Sony simply introduced its financial results for the fiscal yr ending March 31, 2026, together with the truth that nearly all of PlayStation sport gross sales are digital. After all, this comes as no shock since digital gross sales overtook bodily between 2018 and 2019, within the PS4’s midcycle.
When the PlayStation 5 launched with an choice to haven’t any disc drive in any respect, it was evident the digital period had turn into king. Now, Sony has reported a record-breaking 85% of PlayStation sport gross sales had been digital in This autumn of its final full fiscal yr.
That is a 2% enhance from 2024, the place Q1 and This autumn reported 80% of gross sales had been digital. Its gross sales in gaming total remained “basically flat,” contributed to positively by the influence of overseas trade charges, a rise in gross sales from community companies, and a rise in gross sales of non-first-party titles.
There was a lower in {hardware} gross sales total. Whereas it bought 1.5 million PS5 items, there isn’t any additional data on what number of of these had been consoles with out a disc drive.
Regardless of an astounding $565 million loss in opposition to Bungie, Sony’s gaming working revenue rose total by 12%.