Didn't this information just come out last year that is closer to 50/50?
Sony broke record profits on PlayStation while selling ps5 at a loss, try again.
That's... how gamepass releases happen.
10 discs against 8 discs
Again, you can’t compare the impact of PSNow (which was at <3 million last year) and GP (which was at 15 million). You can’t compare the way the two services are integrated in their respective platform either.
In what way are they integrated differently in their respective platforms?
It sold well if you consider triple digit sales to be good I guess.
I guess I should have pointed out the obvious and said 'in comparison' to what, double digit sales?
I don't think the sales are that low. Likely something like 600 for PS, 200 for Xbox.
The way forward for many third party devs is releasing physical copies for Playstation and putting the game on Gamepass. Everyone wins in this scenario, the dev sells games on Playstation (very heavy lifting) and gets a guaranteed paycheck from Microsoft and us Gamepass boys can enjoy their games for a small fee and build hype for it if it's good. Win-win-win.
PS3 and PSVita stores and you would still have been able to re download what you bought. What is the reason to throw down this kind of F.U.D.?
How would that make sense considering you could still download any bought games even if they didn't backtrack?
Because it's true? I didn't say sales don't matter, you're projecting. PS5 hardware and software are both selling incredibly well The topic is about physical sales and I made a comment relating to physical sales. I'm going physical only with Sony because of events earlier this year, I bet many others are too.
You being an xbox fan/user why would you even buy Metro Exodus on PS5? You are clearly not what is causing these higher sales on PS5 even if you reacted this way to your 'concern'.
Everybody agrees and understands that this is physical only. It is also in the title.
At launch? Well Outriders. You might not find that a big deal, but a lot of people do. 3.5 million players in the first month is a lot. So I would call it a big game.
How's that? There are a lot of SP games with DLC'S. Put the original game on GP for which Microsoft pays you, and if it's a good game the user will buy the DLC and maybe even the game once it's not on GP anymore.
Assumptions. We don't have any such data that validates that the digital sales ratio is higher on one platform vs. the other.
Yeah, PS digital sales are around 70% now if I recall correctly. That means the majority of gamers aren't falling for this.
You did try to raise “Concern” / throw some F.UD. around by misreporting a real event omitting details in a way that would fit your narrative.
Because you used yourself as an anecdote when you wouldn't even apply anyway it seems. Do you not game on an xbox? Yes or no. I've run into you before several times on comparison threads where you always post that one liner, "Another clear win for xbox" or whatever. If you do this but was going to buy on PS5 but your main concern is actually the PS3 store, ok.
Let’s do some quick math:
Unfortunately publishers aren't thinking like this. They are changing their games to be f2p type games with monetisation then releasing on gamepass. Sony can negotiate favourably for single player games but for games designed around mtx and GaaS there is little difference.
If you are saying Metro Exodus is not a huge seller ok nobody is arguing against that. Same would be said for Resident Evil 8 though.
Before responding, let me say that I'm not spreading the doom-and-gloom theories. Both companies are doing great in their own areas and I wish them all the success so they continue to make great games for us, but ... these sales figures do matter in the grand scheme of things.
Why would f2p games need to be on Gamepass? It is FREE!
Nothing stops Microsoft from outbidding Sony and putting the game on GP day one. Sony allegedly tried to get timed exclusivity for Starfield and got absolutely bitchslapped. We'll see how it goes in the future.
For fortnite, its only on epic, which effects the pc market.
'Xbots'
F2P type games. Ones that rely heavily on mtx as their main source of revenue. Publishers still sell games even when they have f2p like mechanics. It being on gamepass may even generate more buzz and subscription revenue around the game than it just being f2p.
I mean Microsoft would have to outbid both Sony and the amount of sales the game gets them on PS5. It´s Microsoft so I count on them doing it for a few games, but for a lot of them? That´s just an insane amount of money for something so risky.
Please don't use terms like these. It only ignites the console war that only clouds genuine arguments and valid points, and many also consider terms like Xbots and Sony Ponies disrespectful. We're all humans in the end. We can disagree but should always try to be respectful of each other.
You also need to account the ratio between the hardwares. As of now, it's 2.5 /1 between x1 and ps4. Ps4 sold around 114m and x1 sold 50m. That is 2.18x difference.
This is a very important point that is easy to ignore, and many do ignore this.
Covid also boosted those sales. We might not like it, but digital is going to overtake physical in 3-5 years. Especially, with physicals having disadvantage of being produced in bulk numbers, marketing deals, and having to eat all those costs. While digital, its just a key that you are selling it, which makes it easier to make money of, and not lose all those money from producing physical copies (factories, hiring people to print those disc's, shipping).
Microsoft doesn't need to pay for exclusivity. Just put the game day 1 on Gamepass, and let the game sell on Playstation. Would be a win for all parties. And it wouldn't be as expensive as actual exclusivity.
