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The PlayStation Concern is concerning when PlayStation games are more successful in the PS4/PS5 era than they were before

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onQ123

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Gran Turismo used to be the only PlayStation game that would sell over 10 million but in the PS4/PS5 era we have a list of PlayStation games selling 10 , 15 & even 20 million units.



Gran Turismo 7 is as successful as any other Gran Turismo , God Of War is more successful now than it was before,
Horizon games are like 10 times more successful than KillZone.
Spider-Man is way more successful than anything Insomniac made before.
Ghost of Tsushima way more successful than Sly & Infamous .

Helldivers II just sold over 12 million in it's 1st few months.


The Last Of Us series sold mostly in the PS4/PS5 era

Also third party games are selling better on PlayStation now than they ever have & the user-base is growing.
 
HRK69

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Iron Man Eye Roll GIF
 
FeralEcho

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Yeah,well as gamers and consumers we're not playing sales champ so unless you're a shareholder you should give 0 fucks what a company does for sales as long as it doesn't satisfy your consumer needs.

Also games are selling better because gaming is more mainstream than ever and the biggest competitor to Sony is completely gone from the picture so all those millions of gamers from the 360 era that used to play on Xbox now buy games on Playstation.(Not all obviously since alot probably migrated to PC but a part of it is now on PS)
 
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GymWolf

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onQ123 said:
It means that instead of the universe revolving around you & only you their is someone else on their PlayStation that bought games.
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Nice, next time i have an opinion about sony i'm gonna see what the rest of the universe think about so i can check if i'm out of line.



Ooooor, i could give 2 fucks about what other people think and still have my opinion.


Mmm, if this was sophie's choice, the movie would have ended after 2 min.
 
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TintoConCasera

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Why give a shit about the numbers? People want games, not numbers.

Also, there's way more people playing videogames than ever, so yeah no wonder the numbers are higher.
 
ValiantInstance

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onQ123 said:
Gran Turismo 7 , Spider Man 2 , Hogwarts legacy ( Yes it moved PS5) , Elden Ring , Fortnite, Call of Duty
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Those last 4 games are all available on PS4. Normies don't buy consoles for a driving game either.

So Spider Man 2, that's PS5s showcase title? A copy and paste Ubisoft style open world sequel full of woke nonsense.
 
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Fabieter

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Output and imo unique quality experiences deceased tremendously. Sony 1p feel alot like ubisoft these days. Big bloated open world and gaas games. Ubisoft was also really successful some years ago. Lets see where it goes from here.
 
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onQ123

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TintoConCasera said:
Why give a shit about the numbers? People want games, not numbers.

Also, there's way more people playing videogames than ever, so yeah no wonder the numbers are higher.
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The part that escapes you is that it's not about the sales themselves but the fact that more people are buying these games on their PlayStation now.

People concerned about the 1st party output now but most people were ignoring the 1st party games before.
 
TintoConCasera

TintoConCasera

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onQ123 said:
The part that escapes you is that it's not about the sales themselves but the fact that more people are buying these games on their PlayStation now.

People concerned about the 1st party output now but most people were ignoring the 1st party games before.
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Read my post again.
 
Fabieter

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onQ123 said:
The part that escapes you is that it's not about the sales themselves but the fact that more people are buying these games on their PlayStation now.

People concerned about the 1st party output now but most people were ignoring the 1st party games before.
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They just got better at selling their games. The games itself were always good.
 
Bert Big Balls

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TintoConCasera said:
Why give a shit about the numbers? People want games, not numbers.

Also, there's way more people playing videogames than ever, so yeah no wonder the numbers are higher.
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Exactly. Since I was a kid on my PS1, there's now an extra couple of generations of people who exist and are into gaming, PLUS all the old fogies who have been playing games for however long. Total numbers are always going to go up.
 
TintoConCasera

TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
onQ123 said:
If it's only because more people are playing games now would you like to explain why Halo & Gears of War sells didn't go up with the PlayStation games?
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Halo is a piece of shit and Gears of War went from "dude bro" to "yass queen slay".

I don't know what those games have to do with anything tho, unless you are high on console-warring.
 
RafterXL

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As someone who has been buying PS games for 30 years...who gives a shit?

This is the problem with people identify too much with the hardware they buy, they view gaming as if they are part of the team instead being a customer. I don't care if Netflix makes more money today than they made 4 years ago, I'm not a shareholder, I'm a customer and their product is objectively worse today than it was before. Sony is making record profits, while producing one of the worst generations in console history...congratulations!
 
Digital-Aftertaste

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This thread reads like one of those jokes where you say a lot but leave out the punchline. Then when you're asked to elaborate you give as much detail as you can on everything, except for the punchline.
 
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Bert Big Balls

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onQ123 said:
Did the last Final Fantasy game sell better?
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What exactly are you trying to say? Not all game franchises stay popular forever. FF has been in decline for a while. When I say total numbers, it doesn't mean that every single game franchise is going to have amazing sales. There are a ridiculous amount of games out there with more coming out all the time, you can't even keep up with everything there's so much shite coming out.

Total number of gamers and overall sales will increase as new generations of kids picking up the hobby. Naturally, some franchises and games that were once popular will become less popular. New young gamers are going to be more interested in multiplayer / season pass shit because they want to play with friends. Us older games aren't particularly arsed about that, so tend to play more single player games.

The amount of new gamers coming through doesn't mean that FF sales should skyrocket necessarily, so i'm not sure what your point is.
 
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Edellus said:
What does high quality mean and by who is that defined?
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I'm sorry, but are you seriously asking what does quality mean?

As for who defines it, I don't know, I guess everyone, as it is mostly subjective, at least if we omit things like technical state of the games.

All I'm saying is higher sales don't necessarily mean better games, because it seems to me like OP is suggesting no one should be concerned as the sales are rising.
 
RafterXL

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Jakk said:
I'm sorry, but are you seriously asking what does quality mean?

As for who defines it, I don't know, I guess everyone, as it is mostly subjective, at least if we omit things like technical state of the games.

All I'm saying is higher sales don't necessarily mean better games, because it seems to me like OP is suggesting no one should be concerned as the sales are rising.
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You're right, sales 100% do not represent quality. PlayStation is making more money than ever, but they have objectively less games, and objectively less higher rated games than any previous generation. That's just a fact and the people screaming "but the profits" are missing the forest for the trees.
 
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onQ123

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Jakk said:
I'm sorry, but are you seriously asking what does quality mean?

As for who defines it, I don't know, I guess everyone, as it is mostly subjective, at least if we omit things like technical state of the games.

All I'm saying is higher sales don't necessarily mean better games, because it seems to me like OP is suggesting no one should be concerned as the sales are rising.
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What I'm saying is how are more people concerned about PlayStation 1st party now when they are selling better than ever when most PlayStation 1st party games used to only sell to a small percentage of gamers.



Like you see people complaining that Sony is making Horizon games & stop making KillZone but you look at the numbers and see that KillZone II only sold around 2 million.
 
BlackTron

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onQ123 said:
What I'm saying is how are more people concerned about PlayStation 1st party now when they are selling better than ever when most PlayStation 1st party games used to only sell to a small percentage of gamers.



Like you see people complaining that Sony is making Horizon games & stop making KillZone but you look at the numbers and see that KillZone II only sold around 2 million.
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So this would be the same as concern that Nintendo would just drop Metroid in favor of Mario Kart and Zelda.

Only Sony already dropped it.
 
Bernardougf

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Good ... so is popular.. guess that means I have to find the offering good.

So every music that packs arena must be instantly awsome or every movie that carries the masses to theaters is a insta classic.

Ps5 first party offering this gen is dog shit ... we can discuss the popularity of basically the only modern home console worth buying all we want.. it wont change that.

Sony got very lucky with MS fuck ups ... Had MS made better decisions things could have been very different.

But now cruising without direct competion? Welp.
 
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