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Download vs. retail

Download Sales of PC and Console Games Increase Slightly in Germany

While PC games are almost exclusively purchased via download, more than one in two console games in Germany is still sold as a physical disc. The age of the buyer also plays an important role, according to the industry association game.

Stephan Steininger01.08.2024 08:38
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60 per cent of all PC and console games sold in Germany in 2023 were be sold as a download. This is the result of the latest analysis of market data for 2023, which has just been published by game - Verband der Deutschen Games-Branche (game - The German Games Industry Association). The figure is up again, but only by one percentage point compared to the previous year and two percentage points compared to 2020, when the pandemic caused a sharp increase from 45 percent in 2019 to 58 percent in 2020.

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