You look at that list and it is just confirmation that most people buy consoles to play those games that are also 3rd party games and those games are what brings platform holder tons of money with basically minimal expenses. Exclusives cost sh*t ton of money to make and ROI is always questionable. So going PC day 1 in Sony case would change very little for console purchase but it would mean a lot for sale numbers.
Really wish they'd expand these out these lists or exclude these games. This isn't useful information anymore IMO.
Source? Because we know from sales data and the insomniac leaks that this is flat out untrue so presumably you have data that says otherwise 🤔
MAU will always be dominated by these "forever" games so it's a bit silly looking at this list and making the assertions you're making.
Yes but those games also generate the highest revenue annually. So whether you measure by dollars, users or time the list is basically the same.
And that's where the money is.
Yes we aw from Insomniac leak that Sony had to pay what $300M to Marvel. They basically need to have 6-7 million sellers constantly to reach profitability and things will just get worse with increased development costs.
Sure, I just don't agree these metrics mean much in terms of exclusivity profitability.
I mean it's hard to argue that third party games are not more profitable when Sony and Microsoft are collecting at the very least 1) a cool 30% off revenue; 2) on top of services such as PS+ or GPC and 3) the consoles and accessories themselves.
It's still crazy seeing Helldivers among giants like these.
Oh I don't disagree, Sony and MS make the most of money from third party, exclusives still have a place and role to play though.
Basically, yeah. Same thing with Top Games of the month they provide for steam deck, playstation and xbox.
A kind of "biggest movers" list. Millions just play COD and Fornite but I want to know what people who actually change their games up regularly are playing.
I kinda don't agree. Especially these days when you get 1-2 or hell none big 1st party exclusives per year. When we got 4-5 per year then they played big role.
Monthly Active Users.
PS5 Top 40 — Stellar Blade rises alongside Sea of Thieves release
In the PS5 Top 40, Stellar Blade and Sea of Thieves are rising the chart. Xbox's live-service game is performing well on debut — it looks like more could land!
Here's the data for week ending Sunday 6th May. This also gives you a top 40.
What's impressive is that FFVII Rebirth has been lingering in the top 20 for almost 10 straight weeks now. 16th this week, 13th last week, 11th the week before. May not be going gangbusters on raw units sold, but the people that are playing are clearly getting plenty of value from it.