While I don't agree with the name calling, it is interesting that some people have said that exclusives didn't matter…And some of the same people said single-player only games don't really sell…
I guess Spider-Man (and to a lesser extent God of War) proved both of those groups of people are woefully wrong
Spider-Man was a HUGE deal for PlayStation…I mean the holiday rush hasn't even started yet & its already the 2nd best selling game of the year in UK
I foolishly thought it wouldn't catch God of War in sales…Now, while I think God of War's quality is as good or maybe even better, God of War sales are going to PALE in comparison…
I. WAS. WRONG.
FIFA19:
64% - PS4
35% - XB1
1% - NSW
Valkyria Chronicles IV
54% - PS4
39% - NSW
7% - XB1
How can Spidey still be #2…AND...64% of FIFA19 sales…AND 54% of VC4 sales be on PS4…
How are PS4 owners buying so many games???
Quantic Dreams…And don't forget Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games
Yup…Switch & PS4 now allow cross-Everything play AND do not lock access to this online, free-2-play game behind a paywall.
3.3 Million in the first 3 days (Fri, Sat & Sun)??? DANG!!!
Sony, Insomniac & Marvel…make a heck of a team!!!
@Obscure_Observer "It´s gonna be very interesting to see if PS4 owners REALLY don´t care about PUBG as much as fanboys wants to believe." - Fanboy or not, ports of games don't tend to fare so well when so much time has lapsed. And when it comes to games like PUBG (and other games that revolve around an active player base), the lack of said player base could spell disaster.
@Neonridr & @Silly gameAr -
Hellblade was the perfect...
@crazyCoconuts " i wonder if Sony would not even offer them that option given their allegiance to MS" -
I hear you, but thats where the DEEP discount from PUBG Corp would come in…IF you add a deep discount for Sony PLUS the fact that Sony could market this game as a way of getting more subscribers into PS+, maybe its a deal Sony could be interested in
@GUTZnPAPERCUTZ - "Deep discount? $20 is too expensive?" - You have no clue what I'm talking about...
Sony has to play 3rd party publishers to get games in PS+…PUBG can only survive on PS4 if a decent player count is maintained…If PUBG were to launch in PS+, the game would have a chance to start with a decent player count…
BUT Sony is not going to pay top dollar to get the game in PS+…but if PUBG Corp gave Sony a discount to launch the game ...
Without a strong player count this game is gonna die on PS4…
So, IMO, the smartest thing PUBG corp could do is…give a deep, DEEP discount to Sony, so that Sony can launch the game directly into PS+ (get that player count up dramatically)
Looks like any Dead Rising games that may have been in development are now cancelled
Paragraph 2 struck me..."Shadow of the Tomb Raider's Week One sales are 25% higher than its predecessor's, 2015's Rise of the Tomb Raider. However, Rise was an exclusive to Xbox platforms (at the time), whereas Shadow is a full multi-platform release."
I wonder if the Xbox community didn't support Shadow of the Tomb Raider as much as they supported Rise of the Tomb Raider…OR was the slow start due to the PS4 community supporting Spider-Man at the d...
@Pantz "Reminder: Sea of Thieves also was the fastest selling game of the year. Outselling even Far Cry 5 on 1 platform"
Do you have a link showing Sea of Thieves "was the fastest selling game of the year. Outselling even Far Cry 5 on 1 platform"?
I've seen articles showing that Sea of Thieves was Rare's fastest-selling game ( 2715d ago 52 agree1 disagreeView comment
Well, this is just like online Free2Play games (like Fortnite), PS+ is not required, while Xbox locks these things behind the Gold subscription paywall
free?
I get it…If your main reason for paying for these subscription services is for the online features…then the games would seem to be "free"…But you can't assume that your reason for paying for the subscriptions is the same reason other's pay…If other's pay specifically for the games, then the games wouldn't seem "free"
The problem with this comparison article is that it only compares "All Access" versus the full prices of the consoles & services…But neither the consoles, nor the services, need to necessarily be purchased at full price.
A consumer can purchase any of the available consoles used, saving some money. And there are routinely deals for the services which make those services cheaper
@ziggurcat
While I believe the data is probably being skewed, we don't know that b/c we haven't seen it…
So the only thing I'm saying is that he should prove his claim…Then & only then, will we be able to see if (and how much) he is skewing his data
@Kribwalker - "yeah, some folks won’t want to hear it. But if they have the attach rate numbers and they can see that it’s true, then there isn’t much else to argue"
Usually when an executive makes a provable claim…we ask them to show their proof. Until such proof is shown, the legitimacy of his claim is very much…up for debate & argument.
@ziggurcat
Even if he's using attach rate on a game by game basis (which is highly subjective as to what games he's counting)…I'm just saying he should be asked to prove his claim.
If he did prove his statement we would be able to see if he's going by the more objective based: console-wide attach rate…or if he's going on the more subjective based: game by game attach rate
@Godmars290 - "Nintendo says 'Hi'."
PlayStation is leading the home console market in marketshare & mindshare (and has been leading the home console market for the vast majority of the last 20-25 years) because:
1) They give more high quality exclusives than one home console platform (Xbox)
while…
2) Having more major AAA multiplatform games than the other home console platform (Nintendo)