So I came across this video the other day and while it has been posted on here, there are a few numbers we can infer from the information given + trophy unlock percentages which I think is interesting.
Worth bearing in mind that this only tells us how many people have played the game, not how many copies it's sold (so not accounting for copies borrowed, rented, re-sold, account sharing, etc). If I have made any mistakes in calculations please let me know, and I am assuming percentages given on my PS app are correct, but if anyone else's contradicts this please let me know.
Edit - fixed a dodgy calculation as per gebler in post #13.
- Downed 46 million Thunderjaws in Horizon Zero Dawn - interesting info but as there are no trophies tied to these numbers it doesn't tell us a lot. Personally speaking I've only actually taken out about 2 of them in my game.
- 2 million hole-in-ones in Everybody's Golf - I have not played the game, but I don't think we can infer anything from this.
- 1.7 million hours played of Wipeout Omega Collection (194 years) - to be honest this seems very low, but on the other hand if 250k people have played it that's around 7 hours each. I hope it's sold well because it's one of the best HD collections I've ever played and the presentation is flawless.
- 10.6 billion kilometres driven in GT Sport (enough to lap the world 260,000 times) - sounds like an awful lot but I don't think this tells us anything about total player numbers.
- "630,000 of you have earned Bloodborne's Platinum trophy" - this is the most interesting one for me. According to the PS app on my phone 5.6% of players have earnt the Platinum trophy. Thus divide 630k by 5.6 to get 1% of players then multiply by 100 and you get the total of people who have played it: 11,250,000. Of course this isn't exact and the game was a PS+ freebie earlier this year, but it's still interesting to know how many people have played.
- Fulfilled 1 million contracts in Firewall: Zero Hour - doesn't sound like we can extrapolate a lot of info from this, but if this is tied to trophy percentages where we can find out total player numbers let me know.
- Defeated 18 million enemies in Astro Bot: Rescue Mission - again, I have not played this and we probably can't infer any real info from it unless there are trophies linked to number of enemies defeated
- Saved the fish 4 million times in Detroit: Become Human - same as above; I have not played it but if this tells us something let me know. Developer Quantic Dream recently revealed it has sold 2 million copies so far making it their fastest-selling game to date.
- "1.4 million of you have fully upgraded God of War's Leviathan Axe" - weirdly this information directly contradicts info SMS shared a few months ago which says that it has been played by 9.13 million players. According to the PS app trophy list 20.1% of people have this trophy (called "Worthy"), but if 1.4 million is 20.1 percent then unless my calculations are wonky then 100 percent should be 6.97 million. Maybe I've gone wrong somewhere, or perhaps this info in the trailer is outdated by more than a few months.
- And lastly, "(Almost) 1 million people have found all of the treasures in Uncharted 4" - again, there's a trophy for this which stands at 1.6% attained. This suggests that the game has been played by almost 62.5 million people, which definitely isn't right.
Worth bearing in mind that this only tells us how many people have played the game, not how many copies it's sold (so not accounting for copies borrowed, rented, re-sold, account sharing, etc). If I have made any mistakes in calculations please let me know, and I am assuming percentages given on my PS app are correct, but if anyone else's contradicts this please let me know.
Edit - fixed a dodgy calculation as per gebler in post #13.
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