Why do games cost more to direct download on a console than to buy a disc? Surely direct download saves the manufacturer costs on transport, shipping, actual materials for disks and packaging, setting up deals with retailers etc…

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Why do games cost more to direct download on a console than to buy a disc? Surely direct download saves the manufacturer costs on transport, shipping, actual materials for disks and packaging, setting up deals with retailers etc…

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It’s to keep physical disc sales competitive. We’re digital sales to reflect the lack of cost needed to print a disc and the accompanying materials, digital would vastly outsell physical.

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