'Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game'
15 days ago
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- Video games are now predominantly digital, with 95.4% of global sales in 2024 being digital downloads.
- Digital game sales generated $175.8 billion in revenue, compared to $8.5 billion for physical releases.
- Physical sales fared slightly better on consoles (16% of total sales) but only accounted for 1% on PC.
- Physical game products may not contain the full game, requiring large downloads (e.g., Doom: The Dark Ages needed an 85GB download).
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's disc included only 20GB out of a total 120GB, requiring additional downloads.
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