{"id":2080372,"date":"2026-08-06T11:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2080372"},"modified":"2026-08-06T11:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:31:23","slug":"capcom-shrugs-off-playstations-all-digital-future-suggests-shrinking-physical-market-will-not-have-a-significant-impact-on-its-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2080372","title":{"rendered":"Capcom shrugs off PlayStation&#8217;s all-digital future, suggests shrinking physical market will not have a &#8220;significant impact&#8221; on its operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Capcom shrugs off PlayStation&#8217;s all-digital future, suggests shrinking physical market will not have a &#8220;significant impact&#8221; on its operations<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Approximately 90 percent of our unit sales are digital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/chun-li-discs-burger.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Chun Li chows down on a big burger, there are plenty of discs in the background\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"chun-li-discs-burger.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/dom-peppiatt\">Dom Peppiatt<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Deputy Editorial Director<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-06T11:31:23+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 6, 2026, 11:31 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"8cbb782f-4a94-42b5-b093-1ae6f8c72de8\" data-name=\"Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Monster Hunter Wilds\" title=\"Follow Monster Hunter Wilds\"><br \/>\n  Follow Monster Hunter Wilds<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Capcom has revealed that &#8220;approximately 90 percent of [its] unit sales are digital,&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/data\/result.html\">its latest quarterly earnings report<\/a>, noting the Japanese publisher &#8220;does not anticipate a significant impact&#8221; on its operations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ending-playstation-discs-physical-media-january-2028\">as PlayStation gets ready to kill off physical media by 2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The comment comes from a question asked of the company in the Q&amp;A portion of its latest financial report. One investor asked &#8220;what impact do you anticipate from the shrinking physical game market in the medium to long term?&#8221; and it seems Capcom is not too concerned about the shift to an all-digital future. The company is also likely buoyed by the fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-resident-evil-requiem-capcom-sales-financial-report\">Resident Evil Requiem has passed 8 million sales, and new IP Pragmata has sold through 2.5 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Onimusha: Way of the Sword - Demo Trailer | State of Play 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7IZ5g5LcZ9M?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7IZ5g5LcZ9M\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Onimusha: Way of the Sword &#8211; Demo Trailer | State of Play 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7IZ5g5LcZ9M\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Capcom is the latest company to respond to Sony&#8217;s controversial decision, following other publishers like Sega, which noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-physical-media-sega-ceo\">it believes &#8220;a digital shift is crucial&#8221;<\/a> to the longevity of the games industry. The shift to digital is largely detrimental to the end user, however, as various analysts have proven<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/retail-shop-games-cheaper-report-sony-ending-playstation-discs\"> games are almost always cheaper in physical stores.<\/a> Combined with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-dynamic-pricing-sony-transparency-eu-law\">Sony&#8217;s (possibly illegal) experimentation with dynamic pricing<\/a>, you can see why there is plenty of resistance to the PlayStation move.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Capcom currently has a lot of good will with the gaming population at large: a solid run of interesting titles, a willingness to listen to player feedback, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-veronica-2-million-wishlists\">a seemingly unbeatable formula<\/a> when it comes to remakes has left the company in a very positive position over the past few years. With Onimusha: Way of the Sword still to come in 2026, it seems the threat of an all-digital future is doing little to dampen the publisher&#8217;s outlook.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Onimusha, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-new-release-date\">Capcom recently moved the release date of the title up<\/a>. Asked why in the financial report, the company responded: &#8220;We made a comprehensive decision based on development progress that made an earlier release possible, as well as the market environment.&#8221; Capcom may not be intimidated by a discless future, but it seems the spectre of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a> may have spooked the publisher, at the very least.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Capcom has revealed that &#8220;approximately 90 percent of [its] unit sales are digital,&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/data\/result.html\">its latest quarterly earnings report<\/a>, noting the Japanese publisher &#8220;does not anticipate a significant impact&#8221; on its operations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ending-playstation-discs-physical-media-january-2028\">as PlayStation gets ready to kill off physical media by 2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The comment comes from a question asked of the company in the Q&amp;A portion of its latest financial report. One investor asked &#8220;what impact do you anticipate from the shrinking physical game market in the medium to long term?&#8221; and it seems Capcom is not too concerned about the shift to an all-digital future. The company is also likely buoyed by the fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-resident-evil-requiem-capcom-sales-financial-report\">Resident Evil Requiem has passed 8 million sales, and new IP Pragmata has sold through 2.5 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Onimusha: Way of the Sword - Demo Trailer | State of Play 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7IZ5g5LcZ9M?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7IZ5g5LcZ9M\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Onimusha: Way of the Sword &#8211; Demo Trailer | State of Play 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7IZ5g5LcZ9M\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Capcom is the latest company to respond to Sony&#8217;s controversial decision, following other publishers like Sega, which noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-physical-media-sega-ceo\">it believes &#8220;a digital shift is crucial&#8221;<\/a> to the longevity of the games industry. The shift to digital is largely detrimental to the end user, however, as various analysts have proven<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/retail-shop-games-cheaper-report-sony-ending-playstation-discs\"> games are almost always cheaper in physical stores.<\/a> Combined with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-dynamic-pricing-sony-transparency-eu-law\">Sony&#8217;s (possibly illegal) experimentation with dynamic pricing<\/a>, you can see why there is plenty of resistance to the PlayStation move.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Capcom currently has a lot of good will with the gaming population at large: a solid run of interesting titles, a willingness to listen to player feedback, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-veronica-2-million-wishlists\">a seemingly unbeatable formula<\/a> when it comes to remakes has left the company in a very positive position over the past few years. With Onimusha: Way of the Sword still to come in 2026, it seems the threat of an all-digital future is doing little to dampen the publisher&#8217;s outlook.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Onimusha, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-new-release-date\">Capcom recently moved the release date of the title up<\/a>. Asked why in the financial report, the company responded: &#8220;We made a comprehensive decision based on development progress that made an earlier release possible, as well as the market environment.&#8221; Capcom may not be intimidated by a discless future, but it seems the spectre of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a> may have spooked the publisher, at the very least.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Capcom shrugs off PlayStation&#8217;s all-digital future, suggests shrinking physical market will not have a &#8220;significant impact&#8221; on its operations &#8220;Approximately 90 percent of our unit sales are digital.&#8221; Image credit: Eurogamer News by Dom Peppiatt Deputy Editorial Director Published on Aug. 6, 2026, 11:31 a.m. Follow Monster Hunter Wilds Capcom has revealed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2080372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2080372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2080372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2080372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2080372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}