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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Part of it is that digital stores rarely have an incentive to unload product. If you’re a GameStop and you’ve got 100 copies of Barbie American Ranger Firefighters on shelves, there comes a time when you need to get rid of BARF at a lower cost to make room for BARF 2. Even if you don’t make as much money selling them, at some point, those copies of BARF are costing you money to have around because they are taking up space. With digital distribution, there isn’t a physical space demand forcing your hand
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