@ED_209 @Deoxyr1bose The majority of the 60 million people with PS5 consoles are super casuals who mostly play sports games, free to play/shooters,and occasionally buy other games. They aren’t buying the Stellar Blades or Rebirth’s.
The people who prefer single player games are just more vocal on the internet.
@Nekomichu Miles to me was more exciting because it was unexpected and came out of nowhere. SM2 was exactly what I expected and the game was too predictable.
@Ainu20 it happens in the sneaker market all the time with “exclusive” shoes. PS5 was like the iPhone of the console world. A lot of people impulse bought it honestly. All the celebrities like Lebron and Travis Scott had and promoted it, all the streamers promoted it.
It was hard to get, but sold for 2x to break even for about 2.5 years. So even if you didn’t really care that much, it was basically free profit to get it anyway.
@Konks Look at the competition though, it’s painfully non existent. Rebirth not even making top 20 isn’t good. And 2.5 months isn’t even THAT old honestly.
People just aren’t buying games outside the hardcore right now honestly.
There wasn’t much competition at all…MW3 is what, like 8 months old? Decade plus old GTA5 sold for dirt cheap. Pretty much any new release will get on the charts by default.
It looks to me like a lot of these newer games had weak legs, like where is Tekken or FF? These games disappeared quickly.
@ChrisDeku This isn’t a Japanese game but it’s clearly inspired by them. Not convinced when plenty of Japanese devs posted about it and praised it also.
Sore losers have always been around and team based games have always been the most popular. Last time I checked the job market was as competitive as always also…
Sounds like he just wants to pat himself on the back and cope because Tekken isn’t as popular as Cod or Whatever.
People need to wake up and realize they old way of gaming is stagnant. PlayStation still hasn’t even grown in console sales since the PS2 and it looks like they will never break that record again. Games like Returnal selling a million copies won’t cut it.
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Re: Preview: Marvel Rivals Is Overwatch with Superheroes, But Can It Live Up to Either?
I still play overwatch and this looks good to me
Re: Massively Hyped RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio Gets 11 Minutes of Live Gameplay
Hope it doesn’t end up like soul hackers
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Gets October Release Date on PS5, PS4
This actually looked really good. Gamepass wins again.
Re: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Will Add Over 20 DLC Characters Across Its Season Pass
@Blaze215 it will never be enough lol. People will always want more characters added.
Re: Some PlayStation Fans Are Losing Their Minds Over LEGO Horizon Being on Switch
This drama was hilarious
Re: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Will Add Over 20 DLC Characters Across Its Season Pass
@Blaze215 The game already has like 150 characters supposedly lol that’s not enough?
Re: PS5 Brawler Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Release Date Confirmed for October
Was sold on this after original announcement tbh
Re: Sonic X Shadow Generations Release Date, Box Art Leak Ahead of Today's Summer Game Fest
$50 not bad I guess. Gotta think about getting it day one depends on how long shadows part is
Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand
Casuals are the ones who made PS4 and PS5 successful not the hardcore audience.
Re: PS5, PC Fans Are Trying to Figure Out If Concord Is Free-to-Play
@Deoxyr1bose if it becomes trendy they will
Re: PS5 Platformer Astro Bot Will Have 80 Action-Packed Levels
Hope people actually support the game and just don’t say they will…
Re: PS5, PC Fans Are Trying to Figure Out if Concord Is Free-to-Play
@ED_209 @Deoxyr1bose The majority of the 60 million people with PS5 consoles are super casuals who mostly play sports games, free to play/shooters,and occasionally buy other games. They aren’t buying the Stellar Blades or Rebirth’s.
The people who prefer single player games are just more vocal on the internet.
Re: PS5, PC Fans Are Trying to Figure Out if Concord Is Free-to-Play
Marvel Rivals looks like it’s gonna smash this honestly.
Re: Astro Bot Looks Absolutely Glorious, Lands on PS5 This September
Curious on how much this will actually sell.
Re: Marvel Rivals Officially Confirmed for PS5, Closed Beta Test in July
@The_Wailing_Doom sounds like you just don’t like pvp multiplayer games. The destruction mechanics were very interesting.
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced During Sony's State of Play Livestream for May 2024?
Astro Bot is not going to sell that many copies.
Re: Ubisoft Confirms Time, Date, and Featured Games for Upcoming Forward Showcase
Yasuke looks like an even better choice with all these generic samurai games that all look the same lately
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Swings 11 Million Sales as Sony Calls PS5 Exclusive a 'Great Success'
@Nekomichu Miles to me was more exciting because it was unexpected and came out of nowhere. SM2 was exactly what I expected and the game was too predictable.
Re: PS5 Players Are Buying Fewer New Games, But Spending More Than Ever Overall
@thefourfoldroot1 This is literally what the arcades were lol
Re: PS5 Players Are Buying Fewer New Games, But Spending More Than Ever Overall
When you look at the charts it’s obvious…price of the game that’s why. People literally can’t afford games anymore.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Gap in New Releases Means Business as Usual for Regular Bestsellers
These games are not selling any copies in the UK. Pitiful sales.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Stellar Blade PS5 Sales Hold Strong
13K is strong?
Re: Reaction: Why You Shouldn't Worry Too Much About PS5's Year-on-Year Decline
PS5 will be lucky to match PS4 numbers long term. I don’t see any sudden influx of new console players coming.
Re: PS5 Sales Reach 59.3 Million as Sony Falls Just Short of Fiscal Year Forecast
@Ainu20 it happens in the sneaker market all the time with “exclusive” shoes. PS5 was like the iPhone of the console world. A lot of people impulse bought it honestly. All the celebrities like Lebron and Travis Scott had and promoted it, all the streamers promoted it.
It was hard to get, but sold for 2x to break even for about 2.5 years. So even if you didn’t really care that much, it was basically free profit to get it anyway.
Re: Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Fail to Meet Expectations on PS5
It was obvious if you looked at how weak the legs were for FF16. It sold that 3 million and completely fell off every chart,that’s not a smash hit.
Re: PS5 Sales Reach 59.3 Million as Sony Falls Just Short of Fiscal Year Forecast
Why are the software sales so mediocre though with 60 million users?
Re: Square Enix to 'Aggressively' Pursue Multiplatform Strategy from Now On
@MrMagic 7 percent is fine. These games don’t cost as much to port as you think.
Re: PS Store Sales Charts: Stellar Blade Loses Out to Sea of Thieves in Europe, Helldivers 2 Is Still King in US
@Sincleaver the $70 price tag doesn’t help. People will only buy big ip and cheap discounted games now.
Re: PS Store Sales Charts: Stellar Blade Loses Out to Sea of Thieves in Europe, Helldivers 2 Is Still King in US
@Konks
Look at the competition though, it’s painfully non existent. Rebirth not even making top 20 isn’t good. And 2.5 months isn’t even THAT old honestly.
People just aren’t buying games outside the hardcore right now honestly.
Re: PS Store Sales Charts: Stellar Blade Loses Out to Sea of Thieves in Europe, Helldivers 2 Is Still King in US
There wasn’t much competition at all…MW3 is what, like 8 months old? Decade plus old GTA5 sold for dirt cheap. Pretty much any new release will get on the charts by default.
It looks to me like a lot of these newer games had weak legs, like where is Tekken or FF? These games disappeared quickly.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Stellar Blade Has a Slightly Disappointing PS5 Debut, Eiyuden Chronicle Sells Best on Switch
@ChrisDeku This isn’t a Japanese game but it’s clearly inspired by them. Not convinced when plenty of Japanese devs posted about it and praised it also.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Stellar Blade Has a Slightly Disappointing PS5 Debut, Eiyuden Chronicle Sells Best on Switch
67K is mediocre at best for how much this game was hyped. I’m curious as to what it sold worldwide.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Sales Remain Muted in the USA, Compared to Past Games
@Tchunga There will always be an excuse for this franchise other than to admit it’s fallen off significantly
Re: Stellar Blade Is a Best-Seller in the UK After Launch PS5 Sales
Competition is weak, most of those games have been out forever. I doubt that topspin game sold that many copies too and still got third place.
Re: SMT 5: Vengeance Offers '75 More Hours of Gameplay', Says Atlus
I played this game a ton and ended up quitting because it was getting boring and nothing was happening. Also performance was poor.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Has Sold Around 2 Million Copies, PS5 Player Data Suggests
I knew this game underperformed based on how quiet SE was,when they bragged about FF16 selling 3 million.
Re: Tekken 8 Boss Says Younger Players Prefer Team-Based Games Because They Can Blame Losses on Others
Sore losers have always been around and team based games have always been the most popular. Last time I checked the job market was as competitive as always also…
Sounds like he just wants to pat himself on the back and cope because Tekken isn’t as popular as Cod or Whatever.
Re: UK Sales Charts: South Park: Snow Day Chills with the Bestsellers, Rise of the Ronin Falls
No way ronin sells the 5 million they want unless they sell it for 5 bucks. Maybe not even then actually.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Off to a Sturdy Enough Start on PC
This isn’t going to sell as good as the first game long term.
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Is Up to Three Times Faster Than PS5 as Specs Surface
Easy skip. There’s not much I care to play besides multiplats atm
Re: Preview: Rise of the Ronin Shows Promise, But It's No Showstopper Yet
This is going to struggle to sell copies.
Re: Exclusivity Is the Achilles' Heel of Huge Blockbusters, Says Former PlayStation Exec
People need to wake up and realize they old way of gaming is stagnant. PlayStation still hasn’t even grown in console sales since the PS2 and it looks like they will never break that record again. Games like Returnal selling a million copies won’t cut it.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tops, But Doesn't Even Come Close to Remake
@theSpectre PC day and date would have help and FF15 sold like a million on Xbox so yea those sales would have helped. Square needs every one.
Notice you see every sega game breaking records
Re: Full Price Remake Persona 3 Reload Will Be 'Complete' with Episode Aigis DLC, Says Producer
Gamepass was the correct choice
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tops, But Doesn't Even Come Close to Remake
This exclusive strategy square has done has been an abject failure
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Releases in September, Is Part of an Expansion Pass
Gamepass wins again
Re: Rumour: Gravity Rush 2 Remaster Dropping onto PS5, PC, Reveal Coming in May
Why only the first game? This is a niche series and it’s not even standalone story wise. Also I hope this isn’t full price on steam.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Falls Short of Remake's Launch Sales in UK
Curious as to will this game have legs or fall off the charts after a month like FF16 did.
Re: Helldivers 2 Beats Destiny 2's All-Time Steam Peak, Gaining on Palworld
So much for these types of games being a saturated market.
Re: PS5 Is Entering the 'Latter Stages of Its Life Cycle', Says Sony
Wasted generation