the way for most people to get into the hype on time with out having to go get the game. However, I think that most of us who collect like keeping these consoles well after the life cycle starts to wane. In that respect its always better to have the disc version of a console because if, like we've seen the past few years, if they change permissions or remove them or close the only store. That's it. Physical only. So for longevity, even if you don't use it much initially, is always better in the long run.
The only game I’ve ever purchased digitally was Helldivers 2 since it’s online only. Everything else is physical. I didn’t buy Alan Wake 2 because it was digital only.
Exactly same here. Digital keeps getting worse of a deal for consumers so for this generation I'm trying to stay 100% physical for my big games. HD2 is going down the grave the same way regardless of physical or digital and I expect it to be a game I jump in and out of in parallel with whatever (mostly) SP games I play mainly, so for that reason I understand the convenience factor with digital in this very specific situation. Otherwise, changing disc to change game is the whole point of the ritual, like vinyl.
UHD discs are a criminally underrated way of watching movies. You haven't experienced true 4K movies if all you watch is streaming services. The difference is incredible. I had a dream for so long to have Planet Earth (2) on UHD played on a 4K OLED. I finally bought all three components for this dream and I am a born again human being. It is absolutely a skull imploding impressively high quality and pure bliss to behold. Even my brother complimented me in front of others for it (in absence of the TV) and that's telling a lot because he usually never cares at all about this stuff.
Alan Wake 2 just released physical because they tried the “digital only” approach and it backfired. I put off playing it until it got a physical release and got one.
Physical All day. Sony need to be careful on going all out digital because that's exactly what Microsoft wants. Why buy digital games for 70 quid when I can play it free on gamepass. Beside digital games policy is more like you renting the game with the same price for physical.
In the new terms of service, it does still clearly state you can redeem wallet funds. So I am sure this is just a temporary thing where they are making the necessary changes. I also only have the option now for €10 instead of €5 and €25
For anyone who isn't aware, Ron Moore is showrunner royalty - he cut his teeth on Star Trek TNG and DS9 in the 90s, and the Battlestar Galactica reboot is entirely his baby. He also ran Outlander, and For All Mankind for Apple TV+. Moore getting hired is probably the first real bit of good news we've had on this adaptation.
The physical to digital ratio doesn’t mean much bc retailers don’t stock the digital consoles in the same quantities as the disc version. I bought a disc version at launch bc out of the 5 gamestops I went to none of them had the digital consoles. At the time the were only stocking 1 digital for every 5 disc models and the logic from several store managers was retailers don’t want to sell them because they don’t want to lock themselves out of future game sales. What really matter is how many of the disk units primarily or exclusively buy digital games which would be hard to track
Yeah with Lance Riddick being dead and his character in Horizon being up in limbo on where to go next, I'm glad they got a new actor for his character in the Lego adaptation and possibly a future entry. There's two ways they can handle his recast either not acknowledge the elephant in the room with the cast change or have the character go through some sort of transformation possibly having the character get attacked and being essentially hospitalized leaving Aloy to find the people that did it and it turns into this personal journey of grief and acceptance or something on the lines of that being a send off to Lance's character. If they do want to keep him around they got the new actor around maybe make him feel different after that so as to make him his own thing as to respect the late actor's death or something like that.
It means everything DLC, games that cost 50 cents for easy platinum. Indie games that don't have money to print their games on disc and so on. So it's not the full picture. When a game is available on disc and digital then physical usually has higher sales.
Amount of titles. They specified during their last financial call that 80% of full game sales were digital, so the figure is games only and doesn't include dlc. This was also the first time they specified full games so in the past many speculated that the high number was being boosted by dlc, but that obviously isn't the case.
Tells you all you need to know though really. Digital is NOT the future that people think it is. It's called nostalgia and preservation. If you didn't grow up in that era, then no offence intended but you wouldn't understand.
Another thing about digital vs physical: There is a large unknown number if they only count purchases, not players. A disc that was purchased day 1 by somebody counts as a physical purchase, but then it gets resold on eBay and lives on with seven more owners within two years. How does this measure up in their statistics? It could be that the actual number of consumers are a 9:1 ratio physical, but that's not presented if they only do sales figures and not players. Plus, sales as in dollars or in number of games sold? One $79 digital AAA game could equal 10 $8 indie games. Unless we get the full rundown, we don't really know anything at all. The most important figure is disc vs digital consoles, where the numbers fortunately still are looking great. (Yes, I had a lot of statistics and source of error hunting in my university program.)
Dude Ronald D. Moore is a wizard of epic screen writing, he basically invented the Star Trek TNG Klingon lore and made the amazing Battlestar Galactica remake. The God of War show could become another masterpiece. We can only hope that he will also do the Horizon show.
Bro that Astro Bot cameo game list is gonna be a big help. I've been trying to find some more games to Platinum and that game really got me into wanted to try a ton of options.
My main thing with dlc later is its difficult to jump back into the game when I completely forgot how to play and it and now I'm playing some content that really should be played after the main game is arguably more difficult because of it. I'm not too keen on relearning the game to play the content.
People largely prefer physical as an option... but Playstation can 100% strong arm a digital only future so long as they keep making the decent sales on the digital copies of games.. thats the only times i get digital just about
Perhaps it depends on your region. In the UK it is always better to redeem wallet funds. All prices on PSN have to include sales tax, or VAT as it's called in the UK. The price you see if the price you pay, end of story. If you calculate the points price of a game versus wallet fund redemption you don't save anything. Thus, in UK always redeem for wallet funds since then you can buy a game on sale rather than a fixed price of points that doesn't seem to change.
I buy a lot of digital but it's usually when the game is heavily discounted, at least 70%, rarely do I pay more than $20 for a game of any kind, I got a backlog so long new games can wait a couple years. I wish I could do the same with phisical ya know? Buy a game some random tuesday for $5
Corning the physical-digital split, the reporter said digital consoles compared against "all hardware sales" - that could then include Dual Senses etc. Not consoles-consoles purely.
I'm predicting that Spiderman 2 cut DLC will just be recycled into the next game. Carnage will be a villian with Goblin. It makes more sense that they are going to put the extra content in Spiderman 3. I'd prefer it that way tbh
I love when game studios give extra content or DLC in the likes of more story or new levels. But like Ryan, I rarely break out the game again to play the new content. I am at 380+ physical games and continue to go through my collection for new platinums and for a new story and experience. I see that extra content as being beneficial for people who only have a few games and now they can revisit them for more enjoyment for free or at a lower cost than a shiny new game. It also helps game studios to get people reinvested in the story before the next game launches.
I don't mind story DLC's as long as they're not released too late after the main game. The Alan Wake 2 Lake House DLC for example, came out recently, a whole year after the main game which is way too late, and was a bit lackluster to be honest but that's a separate issue. The main issue is that you've kind of forgotten the story by that point and not as interested as you were before.
Those numbers are skewed IMHO. How do you gift a digital game at Christmas? How many kids (and adults) get games for Christmas. I normally get one or two. They are always physical because I can’t ask for them digitally. So run those numbers again in January for 2024. They should sell codes in a box if they want to reduce disk sales.
I play 4k blu-rays on my PS5, viewing on a 1440p monitor, and the picture looks great. I have a separate Sony 4k player and 4k TV I don't even use to play physical movies any more. Also, I (and many others) will have hiccups while playing on their standalone 4k player but with the PS5, I haven't found any issues (knock on wood).
@@AldrianCG yeah it's only recently it's started randomly not working. I did get customer services to make it right once but I'm not going through that everytime it happens
I spend a fair bit on PSN and I've only had about £70 from Stars in the last 12 months. It's really strange to me that they could see that as a problem. It's a drop in the ocean when compared to how much was spent to get those points.
It's been in the ToS from the beginning though. If people don't or can't be bothered to tread the fine print, that's on them. Got nothing to do with corporations.
I have the disc version (and now the Pro with disc add on) specifically for Blu Ray playback. I prefer having one device for movies and games. But I buy ALL of my games digitally and have since last gen.
Thats good to hear, even though there are barely anything wortwhile physical in stores since around 2019, at least in my area/country. They still try to sell you games that went down to 20-30 Euro ages ago for full price and never have the new releases (no Ys X Nordics anywhere... and I looked everywhere). But with a ratio like that it shows that even people that LOVE to buy digital at least LIKE the OPTION to play a physical disc from a sale, or a present, on their console and because of this... tend to buy the option that enables them to do this easier. I also always said that physical will at least for Nintendo prevail, because parents and grandparents dont want to buy Gift Cards for online shops as christmas presents etc. Sony is part of that, too... although not quite as heavy as Nintendo.
New PS5 problem ?? Sometimes when I start GT7 there is no sound and it can only be changed by a complete restart of the console. This happened like three times now in about a week. Any ideas what this might be ?
I personally think the game naughty dog mentioned as a comparison is Baldurs Gate 3. It still supports their strengths on story but will allow for player choice in the sense of story direction and character relationships. Which I am completely on board for.
Digital is the way. In a practical sense it's just much better not having to swap discs every time you want to play a different game plus moving away from bulky mechanical components that break down in time just seems to be the way like moving away from hard disk over to ssd etc.
Honestly, the linear aspect of Tlou was always nice to me. Nowadays, everyone release open world. I like having the linear design with big areas like Uncharted 4 and Tlou2, it gives you a lot of freedom but still in the overall thing a finish line helps me actually progress through games unlike something like zelda totk (not saying that game aint goty worthy) where you can spend 100s of hours but once you are out of the loop It's hard to get in for me personally.
Isn't Ron Moore one of the Co-Creators of SYFI series reimagined Battlestar Galactica? I haven't seen it since a second run with DVD but I'm fairly sure that he is
We buy digital games, but the 2nd hand market is where we get a lot of our games from, and being able to trade in too, which you can’t do with digital. And a lot of digital games’ prices stay higher than 2nd hand discs.
Since Mystic didn't mention it, Astro Bot might have been the second best-selling game in the US in September, but it was only ranked 25 for the whole year.
I know the Fat digital PS5 model where super hard to find all my friend that wanted one just give and buy disc ps5 console instead because of how hard it was to find !!!
It’s not bad advice…ALWAYS get the wallet funds!!!! You would have to spend $1750.00 to earn enough stars to buy a new full priced game. You can get wallet funds as soon as you’ve spent $125 and use it on ANYTHING in the store. Sit around and saving for a game to come out to spend your points on is a sure fire way to lose points to the new sooner expiration date.
I prefer digital over discs as I can share my account with a friend... I find if baffling that people believe that just because they own a disc that they have ownership of the game. As defined by EVERY SINGLE game EULA, you are purchasing a LICENSE that is TEMPORARY... They can take away your ability to play that game and there's nothing you can do about it...
4:15 At some point they fixed it, but at the beginning it was literally a 1:1 redemption of wallet funds whereas it was literally worse in every single scenario to redeem the games
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Hope that Physical : Digital ratio is true! Physical for life, the PSN store becoming the only place to get games would suck
It's not the only place to get games digital key websites exist
Digital only would be the death of my interest in PlayStation
Completely ruins the point of getting a console instead of a PC for me
@DeadPiixxel not for psn
@@DeadPiixxel nah, PSN games can only be bought on the PSN store. Keys haven't been available for years now.
I purchased my playstation games (both physically and digitally, it's not a one fits all for everyone.
I buy my games physically 90 percent of the time.
Same here. RARE occasions I’ll buy digital. Rebirth was one so I could keep my collectors sealed. I just downloaded a copy to play. But that is a very very rare circumstance
Same. Only get multiplayer games digital like sparkling zero.
I recently turned to 100% physical but only because I have so many games already that limiting myself to physical only helps me keep the backlog from getting out of control. I wanted Black Myth Wukong but decided not to because of it being digital only and it didn't bother me like I thought it would.
@@joeyisabsb1 they are releasing a physical of black myth soon. So the waiting paid off
The only time I’ll buy it digital if I am going to play it a lot and even then I usually get a disc copy just for the looks
I will always support physical media on my ps5 disk console and Nintendo switch. Only time I buy digital on my ps5 is for old games that I love. But for new ips or sequels I always buy physical
You have to keep mine you still do not own anything. No one has ever owned a video game ever in their lives. But purchasing a media device you get a key with usage rights as long as they don't revoke it and they still can. And here's a simple fact a Blu-ray can only store a mass compressed 50 gigs of data the most games are well over that. So they only put a startup code and key on there meaning to play the game you have to have the disc in but you still have to download it which you don't have to do if you download from the get-go you don't need to have a disc in . And the Distributors want to get rid of this so they're not going to give you any actual game there anymore. Cleaning if you don't have internet and you deleted the game you're not going to play it regardless
@@Mindfulnessnetwork What is this guy yapping about? Touch some grass, lil bro 🤡
That’s not true. Some games potentially don’t work like Call of Dity or something but the large majority have the entire 1.0 game on it. For example, I was able to fully install and play new Lords of the Fallen game without connection to the internet.
@@Mindfulnessnetworkthat’s not true. I got logged out of my PSN network when I bought Silent Hill 2 and was able to play the game without connecting to internet
OK boomer.
It doesn't surprise me. The fact that the disc drive add on sold out after the PS5 Pro was a clue. As others point out, the digital sales are inflated by DLC, and games that don't even have physical versions. Even if people are buying digital going forward though, many of them want the option to play their older physical games
Yeah… except they aren’t inflated by DLCs. If you include that, and all digital transactions, it’s at 96%. The term *full game sales* is used for a reason, and it wavers at around 80%. Sony is a publicly traded company, and they break these numbers down within their financials.
I own the PS5 disc version but I usually buy digital. I just like having the option to buy physical.
@@TheHOOfan1 I think also they just do not produce a lot of the disc drives so it’s hard to say if them being sold out means much at all.
No one mentions 4k Blu-ray movies. It’s undeniably added value if you choose to use it.
@@apferrando only for sony ip's
The program is a mere 4% cashback which had to be claimed within two years, but was okay because of subscriptions going into those points. Now no subscriptions and has to be within a year. That means you have to spend $250 on digital games and nothing else to claim even $10, within a year. That is one stinky bonus program policy summary.
The best part of them removing Plus subs from point collection is that even the highest tier at full price would only give enough points for about 3 of the 5 £/$ so it's not like you could redeem it without spending more money. I can't see the relatively small number of people who use Stars compared to those who sub to Plus causing them any financial problems with such a low cashback amount. Even if you did every 50 point event in a year, you'd need to buy at least one thing to bring you up to the 1250 needed to redeem them for wallet funds. So weird that they're being this precious about it!
Arrogant Sony back in full force
@@NeverB_GameoverSony is broke
@@TheBigTone100as of their Q1, Sony has 12 billion USD in cash. Man they’re struggling
Bro I got screwed royally. I WAS 50 POINTS FROM CLAIMING MY 20$
Physical 💿>>>> digital any day. On PC, you have plenty of options to buy games or even pirate them, but that’s not the case with consoles. If they take physical games away, you’re stuck with one outlet-and I don’t trust Sony or Nintendo with that. If they remove physical games, I’m done buying consoles. I’ll just wait for the games to come to PC, where I have the freedom to either pirate or buy them. That’s up to me.
If you remove the physical disk I'm done gaming. The trust problem some people have doesn't worry me.
so you not a gamer you will pirate a game and take money away from devs just because if gta 6 comes out you will wait and everyone will be having fun. i dont trust PC and it will work 100 i seen people play on Pc and shit look a mess and having to do 1000 things just to make one game to work
But you trust Valve or Epic Games? People fighting for physical games on consoles have no problem buying all their PC games on Steam, not even noticing the hypocrisy because it’s in their interest.
@@vassili3000 I don't buy anything from steam or valve. For a start I don't own anything that I could play a game on that I could get from steam or valve.
To be fair you can also pirate on console if you jailbreak them.
They essentially killed PS stars with this update
It certainly did kill it for me.
Sony itself has been dead, who cares?
@@HPLovesCraftsCat Should i cancel my pre order for the Pro? I didn't know Sony have been dead.
I think that was the point
Sucks but cant say I am surprised. It seems like the flow chart for Sony begins at "is it consumer friendly and benefit thconsumer?" If yes "kill it or nerf it so it benefits them less" if no "is there a way to make this more expensive or behind a paywall?"
People should remember that digital game sales include DLCs and digital only indie games under $20.
People should also remember that physical ownership also prevents the fact of having access to your purchase anytime, anyhow, and anywhere, even in offline periods or server downtime. When games and licenses expire, you cannot access your library, and this is a HUGE problem. In the case of physical media, would they retrieve and scavenger your house and take the physical media you physically own? No? Right?
Did I make any sense? 😂
According to Mat Piscatella, they are only tracking games that are available in BOTH dics and digital.
@@jadjohnny You did.. and it was all a fair point.. There are good things on both sides. You cant lose digital media, it cant be scratched or broken either. I have most all of my games on Steam now.. and I guess there is always a chance where the license could expire, but I personally havent run into that yet.. I still have my games from 10 years ago that I can download today if I wanted. We should just do both shouldnt we? Buy a physical copy of a game, that also includes a digital code for it or something like that.
People should fckin watch and listen. "Games that are available both physically and digitaly only"
@@CodyKing-s5myou can lose digital media. If your account gets banned all that digital media is gone. You could start a new account and buy it all over again, but all that money is flushed away
I remember hearing somewhere that the digital vs. physical sales numbers are skewed. Allegedly, they consider things like DLC or add-ons as digital sales, which makes it seem like more games themselves are being sold as downloads rather than discs.
I came here to say this same thing. They include all the nonsense games and anything downloaded.
They do not include DLCs. It’s *full game sales*.
Yeah and they purposely keep dlc off disc in ps4 and 5 generation as it makes you update your operating system to get the dlc, sony is smart. I updated my 11.00 console because I wanted my dlc. And no they didn't release a dlc version disc
Yes and how about free demo downloads? When ever I get one off PSN Sony always send me an email receipt for a £0 transaction. Is that counted as a digital sale?
Killzone should get a developer to remaster/remake the trilogy.
Ya
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Been thinking that as well, would be amazing
I love how you frame it like the IP itself the dude on the cover w the red eyes needs to pick up the phone & start calling devs 😂😂
@@alau5643he does
No disc drive = no buy for me. 98 percent of my insanely huge PS4/PS5 collection is physical. I dont care what Sony says, gamers still want physical copies. Period.
so you going to tell them what their data is and is not so you telling me if they cant find the game physical you want everyone to wait for it just to play it and not get it fast and play it
@@TheCoolgame24 do what's right for u. I'm not telling anyone what to do. But I am aware that everytime u buy a digital game u don't actually own it. And I'm not really ok with that.
U don’t own digital
@@DieselJT Well thats not entirely accurate. A game on a disc is exactly the same as a download. So if a dev decides that the game is not playable anymore for whatever reason, your disc game will not be playable either. So just because you have the game on disc does not mean you own the game. A digital game is exactly the same as the one on the disc. And the license to use it is exactly the same as well.
@@Kalfja that's where ur wrong. If u turn your console online connectivity off and the game is on the disc you can absolutely play it. Lots of games are fully playable after being copied onto your console from the disc. Nintendo Switch cartridges are all playable from the cart. Sure some have updates. But most of them are completely playable. And you own them. But owning games digitally does make you susceptible to not being able to play them or download them if the videogame company does not want you to anymore. Of course with games that are always online you never own them. That is true. But any single player experience will always be playable later on if u own it on disc or cartridge.
It would be nice of them to have different metrics where you can see the digital vs physical sales for games that sell both.. saying digital sells 78% when you count every 100000000 games in the store is a bit misleading. but 22% physical even like this is still a big win and shows physical isn't dying.
That 78 % figure comes from only comparing games that have both physical and digital purchase options. If a game only had a digital option is was excluded.
I love this physical vs digital sales talk. The reason digital sales outweigh physical when it comes to games is because a LARGE majority of games are digital only. So yes, software digital sales will be higher. However, gamers don't want to be limited in their hardware (being able to borrow or rent a game or movie for instance), so they buy the hardware that supports a more open ecosystem.
Point of the story is that console gamers clearly want the option to play physical AND digital games. And if they made more physical releases than digital ones we'd see the opposite when it comes to game sales.
Personally, your hardware sales should dictate your software medium. If you're selling more disc units, maybe publishers should release more physical games? Just saying.
I don't believe that, if they made more physical copies, they would sell better then digital copies.
You wouldn't be seeing 80/20 and 90/10 splits for these other publishers if that were true. Some of these 3rd party publishers sell way more software overall then Sony does too
I think we're on the same page here honestly. Go to the store now and filter to PS5 and just released. The last 10 released games, only 3 out of the last 10 have physical releases, Black Ops 6, Miraculous, and SonicXShadow Generations. That means 70% of the most recently released games are digital only. So of course they would sell more digital games. 70% of them aren't on store shelves to even buy! However, hardware sales are showing that customers do indeed want the option to play physical games, otherwise we'd see the hardware number reversed. I'm simply saying that if there were less digital only games and more physical releases of those games, we'd see much different numbers.
You can't say physical sales are waaaaaaay down when only 30% of games released in the last week are physical and digital and the other 70% are digital only, that's not a fair analysis.
@@danbooke2001dude that split he talked about was specifically for titles that had BOTH options of digital and physical. That is excluding digital only games
i've been full digital for years, maybe someone bringing a disc over could be a reason to have a disc drive but other than that i don't see the point of discs
I don't know why my brother is a complete opposite. We have many memories collecting physical games for PS2 and PS3 and we still have them but since the PS4 generation he is completely digital and wouldn't even accept me being buying him a physical game once. Saying stuff like you can't fight the digital future
I still do both.
I prefer digital but the physical market is MOST needed. Salute to those gamers💫
I don't even want to start thinking about PlayStation 6. We've barely even had a PlayStation 5.... This generation has been so disappointing.
I agree and that is why PS5 Pro will hold me over till at least inevitable PS6 pro comes out 3 years after launch of PS6. I’ll only cave and get a PS6 if it has a physical disc drive as part of the PS6. If it is like the PS6 where separate disc drive is required then will just upgrade my PC instead and wait till PS6 pro.
Ps6 cant just rely on pure performance, for it to sell it needs to be backwards compatible with ps2, ps3,ps4. its the only way that console will sell well i rate.
@@jacooosthuizen3593why would having the ability to play 20 year old games be the key to success for a next gen console? 😂 it’s a nice feature to have but it’s far down the list of key selling points to the masses.
@@jacooosthuizen3593still smoking that pipe dream, huh?
I wouldn't say so. There's been so many games I've loved this generation.
Naughty dog needs to release a game this gen that’s not last of us 1 & 2 remake. They are the only big ps company that isn’t on track to release anything this gen. It’s been a massive disappointment.
They obviously will they are on track to realease something this gen probably in like 2026
For comparison: during the ps3 era they released 3 (!) Uncharted games and 1 Last of us.
Suffice to say that their current perf is more than pathetic...
@@beauburton_08 I doubt it. Its almost 2025 and there’s been no announcements about anything
From 4 big games a generation to nothing. The Dog is dead
@@tombladeThat’s how it’s been for almost every video game studio. It’s not just a Naughty Dog problem. It’s a game industry problem. There a some rare exceptions but not many.
I loved Killzone. I played KZ on PS2 on release date, purchased a PS3 for KZ 2 and 3, and purchased a PS4 for Shadowfall. Were they spectacular games, no, but they were fun. The online community for Killzone is still active and had a 24 hour online game when they decided to shutdown servers. There's a lot left over from Killzone's IP that can be taken over and produced. Hell, I'll take a restored KZ 1-4 if anything. Its sad that such a historic IP should be left in the dust for practically Horizon. If, down the road, they do decide to bring something/anything back, I know there will be a dedicated, loyal fanbase ready and waiting to purchase.
I adore the intros! Everytime I am trying to think what's the next game he will reference and how will he do it. Absolute Cinema!
The issue with upscaling videos is that they ought to be evaluated through a blind test. It's interesting to zoom in 300% and scrutinize the pixels, but when you're actually playing the game from your couch, seven feet away from the screen, it's doubtful that people can spot a significant difference.
the stars program confuses the hell out of me, also kill zone would be such a breath of fresh air for them to do just a small project, doesn't have to be huge
If Guerrilla is done with Killzone, pass the torch to some developer that will give us either a remake of the games, or possibly a new sequel. Don't let the IP catch dust or even worse go forgotten.
You mean forgotten.
@@shauncameron8390 Might have been too tired when I wrote the comment. Either way, thanks for correcting me! 🙏🏻
Me still living in 2006 on the PS3. What is Playstation Stars ? 😂
Dude, time for update! PS5pro and buy Astro bots with it - satisfaction guaranteed
Think of it as the PlayStation Home trophy room we never got
@@cosmosofinfinity 🤣
@@tomaszstarzZz will skip into 2016 and try the PS4 PRO first 🤣
Nah, if I were you I would at the very least go for a PS5 slim, because you'll get both PS4 and PS4 pro built in to the PS5. Some games I loved on PS4 are actually better on the 5.
It’s such a shame that many games from the PS3 era have online trophies, and therefore platinums, that are unobtainable due to server closure. Killzone 2, 3, and even Shadow Fall, a game for a platform that is still actively being manufactured, have unobtainable platinums due to their online connectivity no longer functioning. I might eventually revisit them regardless, but as a trophy hunter I would have a much stronger incentive to do so if this were not the case.
Physical FTW 💯...when playstation goes all digital i will no longer be buying their consoles or games
I am not convinced by these metrics for digital software sales. What portion is "whole" software and what is micro-transactions? It's also important to identify what was bought digitally for a hefty discount vs full price.
With the update for PS Stars, your acculturated points get removed after a month and the amount of points you earn for purchasing games has been significantly reduced, basically the only thing you can buy with points now is collectables. The only time you’ll be able to buy a game with the points is if you spend $1,000 all at once on triple A games, you may accumulate around 10,000 points by doing that which is enough to purchase a decent game with those points.
4:14 that's an usually bad take from Ryan. That might be the case in the USA but that is certainly not the case in other regions. The UK infamously has value added tax (VAT). However it's applied at source. So it was always better to cash out those points.
With the digital vs physical topic. I think that while a console is active digital might be the way for most people to get into the hype on time with out having to go get the game. However, I think that most of us who collect like keeping these consoles well after the life cycle starts to wane. In that respect its always better to have the disc version of a console because if, like we've seen the past few years, if they change permissions or remove them or close the only store. That's it. Physical only. So for longevity, even if you don't use it much initially, is always better in the long run.
Correct. Short term digital is easier and more convenient. Long term physical is king
The only game I’ve ever purchased digitally was Helldivers 2 since it’s online only. Everything else is physical. I didn’t buy Alan Wake 2 because it was digital only.
Exactly same here. Digital keeps getting worse of a deal for consumers so for this generation I'm trying to stay 100% physical for my big games. HD2 is going down the grave the same way regardless of physical or digital and I expect it to be a game I jump in and out of in parallel with whatever (mostly) SP games I play mainly, so for that reason I understand the convenience factor with digital in this very specific situation. Otherwise, changing disc to change game is the whole point of the ritual, like vinyl.
But most of the games through ps stars go on sale once a month. So wallet funds are better instead of spending the points that convert to full price
Wallet fund redemption was incredible!
There is lots of used games sold on disc also Ultra HD Blu-ray discs CAN be played on PS5 so is more than worth to have it!!
I never understood how losing options gets supported. It's a selfish mindset.
And for what people who know about it say, it is a good blu ray player.
*than
UHD discs are a criminally underrated way of watching movies. You haven't experienced true 4K movies if all you watch is streaming services. The difference is incredible. I had a dream for so long to have Planet Earth (2) on UHD played on a 4K OLED. I finally bought all three components for this dream and I am a born again human being. It is absolutely a skull imploding impressively high quality and pure bliss to behold. Even my brother complimented me in front of others for it (in absence of the TV) and that's telling a lot because he usually never cares at all about this stuff.
@@Henkibojj I haven't seen this one for years, thx for tip Bro, I will watch it in best possible quality again! XD
Great job maintaining your composure during the cat cameo. :)
Alan Wake 2 just released physical because they tried the “digital only” approach and it backfired. I put off playing it until it got a physical release and got one.
Physical All day.
Sony need to be careful on going all out digital because that's exactly what Microsoft wants.
Why buy digital games for 70 quid when I can play it free on gamepass.
Beside digital games policy is more like you renting the game with the
same price for physical.
In the new terms of service, it does still clearly state you can redeem wallet funds. So I am sure this is just a temporary thing where they are making the necessary changes.
I also only have the option now for €10 instead of €5 and €25
For anyone who isn't aware, Ron Moore is showrunner royalty - he cut his teeth on Star Trek TNG and DS9 in the 90s, and the Battlestar Galactica reboot is entirely his baby. He also ran Outlander, and For All Mankind for Apple TV+. Moore getting hired is probably the first real bit of good news we've had on this adaptation.
The physical to digital ratio doesn’t mean much bc retailers don’t stock the digital consoles in the same quantities as the disc version. I bought a disc version at launch bc out of the 5 gamestops I went to none of them had the digital consoles. At the time the were only stocking 1 digital for every 5 disc models and the logic from several store managers was retailers don’t want to sell them because they don’t want to lock themselves out of future game sales. What really matter is how many of the disk units primarily or exclusively buy digital games which would be hard to track
30:30 I am done with Sony
PHYSICAL DISC RULES! Via detachable DISC drive too..options choice & coexist too. Thanks playstation studio's Sonys & Nintendo's as usual & SAVIOUR'S too.
Love your content man!! When I see LTPS I know Friday is here!!!
Yeah with Lance Riddick being dead and his character in Horizon being up in limbo on where to go next, I'm glad they got a new actor for his character in the Lego adaptation and possibly a future entry.
There's two ways they can handle his recast either not acknowledge the elephant in the room with the cast change or have the character go through some sort of transformation possibly having the character get attacked and being essentially hospitalized leaving Aloy to find the people that did it and it turns into this personal journey of grief and acceptance or something on the lines of that being a send off to Lance's character.
If they do want to keep him around they got the new actor around maybe make him feel different after that so as to make him his own thing as to respect the late actor's death or something like that.
When they say 75% sales digital, do they mean 75% of revenue or as the amount of titles, including $5 games, free-to-play titles, etc. ?
It means everything DLC, games that cost 50 cents for easy platinum. Indie games that don't have money to print their games on disc and so on. So it's not the full picture. When a game is available on disc and digital then physical usually has higher sales.
Amount of titles. They specified during their last financial call that 80% of full game sales were digital, so the figure is games only and doesn't include dlc. This was also the first time they specified full games so in the past many speculated that the high number was being boosted by dlc, but that obviously isn't the case.
@@mbern4530 80% of my game purchases are digital, but 80% of my £/$ spend is physical
Digital is for deep discounts and indies
Norway still hasn't gotten Stars and nobody want's to tell us why 😵 It's been 2 years of silence
Played GoW 1 and 2 on my vita this year for the first time. Such great games that looked great too
People who still have a large library of PS4 discs most likely plays a role in that disc-based vs. digital PS5 console ratio.
Tells you all you need to know though really. Digital is NOT the future that people think it is. It's called nostalgia and preservation. If you didn't grow up in that era, then no offence intended but you wouldn't understand.
Another thing about digital vs physical: There is a large unknown number if they only count purchases, not players. A disc that was purchased day 1 by somebody counts as a physical purchase, but then it gets resold on eBay and lives on with seven more owners within two years. How does this measure up in their statistics? It could be that the actual number of consumers are a 9:1 ratio physical, but that's not presented if they only do sales figures and not players.
Plus, sales as in dollars or in number of games sold? One $79 digital AAA game could equal 10 $8 indie games. Unless we get the full rundown, we don't really know anything at all. The most important figure is disc vs digital consoles, where the numbers fortunately still are looking great.
(Yes, I had a lot of statistics and source of error hunting in my university program.)
You should make a documentary about PlayStation 2 vs Xbox era. Would be a banger 💥
I wish they still made new console covers for the og ps5 :/
Get the Dbrand ones no?
there's so many options to purchase on ebay and amazon
Dude Ronald D. Moore is a wizard of epic screen writing, he basically invented the Star Trek TNG Klingon lore and made the amazing Battlestar Galactica remake. The God of War show could become another masterpiece. We can only hope that he will also do the Horizon show.
Is 78% digital sales includes small indie games that doesn't require large storage space and doesn't have physical disc anyway?
Bro that Astro Bot cameo game list is gonna be a big help. I've been trying to find some more games to Platinum and that game really got me into wanted to try a ton of options.
My main thing with dlc later is its difficult to jump back into the game when I completely forgot how to play and it and now I'm playing some content that really should be played after the main game is arguably more difficult because of it. I'm not too keen on relearning the game to play the content.
I buy all my games digitally but also use my console as a 4K Blu-ray player.
18:53 that’s me. Once I finish the story, I don’t feel coming back some months later in order to play a side quest.
People largely prefer physical as an option... but Playstation can 100% strong arm a digital only future so long as they keep making the decent sales on the digital copies of games.. thats the only times i get digital just about
Perhaps it depends on your region. In the UK it is always better to redeem wallet funds. All prices on PSN have to include sales tax, or VAT as it's called in the UK. The price you see if the price you pay, end of story. If you calculate the points price of a game versus wallet fund redemption you don't save anything. Thus, in UK always redeem for wallet funds since then you can buy a game on sale rather than a fixed price of points that doesn't seem to change.
Hey this was a crazy long ep but will support the GOAT!
Thank you as always, Ryan.
Hell yeah, Minnmax shoutout.
I buy a lot of digital but it's usually when the game is heavily discounted, at least 70%, rarely do I pay more than $20 for a game of any kind, I got a backlog so long new games can wait a couple years. I wish I could do the same with phisical ya know? Buy a game some random tuesday for $5
Corning the physical-digital split, the reporter said digital consoles compared against "all hardware sales" - that could then include Dual Senses etc. Not consoles-consoles purely.
I'm predicting that Spiderman 2 cut DLC will just be recycled into the next game. Carnage will be a villian with Goblin. It makes more sense that they are going to put the extra content in Spiderman 3. I'd prefer it that way tbh
I love when game studios give extra content or DLC in the likes of more story or new levels. But like Ryan, I rarely break out the game again to play the new content. I am at 380+ physical games and continue to go through my collection for new platinums and for a new story and experience. I see that extra content as being beneficial for people who only have a few games and now they can revisit them for more enjoyment for free or at a lower cost than a shiny new game. It also helps game studios to get people reinvested in the story before the next game launches.
I live 30 minutes away from Boston. Stores around here only carry the BIG games. if you want anything a little niche, you gotta get it digitaly
I don't mind story DLC's as long as they're not released too late after the main game. The Alan Wake 2 Lake House DLC for example, came out recently, a whole year after the main game which is way too late, and was a bit lackluster to be honest but that's a separate issue. The main issue is that you've kind of forgotten the story by that point and not as interested as you were before.
You do realise not everybody plays games immediately after release, right?
@@tomblade Yeah but most people do. That's when they make the bulk of their sales.
Halloween Mystery Box would go hard ngl! its been a minute bro
Those numbers are skewed IMHO.
How do you gift a digital game at Christmas? How many kids (and adults) get games for Christmas. I normally get one or two. They are always physical because I can’t ask for them digitally.
So run those numbers again in January for 2024.
They should sell codes in a box if they want to reduce disk sales.
I just want to know how many OOOG launch digital PS5s (1015b) were made/sold.
I play 4k blu-rays on my PS5, viewing on a 1440p monitor, and the picture looks great. I have a separate Sony 4k player and 4k TV I don't even use to play physical movies any more. Also, I (and many others) will have hiccups while playing on their standalone 4k player but with the PS5, I haven't found any issues (knock on wood).
Half the time PS Stars doesn't even give me credit when I make digital purchases
I have noticed it happened at least twice. One when it was down, the other earlier this very month.
@@AldrianCG yeah it's only recently it's started randomly not working. I did get customer services to make it right once but I'm not going through that everytime it happens
Seems like they don't want me to build my digital library via redeeming Wallet Funds from PS Stars. Cool, Sony.
I spend a fair bit on PSN and I've only had about £70 from Stars in the last 12 months. It's really strange to me that they could see that as a problem. It's a drop in the ocean when compared to how much was spent to get those points.
@@mydogeatspuke Right? Another instance of a corporation showing that they want every penny.
@@mydogeatspukeit's a drop on the ocean compared to the failure of Concord
@@mota2028 right, because everything Sony does from now until forever is "the Concord tax." Get your own thoughts 🙄
It's been in the ToS from the beginning though. If people don't or can't be bothered to tread the fine print, that's on them. Got nothing to do with corporations.
Something I noticed you saying a few times, it’s website scraping as in scrape, not scrap.
Keep up the great work bb
I have the disc version (and now the Pro with disc add on) specifically for Blu Ray playback. I prefer having one device for movies and games. But I buy ALL of my games digitally and have since last gen.
Sweet Baby killed the DLC
The remastered is making want to play the game again
Thats good to hear, even though there are barely anything wortwhile physical in stores since around 2019, at least in my area/country. They still try to sell you games that went down to 20-30 Euro ages ago for full price and never have the new releases (no Ys X Nordics anywhere... and I looked everywhere).
But with a ratio like that it shows that even people that LOVE to buy digital at least LIKE the OPTION to play a physical disc from a sale, or a present, on their console and because of this... tend to buy the option that enables them to do this easier.
I also always said that physical will at least for Nintendo prevail, because parents and grandparents dont want to buy Gift Cards for online shops as christmas presents etc. Sony is part of that, too... although not quite as heavy as Nintendo.
Woah! crazy. It's Ronald D. Moore since Outlander is finished.
I typically don't go back to DLC unless it's so big that it could be a standalone game like Shadow of the Erdtree or Phantom Liberty.
New PS5 problem ??
Sometimes when I start GT7 there is no sound and it can only be changed by a complete restart of the console. This happened like three times now in about a week.
Any ideas what this might be ?
After I seen points expire I cashed out. I rarely buy anything digitally
Killzone 1 and 2 remasters/remakes would make a FILTHY amount of money.
Still play my ps3 kill zone HD trilogy on ps3
I personally think the game naughty dog mentioned as a comparison is Baldurs Gate 3. It still supports their strengths on story but will allow for player choice in the sense of story direction and character relationships. Which I am completely on board for.
Yes I get you with the whole dlc single player thing!!
Digital is the way. In a practical sense it's just much better not having to swap discs every time you want to play a different game plus moving away from bulky mechanical components that break down in time just seems to be the way like moving away from hard disk over to ssd etc.
Dude - do you need HDMI 2.1 for PSSR to work? Or will that work regardless (on 4k 60fps)
- My Tv does not have the latest 4k 120 ALLM/FREE Sync etc
Honestly, the linear aspect of Tlou was always nice to me. Nowadays, everyone release open world. I like having the linear design with big areas like Uncharted 4 and Tlou2, it gives you a lot of freedom but still in the overall thing a finish line helps me actually progress through games unlike something like zelda totk (not saying that game aint goty worthy) where you can spend 100s of hours but once you are out of the loop It's hard to get in for me personally.
It drives me insane that the PS1 and PSP categories don't show all the PS1 and PSP games.
Would like to know how many Disc Drives have been sold so many of those Digital consoles may also have a disc drive now also
Digital is always a secondary fiscal is still primary.
Isn't Ron Moore one of the Co-Creators of SYFI series reimagined Battlestar Galactica? I haven't seen it since a second run with DVD but I'm fairly sure that he is
I feel the DLC thing, the Spiderman PS4 was the first game I've 100% since New Vegas and I just couldn't even bother with the DLC afterwards
There’s like half the content in 2 but I feel your point
We buy digital games, but the 2nd hand market is where we get a lot of our games from, and being able to trade in too, which you can’t do with digital. And a lot of digital games’ prices stay higher than 2nd hand discs.
Since Mystic didn't mention it, Astro Bot might have been the second best-selling game in the US in September, but it was only ranked 25 for the whole year.
thats cos US y'all too busy playing Madden and Call of Duty :P
@@davem12dim17
And NBA 2K.
There are plenty of people who cover video games who did not know why Guerilla moved on from Killzone. That is what I find surprising
I know the Fat digital PS5 model where super hard to find all my friend that wanted one just give and buy disc ps5 console instead because of how hard it was to find !!!
It’s not bad advice…ALWAYS get the wallet funds!!!!
You would have to spend $1750.00 to earn enough stars to buy a new full priced game. You can get wallet funds as soon as you’ve spent $125 and use it on ANYTHING in the store.
Sit around and saving for a game to come out to spend your points on is a sure fire way to lose points to the new sooner expiration date.
I prefer digital over discs as I can share my account with a friend... I find if baffling that people believe that just because they own a disc that they have ownership of the game. As defined by EVERY SINGLE game EULA, you are purchasing a LICENSE that is TEMPORARY... They can take away your ability to play that game and there's nothing you can do about it...
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At some point they fixed it, but at the beginning it was literally a 1:1 redemption of wallet funds whereas it was literally worse in every single scenario to redeem the games
I only have the $25 option for credits and I did read that if you buy before march you still get points for subs