comparison of the sales volume by distribution type showed that the number of packaged games sold for the platform during that year was significantly higher than the number of download games. The PlayStation 4 was released to the Japanese market in February 2014.
The sales value of packaged games for the PlayStation 4 sold in Japan amounted to almost 78.6 billion Japanese yen in 2018. A Sales value of PlayStation 4 games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in billion Japanese yen)
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Japan Arts Council. (March 27, 2020). Sales value of PlayStation 4 games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198602/japan-sales-value-playstation-4-games-by-distribution-type/
Japan Arts Council. "Sales value of PlayStation 4 games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. March 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198602/japan-sales-value-playstation-4-games-by-distribution-type/
Japan Arts Council. (2020). Sales value of PlayStation 4 games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198602/japan-sales-value-playstation-4-games-by-distribution-type/
Japan Arts Council. "Sales Value of Playstation 4 Games Sold in Japan in 2018, by Distribution Type (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198602/japan-sales-value-playstation-4-games-by-distribution-type/
Japan Arts Council, Sales value of PlayStation 4 games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198602/japan-sales-value-playstation-4-games-by-distribution-type/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Sales value of PlayStation 4 games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Japan Arts Council, March 27, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198602/japan-sales-value-playstation-4-games-by-distribution-type/