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US physical game sales recently went up — just a bit. (opens in new tab)

They were up 3 percent year-over-year from May 2025 to May 2026, according to data shared by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella. Even so, he says that the “overwhelming majority of volume is done digitally now.” Rockstar’s choice to make GTA VI physical versions a code in the box might mean that even more games are digital-only. [Link: GTA VI is a worrying sign for the future of physical games | | The Verge]

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