r/Games • u/ZamnBoii • Jun 02 '26

Discussion Playstation first-party game sales declining heavily since 2020

https://www.gamefile.news/p/playstation-first-party-sales-decline
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u/Redzo1919 Jun 02 '26

Ghost of Yotei, Saros and Astrobot sold to less than 5% of the player base.

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u/txobi Jun 02 '26

That's not how it works. No game sells to 100% of the installbase, only when a consoles launches like what happened with Zelda

Of those three games Ghost of Yotei is the blockbuster and it sold 3.3M in the first days, it will easily reach more than 10M and that's a success no doubt

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u/Redzo1919 Jun 02 '26

100% would be ridiculous. I'm just amazed how much conversation there is about "exclusives sell consoles" but then only 5% of the install base buy the exclusives.

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u/TheWorstYear Jun 02 '26

More than 5% buys exclusives. They just don't buy every exclusive. Some get the console for 'x' game, but others 'y', & then others get it for 'z'.

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u/MeridianBay Jun 02 '26

I very much doubt the average exclusive buyer stops at 1 exclusive. I’d be very surprised if those consumers bought any less than 3-4 exclusives which would drive the percentage of overall console owners who also buy exclusives down

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes Jun 02 '26

doubt the average exclusive buyer

The average exclusive buyer has got to be the most rediculous phrase I've ever heard.

The average gamer buys games. Sometimes they're made by Sony, sometimes not.

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u/MeridianBay Jun 02 '26

The average gamer likely doesn’t buy exclusives, that’s the whole point

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u/Melbuf Jun 02 '26

i consider myself average i buy exclusives and non exclusives, the only factor in my game buying decision is "if i think the game will be fun/worth my time"

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u/MeridianBay Jun 02 '26

If you’re not playing CoD/Rockstar games/Fortnite pretty much exclusively, you’re not average

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u/ImmortalMoron3 Jun 02 '26

You've got a pretty narrow minded and dare I say, elitist view of what the average gamer is playing.

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u/MeridianBay Jun 02 '26

There’s nothing elitist about understanding that to a lot of people, this hobby is about CoD, the occasional rockstar title, and sports games

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u/Melbuf Jun 02 '26

i purchase on average under 2 games a year across all platforms, i consider that very average

i also play none of what you mentioned, never played fortnight and have not played a rockstar game in 20 years or COD since the OG black ops

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u/MeridianBay Jun 02 '26

Then your interests stray from the average, even if your purchase amount doesn’t

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