Recently, the company Capcom presented financial report for the 2023 fiscal year, covering the period from April 2023 to May 2024, and it was extremely productive. Overall game sales increased on both PC and consoles. Overall, Capcom sold 41.7 million copies of its games in 2023: 43% on PC and 57% on consoles.
Additionally, the digital market grew significantly, by 63% on PC and 43% on consoles, while physical sales fell across all platforms. Currently, only about 10% of Capcom’s sales come from physical media.
Sales on PC
Physical – 50,000 (-67%) Digital – 17,750,000 (+63%) Total – 17,800,000 (+61%)
Sales on consoles
On physical media – 4,350,000 (-50%) In digital format – 19,550,000 (+43%) Total – 23,900,000 (+7%)
Capcom also provided data on physical sales by platform. In terms of sales in this segment, PlayStation consoles came in first place with 53%, followed by Nintendo Switch with 40%.
Physical sales by platform:
PLAYSTATION – 2,350,000 (-37%)
NINTENDO – 1 750 000 (-24%)
XBOX – 250,000 (-50%)
PC – 50,000 (-67%)
ВСЕГО – 4,400,000 (-45%)