Although digital games have been climbing their way past physical games in terms of sales, due in part to their convenience as well as other factors, it appears physical games have performed well for Sonic the Hedgehog publisher over the past fiscal year.
According to , the financial results for the company have been released, illustrating an immense year-on-year improvement with regards to sales. As well, some notes in the financial results indicate that "packaged ga🐻mes" have performed well for the company.
Relevant tables can be seen below.
As can be seen in the charts displaying sales figures above, year-on-yeꦅar, sales have gone up quite a bit. Calculated in the Japanese yen, the cha🌠rts show that sales from Entertainment Contents Q2 of 2020 had an increase of 8.6 billion yen from Q2 of 2019. Through Q4 of 2020, sales will have gone up from Q4 of 2019 by 34.9 billion yen.
Further, compared to Q4 of 2019, Q4 of 2020 will🍌 have seen an increase in sales of Packaged Games by 23.6 billion yen.
The "Results Highlights" table notes that sales and profits have both increased from the previous fiscal y🐟ear. Further, it is noted that the🥃re was a remarkable increase in revenue from Packaged Games.
Gaming has increased as༺ an activity during this time as it is, so it's of little wonder that sales have increased. The difference regarding physical games is interesting, though, as it may be indicative of a market not quite yet on the🌱 decline.