Sony's Digital-only Future Angers Fans, but Physical PlayStation Games Are Barely Selling
Circana said only seven PlayStation games topped 100,000 US physical sales year-to-date as Sony faces backlash over its disc-production plan.
- Circana senior director Mat Piscatella reported that only seven PlayStation games sold more than 100,000 physical units year-to-date in the United States, with just two titles exceeding 10,000 physical sales during the week ending July 11.
- Sony's announcement to end physical disc production by January 2028 triggered sustained fan pushback, with PlayStation supporters leaving over 12,600 comments on the Marvel's Wolverine trailer last week opposing the decision.
- Requiem's physical sales represented 27.8% of its 3.5 million total copies sold, while Sony maintains over 120 million active PlayStation users with around 50 million PlayStation Plus subscribers across all platforms.
- Sony remains unmoved by the backlash, with Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO of Japanese game industry consultancy firm Kantan Games, stating the company views digital as 'just too lucrative' to reverse course.
- Piscatella's observation that 'commenting is cheap' reflects analyst skepticism that online outcry will translate to market pressure, as the US market's scale makes Sony's digital-first strategy economically compelling despite acknowledged consumer rights concerns.
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Data says way more gamers are buying digital over physical, but that doesn't justify the choice being taken away
The latest development in PlayStation vs. angry disc-based gaming fans has some numbers getting a lot of people riled up. Yesterday, Circana’s Mat Piscatella posted some shocking stats that have since sent the ongoing physical disc discussion off the rails. The data shows, across the board, that a majority of players in the US (where Circana fields its information) are buying games digitally. Image via PlayStation Specifically, Circana’s informa…
Industry analyst reports only 7 PlayStation games 'have sold more than 100,000 physical units year-to-date' in the US, as fans demand Sony kill its plan to end the production of discs
Senior director and video game industry advisor at Circana, Mat Piscatella, reports only seven PlayStation games have sold more than 100,000 physical units year-to-date in the USHe says two games "sold more than 10,000 physical units in the US during the week ending July 11, 2026"This comes as fans push Sony to reverse its plan to end the production of physical discsIn light of Sony's decision to retire the production of physical game discs, an …
Despite outrage at Sony's shift towards a discless future, only seven PlayStation games have managed more than 100,000 physical sales in the US this year
Sony's planned shift away from producing physical discs for PlayStation might be unpopular, but new sales data has highlighted the stark business reality behind it.
Physical PS5 Game Sales Are Weaker Than You Might Expect
In the wake of Sony announcing that it will end support for physical PlayStation game discs in 2028, new data has come to light that speaks to the growing decline in physical PlayStation game sales in the US. Mat Piscatella of Circana released new data recently that reveals that only two PlayStation games sold more than 10,000 physical units in the US for the week that ended on July 11, 2026. And only 7 have sold more than 100,000 physical units…
News from HD Tecnología. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. The fight for the physical future of PlayStation remains active, but the numbers do not go too far with those who want to defend the albums. According to analyst Mat Piscatella, from Circana, only seven PS5 games sold more than 100,000 physical copies in the United States during 2026. The data comes in full controversy over Sony’s plan to abandon the production of physical…
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