About a week ago, Sony posted a press release containing a whole bunch of impressive numbers. The PS4 has sold 91.6 million units as of 31st December 2018, while Marvel's Spider-Man has sold a staggering 9 million copies since its September launch. However, something that passed us by was the overall situation regarding software on Sony's successful console.
As pointed out by Colin Moriarty on Twitter, the attach rate for games on PS4 - or the software tie ratio, to be more precise - is very healthy indeed. Going back to Sony's original report, the company estimates that 876 million PS4 games were sold by the end of 2018. If you divide this between the total number of consoles sold, you're looking at an average of about 9.6 games per PS4. In other words, every PS4 owner has nearly ten games each. That's a pretty amazing result.
Of course, this is just an average -- some of you will only have one or two games, while others could potentially own hundreds. It's not unusual for enthusiasts to own a high number of titles, but for the tie ratio to average out at 9.6 shows that even more casual gamers are buying games more often. How many games do you own for your PS4? Try not to lose count in the comments below.
[source twitter.com, via sie.com]
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10 games? Hmm, I might be not average. I have 500+ games in my PS4 library.
I bought 10 games in just the last 3 months!
@Sensechat Rocket League, Bloodborne, Resogun, On Rush, Pix the cat, Gauntlet. One mans crap is another man treasure as they say.
Does this count games given away on psplus? If not that is staggeringly good.
@themcnoisy Unclear, but it's impressive either way.
'..some of you will only have one or two games, ..'
I think theres a big misunderstanding here. The data is about sold games. We are talking about games people bought, not about games people own (also assuming by own you mean having them in your library.)
@Sensechat I would rather own games than rent.
It's your money and fair play for supporting the economy. But in reality getting for 2-4 games a month for £5 or less is crazy value. I don't download all the games for sure as some of them are just not for me but you can't argue with the value. As for owning games I have a bunch of retail games on my shelf it's not as if you only have to play the psplus games.
I have about 180!
I have a lot, like, I can skip ps5 if I try to finish all my ps4 backlog. I don't even care to see my steam backlog, lol.
For physical ps4 games I have 17 (15 are steelcase), for digital I have about 140 purchased ps4 games (on my ps4 library: 295 purchased - 77 psplus games - 13 aplications - about 65 demo, beta, and free to play games).
10 games multiply that by about another 10 for me I've got about 100 games and I still still haven't played The Witcher 3 yet stupid back log
10?! Gulp. I have over 200 in my library I reckon, although a good portion of those would have been PS Plus giveaways to be fair.
60 plus and i traded in few and then digital stuff but im getting less and less digital Limited Run sells the most i want.
@KratosMD I got more than 100 ps4 games still buying more ps4 games.and I still got ps3 I bought and still playing.word up son
Average 10....looks at the 300+ games on PS4 well, ok.
about 50-60 on PS4, mostly on disc. i have more than double that for PS3.
I have more than 100 games excluding PS+ games and about half of them still incomplete LMAO!
Crumbs i have over 90 boxed games and countless (purchased) digital titles.
That said, 10 is quite the achievement. I swear in previous generations the attach rate has been significantly lower
I've got a 8 physical games think it's about 30 licenses 😏
About 50, with digital included I think.
I have like 600 games but to be fair, I got my PS4 at launch so I have five years worth of PS Plus games, and I get some free games for reviewing purposes. So I have no idea how many I've bought, but it's probably more than 10.
i have about 158 ps4 games
I probably have 70 or so, don't like to think about that though because of all the money I realize I've spent on games. A fair number of which remain unfinished.
On disc about 30. Combined digital over 100 easy
My collection counts 161, although it quickly deflates to 30 when you omit PS+ and freemiums. XD And some of them were cross-buy titles I got for Vita first and foremost.
So plenty of us are picking up the slack of those COD/FIFA/GTAV gamers 😉
I have 500+ games in my library. Love my PlayStation.
yea Sony is gonna make us bankrupt!
10 GAMES!
lightweights
I've bought my PS4 little over a year ago and I've bought about 30 titles since. That includes a lot of blockbuster titles. Sony is king of the single player experience and I absolutely love them for that!!
Mine looks like this-
32 physical games that I currently have in my collection.
6 physical VR games I have bought.
33 digital VR games (Not included free content like The Playroom VR, free to play or demos).
118 plus games.
386 purchased games (but that's including plus games, apps and the odd demo so I'm guessing around 200 actually purchased games).
Quite proud of the 39 total VR games I have bought.
There’s no way this takes into account PS Plus games, with at least 2 games per month to every person who is a subscriber. It must be just game licenses purchased independently (either physical or digital) and the math also doesn’t take into account those who own two or more PS4’s, who would obviously own the same set of games for all their PS4 consoles. I’m not sure how many people are on their second PS4 or have both a standard and a Pro, etc, but the attachment rate is probably actually higher.
Where do you guys keep all these boxed titles?!
10!? I must have about 20 physical and 324 digital games (115 of which are PS+ titles)
@JJ2 So you say not "digital" only "physical" count?. Where is the difference. The publishers even earn more money on the digitals. And I cannot read in the article about physical only.
My PS4 collection comprises 136 games, 46 of those from PS+, 10 are physical discs and 4 of those replaced with digital. All the rest are digital. My digital penetration stands at over 92%. And we are always buying only a 'licence' to use media back to the days before records. It's just they can track it now. Nothing else has changed. Also my newest is my first pre-order... Ace Combat 7
I have over 130 physical PS4 games 😬
Also 20 or so digital (Non PS+) games.
I currently have 33 ps4 games (my ps4 has been broken for the last 2 years.) when I get my replacement ps4 with kh3 this month I’ll buy another 5 games so that and KH3 makes 39 games.
I also have 32 ps1 games, 110 ps2 games, 76 ps3 games, 35 psvita games and 20 psp games. And that’s not even counting my other 175 games on my nintendo platforms, my 1 xbox game and my 1 sega mega drive game.
All of those are physical ofcourse and that isn’t counting my duplicate games.
The people on my friends list seem to only own FIFA, CoD or Fortnite.
Lest we forget that at one point the Vita had an attach rate of about 18.5.
@Sanctanox
Not at all what I mean, sorry if its not clear.
Sony says sold.
Pushsquare says games you own. Very different.
Like for instance.
I bought many games second hand on retail not counted in the data.
I sold or traded or swapped with a friend many games I bought brand new. I don't 'own' them.
I have many free to play in my library. Etc etc.
Point is : games sold in the data =/= games you 'own' presently.
I have around 86 games, most physical copies.
100+ physical Disc and maybe 20 small indie games digital. Also 122 Digital PS4 Plus games. I have a small $39 media book shelf that's around 4'6" tall 14" wide and 6" deep. That a very small foot print for about 120 Disc. Looking forward to buying a second one for may PS5.
@JJ2 Ah, ok. I am not an English native speaker - so I was a bit confused. Thanks for clarifying.
@Feena On a media shelf in my game room.
@Neolit It was always a license and not copyright, but I still own a disc with the data on it. They can't take that away from me, so I do indeed, own it.
Lets see, I have bought, excluding used games, 32 games. so I've probably helped the average out a bit. That' still a good attach rate. Wait, I forgot a humble bundle. That's 38 including the humble bundle I got once. I probably missed something too. If include Plus games, that number becomes ludicrous.
60 games for me, not counting free PS+ games.
Well I don't feel so bad for my 35 then (granted that is pretty low for me but this hasn't been a compelling gen for me over all).
I have 5 games on pre-order just in the next 3 months.
Jeez...
I own 259 digital PS4/PSVR games and 83 physical games.
I genuinely can't believe that number. That's excluding PS+ titles as well.
Past 300+ Thanks to Plus contributions.
I have just 31 physical but 13 of them are still sealed. Judging by the replies there are a lot of people out there with just 1 or 2 games.
@Feena i have several piles at the foot of my bed
I have a 4T hard drive. Over 3T is used. My 500G og ps4 is basically full.
I have a lot of games.
I have 58 physical disks and 63 Digital games not including PlayStation plus.
@FullbringIchigo LOL
Around 40 games, all digital. There is no going back now! The best retail can do for me is sell a nice package with a download code.
@Sanctanox
That’s a lot! How do you find space to store all those games, unless the bulk of your collection is digital.
Especially with the great weekly sales on PSN store, it's very easy to get 10+ titles for your PS4. My backlog is so large I have accepted that many of these games I will never get the chance to play in my lifetime.
PS4 owner since Dec 2014. 108 Digital + 16 Physical.
Though I do know a guy owning 2 games and using his console mainly as streaming device or BluRay player, due to offspring and other RL induced time constraint.
Looking at the comments and giving it a second thought, I reckon he is more representative than I ever imagined...
Then again, perfect opportunity to take pride in being a Gamer and not a "normal" person.
Good on all of us! I guess...
On PS4, I have 168 games (also including the PS Plus titles that I have in my library).
67 of these games are physical media. Now I’m impressed of how many digital games I have.
I have three games and buy a new one every two months or so, I just picked up my PS4 for the first time in September.
@RenanKJ I hate that even try to get indie games retail Limited Run. 😁 😃
So one person with 2 PS4's and 19 or 20 games purchased new and or digital would fit the numbers given here. I have 2 PS4's and 18 games purchased new or digital. I also have 4 games from 2 bundles and about 20 used and plus games. My collection started in December 2015.
To have a 9.6 average it would seem a significant number of people own multiple PS4's or purchased a PS4 for only 2or 3 games. Maybe even just for a couple of had to have exclusives to where all other games are purchased for other platforms.
My library says:
Purchased: 251 + 10 installed
PS+: 113
And 6 physical games
And a good two or three dozen on my US account.
Edit: I just found out, that hidden games are not counted, so every PS4 Platinum on top of that. Maybe around 50 more games or so.
That’s a bit presumptuous, I played majority of PS4 games and haven’t bought any of them . Sites like GameFly or rent box make playing games very cost effective.
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