How can they be losing so much money on the console when Sony said they were profitable pretty early on?
Sony also did hardware revisions a couple times already to save on parts and be more efficient, not sure about XS.
How can they be losing so much money on the console when Sony said they were profitable pretty early on?
Pretty sure we would have had a console breakdown by now.Sony also did hardware revisions a couple times already to save on parts and be more efficient, not sure about XS.
I don’t think there’s been any talk of a revision of the internals for the Xbox SX/S. Feel like there should’ve been one by now. But maybe we’ll get one announced at e3? Maybe even a price drop on current onesI was taking about Xbox.
Pretty sure we would have had a console breakdown by now.
Right. That’s what I assumed you were talking about. I haven’t seen any breakdown of Xbox consoles physically (tear down?). We are probably on the same hardware as day one.I meant in terms of improving from original design, not necessarily its defective percentages.
Source: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/call-...ver-40-compared-with-vanguard-uk-boxed-charts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has posted a far better week at physical retail than last year's disappointing Call of Duty: Vanguard.
Sales of the new title are 42% up compared with Vanguard, and nearly 9% up over Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War from 2020.
Sales are down 61% compared with 2019's Modern Warfare, although downloads have since become dominant and digital sales data will be available later in the week. 53% of boxed sales were on PS5, 29% on Xbox and 18% on PS4, although do note that Xbox tends to perform more strongly when it comes to digital market share.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the third biggest physical release of the year, behind FIFA 22 and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
The arrival of Call of Duty means FIFA 23 ends its four-week stay at No.1 and drops to second place. The EA football game continues to trend slightly ahead of its predecessor in terms of boxed sales by just over 7,000 copies.
And Xbox's mostly digital life is showing.Nice to see that the PS5 version is being bought more even though the userbase is smaller.
After the PC port of the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection set the record for the lowest player count of any Sony game at launch, Sackboy: A Big Adventure has come along and beat it by an alarming margin. Across its first weekend on sale, the highest number of players it had at any one time was just 610. Compare this to the 10,851 peak the Nathan Drake remasters recorded and it's immediately clear how unpopular Sackboy has proven on PC.
Of course, player counts do not necessarily translate into hard sales, but SteamDB has Sackboy: A Big Adventure tagged as the 121st best-selling game on the platform. Significantly older ports like Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Goneall have thousands more active users recorded over the past 24 hours and appear higher in Steam's best-selling charts.
As of 31st October 2022, Sony's PC ports have recorded the following highest concurrent number of players:
Unless games are handed big price cuts — or experience a sudden surge in popularity like Cyberpunk 2077 — then these record concurrent player counts generally don't get beat outside of the opening week. As such, it's a sorry sight for Sackboy: A Big Adventure. The lack of marketing for Sony's most recent PC ports has been suggested as one reason for the general disinterest, with both Uncharted and Sackboy rumoured for a long time but never officially announced.
- God of War — 73,529 (10 months ago)
- Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered — 66,436 (three months ago)
- Horizon Zero Dawn — 56,557 (two years ago)
- Days Gone — 27,450 (two years ago)
- Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection — 10,851 (eight days ago)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure — 610 (15 hours ago)
A PC port or Returnal is also all but confirmed, with a video of its settings menus uploaded to the internet. It should at least prove more popular than Sackboy whenever it eventually arrives, but it appears Sony's PC ports aren't setting the Steam charts alight anymore. What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Nice to see that the PS5 version is being bought more even though the userbase is smaller.
None of them have done all that great. Horizon is the biggest seller with like 2 million, that is a game that sold 20 million on console.
Ps5 games usually sell more then PS4 games don't they? At least from what's posted here.
PS5 would have a more active userbase moving on from PS4 going out and buying games and there'll be a ton of PS4/Xbox ones out there just for Minecraft, Fortnite eytc.
Ps5 games usually sell more then PS4 games don't they? At least from what's posted here.
PS5 would have a more active userbase moving on from PS4 going out and buying games and there'll be a ton of PS4/Xbox ones out there just for Minecraft, Fortnite eytc.
Doesn’t make sense to me. 117 million vs 21 million.
That makes sense. But there are still 100+ million PS4 owners. Most people don’t wait for COD to upgrade.People waiting to get a PS5 to experience current gen for the same game unless they have no intention of upgrading for a while.
That makes sense. But there are still 100+ million PS4 owners. Most people don’t wait for COD to upgrade.
But they will be happy if they do. The current gen COD campaign is the best looking game on console.
It still doesn't make sense.Indeed. As expected, some gamers would want to experience the newest games on the newer consoles to get that current gen experience, which is also driving sales of the new consoles.
It still doesn't make sense.
The majority of gamers are casuals. All we have heard for decades is casuals don't jump on new consoles, and that casuals are the money makers. We have been told that by Gamers, Devs, and hardware makers.
So, PS4 and Xbox 1 sales should be higher.
That makes sense. But there are still 100+ million PS4 owners. Most people don’t wait for COD to upgrade.
But they will be happy if they do. The current gen COD campaign is the best looking game on console.
Might be closer but the result will be the same.Maybe digital ?