EA games, including FIFA, Battlefield and more, will no longer be physically sold in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia.
Industry analyst MauroNL shared the following report: game company Germany-based Electronic Arts GmbH says it will no longer sell physical copies of its games in these countries, leaving digital downloads as the only option.
According to EA Germany’s latest annual report, “The ongoing shift from physical merchandise to digital downloads continues to negatively impact sales growth.” It will be processed through our affiliates.”
We have reached out to EA to see if this policy may be rolled out more broadly.
Electronic Arts GmbH in Reinauhafen, Germany, has announced that it will no longer sell physical copies of the game throughout its supply territories of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia.
Games like FIFA and Battlefield can only be purchased digitally.https://t.co/y6bEbvHTbz
— MauroNL (@MauroNL3) October 27, 2022
As a result, EA “could no longer generate sales from packaged goods,” and the publisher restructured its operations in Germany, scrapping local contracts in line with its new business plan.
Especially since the launch of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, buying games digitally has slowly but surely become the norm for many players. Street Fighter and Resident Evil publisher Capcom said 80% of his sales will be digital in 2020, but later that year Cyberpunk 2077 marked the biggest digital launch of all time. It is said that
Industry analyst Dr Serkan Toto also told IGN in 2021:
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