Sorry, GameStop: More than 50% of Destiny 2 sales were digital

Activision is starting to make a dent in the industry’s war on used games, and its biggest weapon in that fight is the always-online live-service shooter Destiny 2. The publisher revealed today that digital accounted for more than 50 percent of the copies of Destiny 2 sold through to console customers. That’s a huge jump from the Xbox 360 generation where digital sales on consoles represented an average of around 10 percent of all copies sold.

“Launched in September, Destiny 2 is the best‐selling console game year‐to‐date in the U.S.,” reads Activision’s Q3 earnings report. “Digital mix was over 50 percent of console full-game sell‐through, a new record for the company.”