I'd like to know why games on the psn store are often more expensive than buying the actual physical game. Surely it should be cheaper since there's no shipping costs or physical product to manufacture. I can get RD2 on disc for 45 pounds but it's 60 to download. Why?,(reply>), Why is it less expensive to buy a 12 pack of soda at a grocery store than it is at a convenience store?  Ease of access and time. And all companies and industries charge premium for it.,(reply>), It's because stores like gamestop fear being taken out of the loop (for good reason). They will only buy games from the publisher if they agree to keep the digital price higher. This will only work as long as big chains like gamestop have enough leverage but it will break soon. It should also be noted that stores like gamestop also buy the games on 'sale or return' which puts extra pressure on the publisher to eventually take the leap to remove them entirely as soon as possible.,(reply>), @Chris Kilpatrick point is games are getting cheaper to make and digital copies can get rid of alot of that price if there is minimal manufacturing. The tech is there for designers and if retailers havr to make it cheaper to get it out that makes sense but it also makes sense price of digital copies would be less due to less costs. The retailer and price on Sony or Microsoft may be different bc they're not connected yeah but that doesn't mean it should be so much more expensive I've seen 60$ games that are 20 to 30 in store. That is ridiculous? It should not be so expensive,(reply>), Compared to manufacturing physical items than distributing them and so on and so forth,(reply>), @Chris Kilpatrick its more expensive ti do physical copies than digital copies tho like that's manufacturing 101 which is why Im saying you didn't answer the question like in all reality digital copies should be cheaper since the cost is smaller to manufacture.