Earlier this month, Capcom launched Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, which can doubtlessly be the beginning of a brand new franchise. It’s additionally one in all a rising variety of video games which might be skipping a bodily launch altogether and going digital-only. Nonetheless, Capcom needs to guarantee its followers that the online game writer is not abandoning bodily releases.
Throughout a meeting for Capcom shareholders, the corporate acknowledged, “Given {that a} important variety of finish customers demand bodily video games, we at present don’t count on to remove bodily merchandise.”
In 2020, 80% of Capcom’s gross sales had been digital, and the corporate acknowledged that its long-term purpose was to hit 90%. Capcom surpassed that mark in its 2023 monetary 12 months when digital gross sales accounted for 90.1% of the corporate’s whole gross sales throughout consoles, PC, and cell. For 2024, the corporate is projecting that digital gross sales will rise to 93% of its whole.
The not too long ago introduced Marvel vs. Capcom Combating Assortment: Arcade Classics is getting a bodily and digital launch, however the long-term path of the corporate means that the variety of digital-only video games will proceed to rise. It’s not inconceivable that Capcom may finally reduce on bodily releases altogether. Fortunately, that does not look like occurring proper now.