Capcom Shrugs Off Physical Media Decline as 90% of Sales Go Digital

Capcom is making it clear that the gaming industry's ongoing shift away from physical media is not keeping the company up at night. In its latest quarterly earnings report, the Resident Evil and Street Fighter publisher revealed that approximately 90 percent of its unit sales are now digital, a figure that has given the company confidence to largely dismiss concerns about an increasingly disc-free future. Capcom stated that the shrinking physical market will not have a "significant impact" on its operations, essentially treating the trend as a non-issue for its bottom line.

The comments arrive amid broader industry conversations around Sony's push toward an all-digital PlayStation ecosystem, a move that has sparked debate among players and publishers alike. For Capcom, however, the math already speaks for itself. With nine out of every ten games sold being a digital download, the company is well-positioned to weather a world with fewer disc drives, fewer physical storefronts, and fewer boxed copies on shelves. Rather than sounding alarms, Capcom's tone in its earnings report was notably relaxed, a shrug in corporate language.

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