In Europe, 78% of Silent Hill 2 Copies Were Purchased on PS5

But the exclusive deals hurt the industry they say.

I'd like to see the spread on Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero.

As much as it pains me to say this, Sony's PC releases don't hurt the console in any way.
All these epic gamers saying they'll get a PC if Sony continues like this, making the PS5 obselete, is just nonsense and not a problem for Sony.

At the end of the day, most people play on console, casual or not. I've been here since PS1 and I'll never play anything behind a stupid desk. I've grown up on SH2 PS2 and I'll get it on PS5 again. Apparently I'm not alone in that anyway.
People who actually enjoy these story driven/ adventure games for generations now, will always play on console. On the couch. In the living room. Not in the basement

but PlayStation gamers don’t buy game they told me. And exclusive deals backfire in regards to sales!?!? I just don’t know who to trust anymore 🤢🤮

Judging by most ps5 owners comments in other posts they were all going to pc in the future..I guess after they have all played silent hill on the ps5 first.

It's had a good start despite it being hampered by stock issues as it's been out of stock or very difficult to get for a week in the UK. I actually ended up getting it on both PC and PS5, I wasn't going to pick it up on console but my local GAME was selling the steelbook in store

@McTwist Yup. The vast majority of people who are console will stay exactly there. I sure as fudge aren't about to walk away from a 700 game library and start from scratch on Steam (not unless Sony do something completely catastrophic).

That’s Manchester City level possession

On the other hand, me, personally, I got Silent Hill 2 on Steam and I am currently playing in my Deck. The last two games I got on PS5 are Final Fantasy 16 and 7 Rebirth (and the physical version of Pixel Remaster).

@Msw130 I understand you have signed up to try and troll.

But you know people have an interest in seeing what does well, where friends might be playing, the type of games people buy and so on

@belmont curious as to how it runs on the deck? What settings are you using?

@Loamy It runs adequately for a 400 euro device. The frame rate tanks in some boss battles and in some close quarters battles but when you are out in the city the immersion is not lost. If you are familiar with the game now I play the next to last boss and in the third phase the frame rate is not good but I don't mind it that much. Sound always works great.

As for settings apparently with the new patch they have introduced Steam Deck settings but I have fullscreen, resolution same as the Deck's screen and the others at low.

@McTwist I'll never play anything behind a stupid desk

You can build small form factor pc's and put them in the lounge and hook it up to the tv. Only problem i have is the price of pc hardware.

I bought and beat the game on Steam. Ran really well for me and I actually had a blast playing it via mouse and keyboard.

I got it on PC for the graphics.
Playing it with my PS5's Dualsense for the haptics and adaptive triggers.
How's that?

I dunno, almost a quarter of sales going to PC in Europe when the game is heavily marketed by Sony, the fanbase is almost entirely on console (historically), and the region itself is heavily biased toward Playstation as a platform doesn't seem bad at all to me.

Not to mention this divide should even out a bit over time, since launch sales are usually better on console, whereas long term sales are often more robust on Steam.

@Ralizah ps5 mostly dominate third party games sales, pc will never catch up to it because the cost of entry for high end pc gaming is still way to high for your average consumer.

@Jay767 High-end? Sure. Mid-range, that'll put you around the same level as PS5? Not so much.

Not to mention that the cost of high-end components on console is starting to give people sticker shock as well. PS5 Pro being exhibit number one.

In terms of their trajectory, PC is growing much, much faster as well. Consider this: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/2023-pc-games-revenue-increase-newzoo/

The estimated YoY growth rate of PC gaming in 2023 was over 8%, whereas it was under 1% for console gaming.

As for third-party sales, as I said, PC is better when it comes to the tail end of sales down the line. That's why, for example, Capcom makes the majority of its money from PC and publicly considers it to be their primary platform.

None of this is discounting the gigantic presence Sony has in the gaming space, and it's also not prophesying doom for Sony's platform. But there's a reason Sony is so invested in expanding to PC, and that'll likely become truer as time goes on.

N.i.c.e. silent hill 2 remake is a masterpiece.word up son

@Ralizah we have to admit, its over for consoles. PC is dominating the gaming space

I got it on PC...for $54 from Green Man Gaming.

Great game!

I swear you PlayStation fans want nothing more than for everyone to simply play on PlayStation the way you all complain about how other people prefer to play their games.

Neither one is wrong.

PC people are well aware that consoles are cheaper and considerably more convenient.

Some people choose PC because maybe they are just simply tired of being locked into a single console ecosystem and letting that single ecosystem dictate everything that comes with it. Perhaps they are tired of paying for online multiplayer. Perhaps they just simply want better control of their gaming experience at the cost of convenience. Perhaps they want the high-end experience for the cost. There can be a million reasons why people are choosing to switch.

I am just happy the game is doing very well across the board. It honestly shouldn't matter where the most was sold as long as it sold well!

@GamingFan4Lyf "I swear you PlayStation fans want nothing more than for everyone to simply play on PlayStation the way you all complain about how other people prefer to play their games"

Lel that's ironic considering i always see plenty of PC mustard race keep saying PS / console is dead and mocked anyone who plays on PS / console as a "pleb".

@PuppetMaster Fair enough...how about...fans of all platforms need to just stop telling other people what to do.

It's ridiculous.

But it seems much worse from this crowd lately ever since Sony decided to expand its market outside the revered plastic box.

Yep, your favorite console maker wants more money. Shocker!

@Jay767 those deals do hurt the industry, because if you take a look at the number of people on ps5 actually buying the "exclusives" You'll find that 98% of them don't buy those games, that console is basically just for 3rd party multiplats, most 3rd party exclusives sell 1 million to 3 million while the other 63 million owners don't care, they're busy playing COD, FIFA, fortnite, GTA and the other big multiplats. if a game is on PC, Xbox, Switch, PS5 it has 100% chances selling more copies than being on ps5 alone.

@alienwithin 'PS is so dead'
PC is free market which is the reason Sony decided to port their games. But hey whatever makes you sleep well at night i guess 🤷‍♂️

@GamingFan4Lyf How about you go play at your favorite plastic box and don't take people opinion seriously? I mean, like you said "it's a plastic box" so it shouldn't be that serious.

@PuppetMaster Thanks I will. And you enjoy yours! 👍

Solidarity!

@GamingFan4Lyf You too mate 👍🤝

Of course it was. And the first week of sales of any PS studio singke player game on PC is 3% on PC and 97% on PS consoles and Spiderman 2 will be no different.

@torquex Sure you can, it's just that nobody hardly does, including PC mustard race gamers that play on monitors smaller than 32" mostly.

Most people who purchased this game are casuals so console should have more players than pc.

VG Insights estimates 600k sold on Steam https://vginsights.com/game/silent-hill-2

Which goes along with the fact that the game has almost 15 000 reviews on Steam. 10-15k usually indicates around 500k sold, while 20k-25k reviews usually indicates 1 million. This is based on the Steam leak from 2018 when the player counts for over 15000 games leaked.

On PS Store the game has 12k reviews

tbh I thought it was exclusive to PC/PS5 anyway.

Its a shame really. All those folks celebrating the demise of the Xbox will be moaning no doubt when Sony has no competition and titles start going for £80 a pop or more.

@lindos I thought it was exclusive to PC/PS5 anyway

It is for 1 year which basically means no Xbox X/S version until then. I can't stand exclusives; Sony & Microsoft should always be multi-platform, it's just a form of arrogance and self-centred greed, hubris.