The PS5 Is Starting to Look Like the Revolution It Promised
What’s happening with Sony’s latest console, now that it’s been out for six months? Supply issues aside, it’s proving to be much more than a simple evolution.
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[WIRED] PS5 software has sold 11% more game units than PS4's software launch-aligned, users logged 81% more game time
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likely covid and the backwards compatibility with previous gen that the PS4 never had means more to play and more time to play.
Yep. We need to stop comparing the big three and stop expecting them all to do the same thing. They're all doing their own thing and it seems to be working for them.
PS4 launch lineup was awful for many months and had no BC, so this makes sense. PS5 has been light years better than the PS4 in pretty much every regard.
Its more impressive when you remember that the PS4 was not backwards compatable with PS3, so apart from a small handful of games that did cross-buy PS4 versions at or close to launch (such as Flower), people HAD to buy new games for the PS4, where with PS5 you can still play PS4 games you already own
Yeah, honestly the game sales are the wildest part to me, especially given that we have, what, four PS5-only games (Astro's Playroom, Demon's Souls, Destruction All-Stars, Returnal)? Unless I'm missing some indie PS5-only titles maybe?
The logging more time statistic is useless when provided at a time when most had stay at home orders.
That's actually not surprising at all. Not just because of people staying home more due to COVID, but because PS5 can play the huge back catalog of PS4 games. PS4 only had PS4 games to play, and there weren't exactly a plethora of good ones by this point.
Honestly, I would have expected even MORE than 81% more play time.
Honestly, I would have expected even MORE than 81% more play time.
11% can be associated with pandemic. PS5 unit sales are following almost same trajectory as PS4 even with the shortages!
It did indeed. Not to discount that at all but there are additional situational benefits that the PS5 has over the PS4's first 6 months.
If you look at it like that, the pandemic invalidates every statistic from every platform holder and studio over the last 15 months. Come on son.
I've been using my PS5 way more than I did my PS4 at launch. Perfect (and boosted) BC is a big factor here.
Is this global software sales, or US? The situation in Japan doesn't seem to line up with this at all. They are selling the hardware they ship, but PS5 is barely moving any software. IIRC there hadn't been a single PS5 SKU in the charts since launch last time I perused those threads.
I wouldn't be surprised if an uptick of digital sales are happening there. Digital has increased worldwide and Japan while it's happendd slower is probably seeing it as well. I'm sure as mobile has blown up it's helped drive the normalization of digital there as well.
Same here. If there was no BC I wouldn't have jumped for the PS5 nearly as quickly as I did. The BC might be the most important feature IMO.
Well, the PS5 has sold more than the PS4, launch aligned, so, yeah, that makes sense.
There are warehouses filled with millions of PS5s put there by scalpers.
There are warehouses filled with millions of PS5s put there by scalpers.
Since it launched, ratio of sales of Pro consoles was 1 for each 5 PlayStation sold. So there is a ton of gamers out there who have gamed only on a 1080p focused base PS4.
Sony sticking to the more traditional approach
Microsoft caving out a new, successful, and growing niche for itself via GamePass
Nintendo leaning heavily in on unique, mobile play experiences
Three very different ways to tackle the same market and operate in the same industry. All three approaches are seeing success at that at the same time, too.
I'm sure Backwards Compatibility, the PS+ Collection and good (often brand new) PS+ monthly titles contributed a fair deal to the increased play time. Launch window is also much better.
BC helped tons, I'm sure. When I got my PS4, I had Resogun and DC Universe Online. When I got my PS5, I had every PS4 game plus AstroBot, Bugsnax and Spider-man MM.
Tbf there is alot more to play on the PS5 than there was on the PS4.
PS4 launch year was really really bad.
Infamous Second Son was really good
PS4 launch year was really really bad.
Infamous Second Son was really good
but people on a message board were convinced Jim Ryan was bad at his job and deserved to be fired?
Definitely did at least 81% more stuff outside of my house in 2013.
We've been in (some sort of) lockdown/working from home/no bars or restaurants or meeting others indoors since the day the system launched here. Played a lottttt of vidyagames.
We've been in (some sort of) lockdown/working from home/no bars or restaurants or meeting others indoors since the day the system launched here. Played a lottttt of vidyagames.
Some calculations here
PS4 sold through 13.7M games as of March 2, 2014 and 20.5M as of April 13, 2014
So we could estimate at 17M sold through as of March 31, 2014 (to have data for 5 full months)
11% of 17M = 1.87M so PS5 sold through about 18.87M games
PS4/PS5 sold-in 338.9M games in FY20
If PS5 sold through about 19M games, we can add about 10-15M to that number (to count copies still on shelves)
338.9M - (19M + 15M) = 304.9M
So PS4 sold-in about 305M games alone in FY20, a record for any console in video game history
I use « 15M games » still on shelves to have wide range, but it's probably less than that
At least we can « confirm » that PS4 broke 300M barrier of games sold during a single year
PS4 sold through 13.7M games as of March 2, 2014 and 20.5M as of April 13, 2014
So we could estimate at 17M sold through as of March 31, 2014 (to have data for 5 full months)
11% of 17M = 1.87M so PS5 sold through about 18.87M games
PS4/PS5 sold-in 338.9M games in FY20
If PS5 sold through about 19M games, we can add about 10-15M to that number (to count copies still on shelves)
338.9M - (19M + 15M) = 304.9M
So PS4 sold-in about 305M games alone in FY20, a record for any console in video game history
I use « 15M games » still on shelves to have wide range, but it's probably less than that
At least we can « confirm » that PS4 broke 300M barrier of games sold during a single year
Yeah it crazy how good its being in such a short time in not even a full year since the PS5 been out.
I remenber on the PS4 I was playing the weirdest games lol
PS5 launch year doesn't get enough credit. I already have backlog with PS5 games alone
yeah pretty sure BC plays big part, personally started the gen with an already huge PS4 backlog.