The Belarusian gaming giant is releasing its game in physical retail for the first time. Wargaming announced the launch of disk sales of the console version of World of Warships on November 15. Helps with the release of Gearbox Publishing.
World of Warships Legends
The shareware game in American retail will be distributed at a price of $39.99.
For this money, the buyer will also receive a premium account for one month of the game, in-game currency and four premium ships.
The release of a free-play title in retail is becoming a common practice on consoles today. In addition to Wargaming, for example, Electronic Arts also resorts to this. Her online shooter Apex Legends can also be purchased on discs, as well as the Fortnite Battle Royale from Epic Games. The disc with this game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will cost $29.99.
Fortnite can also be bought in physical retail
Such an initiative on the part of publishers is understandable.
While digital distribution dominates on PC, the situation is less clear on consoles. For example, according to the latest Sony report, in July-September of this year, only 37% of all copies of PlayStation 4 games sold were sold in numbers.
The last line is the ratio of digital sales to retail sales on PlayStation 4 by financial quarters
In other words, retail remains an important sales channel in the console market.
This is well understood by the majors, who are bringing their fritupley projects to the physical market today as premium products.
For Gearbox Publishing, such an experience will be new. Previously, the publishing daughter of the company, known for the Borderlands series, launched only premium games on physical media: Subnautica, Hello Neighbor, We Happy Few and others.
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