The gaming industry has changed dramatically over the past decade, and many of the things that take for granted today are pretty incredible in the past. Fifteen years ago, the video game industry was not like this, and one of the big changes was the development of digital games.
In recent years, physical software sales have been declining, while digital game sales have steadily increased. Players can now sit at home and easily browse the online store to buy games and download and play, instead of running to the game store. According to the data provided by PSN, the sales volume of the digital version has now occupied an absolute dominant position.
According to the latest data provided by Sony, the total sales of PSN have reached 1.83 trillion yen. PSN has become Sony’s largest D2C business, and it will continue to grow. According to Kenichiro Yoshida, PSN’s sales in fiscal 2021 are nearly 800 billion yen higher than in fiscal 2017.
This year, Sony will also upgrade the PS Plus business and attract more third-party manufacturers to join PSN to further consolidate the sales channels of digital games.