64% prefer console games on disk over download

Research by Ipsos mediaCT shows that 64 percent of people prefer physical copies of console games over digital copies. This percentage is higher for games than for newspapers (63%), movies (51%) or music (45%), said Bramley, director of the pollsters.

"I believe the preference for physical discs amongst next gen gamers reflects the potential value they derive from the pre-owned market, which is holding up the preference for physical - this is unlike the music and film markets", he said.

Slightly more than half of respondents said that a lower price is a key factor is their interest in downloading games, while 27 percent thought earlier availability would persuade them into obtaining a digital copy.

Of all polled Xbox-360 console owners, 23 percent claimed to have downloaded a game in the past year. For PS3 owners, this percentage remained at 17 percent, and at 8 percent for Wii owners.

For further analysis of the survey, see Thinq.?

Source: Eurogamer