More than 51% of Wolverine sales in Europe were in physical format

Sony seems to be still trying to justify its decision to do not continue with the physical format on its consoles starting in January 2028. Nintendo seems that it will not make this decision, since it knows how much its users like the physical format. But the PlayStation company thinks just the opposite, although we see that the physical format on Sony consoles still has a market. One of the latest games has managed to sell a 51% in Europe and 35% worldwide.

Marvel’s Wolverine sells more than half of its copies in physical format in Europe

We talk about Marvel’s Wolverinea recently released game where users in Europe have chosen more than half of its sales in disc format. Specifically, it is estimated that they were sold 2.16 million copies in its month of releaseso physical copies exceeded 750,000. In Europe sales are a little more distributed, although the 51% were in physical format. The United Kingdom is committed to digital copies with two thirds of sales in this format, with the opposite in France with two thirds of sales in physical format.

Regarding other games also popular for PlayStation 5, Silent Hill: Townfall It achieved more than 45% of its sales in physical format. Other games like Onimusha They got 30%.

Physical sales call into question PlayStation’s digital future

Some figures that call into question the decision of the video game giant in the face of the decision of remove disks when 2028 begins. A path that opens a door for other entertainment giants, such as Microsoft which seems undecided about the decision of taking a completely digital path or continuing with the physical format on its next console Project Helix.