Benji said it has sold about as much as it does over a few months in the last day or so.
Keep in mind, it doesn't sell all that much to begin with so that doesn't necessarily indicate that the amount sold is massive or anything like that. It is selling well in general though.
I think after the insane Q1 next year it will slow down a bit. PS5 rumours should be pretty strong by E3 time, so it could be a slow year after Q1. Unless they drop TLOU2 in September. Then madness will consume the world again. Also $199 permanent price drop would fuck everything up, but I cant see that happening.
Switch and PS4 carrying MHA
how is Diablo higher than Zelda on the overall charts but lower on the Swithc charts?
If Playstation 5 hits the shelves November 2020, I predict that PS4 will overtake PS2 as the best selling console of all time.
If the permanent price drop (249$ PS4 and 349$ PS4 Pro) does not happen in 2019 then I don't understand anything anymore about the games market. What will be the best month to make it happen and sustain the momentum in the more efficient way is one big question though. Especially as long as we don't know if one the Big Three (TLOU II, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima) will be out in time to support 2019 or not.
Right, PS4 still hasn't reached max revenue yet. It hasn't had major and consistent price drops.
I get the idea of striking with the PS5 while momentum is still high, but I don't think eating at a console that is selling beyond expectations is good either. I say let the PS4 continue to run wild. TLoU II will be another God of War/Spidey tier release that will push PS4 toward the end.
It will never pass ps2.its not possible anymore it will certainly be more profitable for Sony than ps2 but in terms of pure hardware numbers ,it's not happening .PS4 will stop around 130 million and that's a bit optimistic honestlyNot at $200 and certainly not at $150. Quote me on this.
PS2 was $99 at one point. My take is PS4 should reach $129 to surpass PS2.
The amount they have generated for Sony this gen, don't think Microsoft can get them for next gen easily. Sony will probably still get them
If the permanent price drop (249$ PS4 and 349$ PS4 Pro) does not happen in 2019 then I don't understand anything anymore about the games market. What will be the best month to make it happen and sustain the momentum in the more efficient way is one big question though. Especially as long as we don't know if one the Big Three (TLOU II, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima) will be out in time to support 2019 or not.
It won't be Pokemon at #1, because Nintendo and NPD count Pikachu and Eevee as two SKUs, which will make it nearly impossible for either game to top the chart.
MS does shotgun bundles. Throwing everything at the sink increasing chances that something sticks. Sony goes for headshot bundles. Spider-Man and RDR2 during specific months because they already know the bundles will be sellers. But maybe I'm wrong.It is interesting to see the strategy by ms compared to Sony and even Nintendo. Ms has multiple bundles going into the holiday season- nba2k, fallout, battlefield, Minecraft, Starter, pubg etc... Nintendo has little less with Pokemon, fort nite, diablo and the up coming smash. Sony only has Spider-Man for slim and rdr2 for pro and cod comes after Spider-Man is done.
No they arent. They are for the month.
Diablo obviously got most of its sales last month on Switch but the game is still on other platforms as well. The amount it made on other systems last month was able to push it above Zelda overall.
I heard an interesting story about that recently.To this day, I consider the decision to make SoulCalibur III a PS2 exclusive one of the strangest moves from a third party.
Wait, Super Mario Party is the top selling Switch game this year?!?!?!
Also, Monster Hunter being in YTD top ten is awesome, but I'm kinda surprised it isn't in any specific platform's top ten.
Hang on God of War! Make stay in that Top 10 for the 2018 year!
It's strange that they still do this. I mean technically they are two games but for all intents and purposes it's the same game.
The fact that the #4 selling title on the PS4 ranking took #8 on the all platform list whereas the #4 exclusive title on the Xbox One platform list took #11 indicates to me that there is a marked disparity in software sales/revenue between the two.
I wish we still received some indication do sales split for multiplarform titles. I'm especially curious to see how these mega blockbuster titles fare split wise in the XB1's strongest market. While the rankings give us a hint that there is likely a disparity for releases #4 and down it doesn't really give us much to go on when it comes to these titles
Is there any insight that suggests holiday buying is getting earlier? Interesting to see October getting big YoY gains when it is so close to November/thanksgiving- did it use to be a relatively down month?
No, nothing should come close to PS4.Is Pokemon really expected to help switch match PS4 in November?
Call of Duty shifted from November to October, and there was a new Rockstar game. October results were purely slate driven.
Any chance that they could come back in the near future? or is that just something we will not be seeing again in the public release?
It's strange that two games are treated as two games?
The publisher ultimately determines how games are classified and aggregated. If Nintendo wished us to combine the two into one for rollup purposes we would.
It's strange that two games are treated as two games?
The publisher ultimately determines how games are classified and aggregated. If Nintendo wished us to combine the two into one for rollup purposes we would.
Right, PS4 still hasn't reached max revenue yet. It hasn't had major and consistent price drops.
I get the idea of striking with the PS5 while momentum is still high, but I don't think eating at a console that is selling beyond expectations is good either. I say let the PS4 continue to run wild. TLoU II will be another God of War/Spidey tier release that will push PS4 toward the end.
Any chance that they could come back in the near future? or is that just something we will not be seeing again in the public release?
HARDWARE & ACCESSORIES
Hardware spend is up YTD: For the 2018 year-to-date period, hardware spending has increased 19 percent, to $2.7 billion. Spending gains for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Plug N Play devices such as the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition continue to drive growth.
PS4 was the top selling console in October: PlayStation 4 was October's best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollars sold. PlayStation 4 hardware unit sales achieved an all-time October high for the platform, while PlayStation 4 hardware dollar sales reached its highest point for an October month since October 2014. October 2018 unit sales of PlayStation 4 reached the highest mark for any PlayStation hardware platform in an October month since the PlayStation 2 in October 2002.
Though if you take into account the $ value of each, they're likely both very close in terms of where they'll end up.Nothing will stop PS4 at this point. A lot of people claimed the XBOX will go huge after red dead redemption 2, but once again failed to understand just how small percentage of gamers play on X and Pro and how little they care about numbers and all.
People will just go for the more affordable thing. And PS4 is still the best deal they can get.
You're in for a rude awakening lol
Why do you say that?
That would be like +100% YoY increase for Switch, I don't see that, PS4 doing better than last year is a given since insiders said stock is larger this year than last.I'm seeing upwards of 1.5 million for Switch this November when PS4 did 1.7 million last year. I don't know if PS4 will go much higher than that considering Wii managed 2 million in November at it's peak.
Am I?