Sony absolutely obliterated the competition in September, with the PlayStation 4 controlling 62.8 per cent of the UK’s physical software share. This means that it comfortably outsold any packaged games sold on the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC – combined. Its share increased from 40.4 per cent in August due to the success of Marvel’s Spider-Man, but this is still quite a staggering result.
It’s a reminder that, in the UK at least, the PS4 is still very much the king – almost embarrassingly so. And you get the feeling that there’s life in this ageing dog yet, as the software sales are extremely strong, the hardware continues to perform well, and subscription numbers are holding sturdy. It makes the chatter of PlayStation 5 seem a bit premature – there’s still a significant price drop left in the PS4 yet.
[source mcvuk.com]
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Good to see it performing well at this stage in the life cycle. Hopefully Sony can keep that momentum going for the next system.
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@Turismo4GT They would need a long overlap with double releases on both generations, especially since the Switch is growing fast and they might release a more powerful version by the time the PS5 is released.
@Rhaoulos Switch is getting a hardware revision in 2019. Not likely to be a significant power hike.
@KALofKRYPTON You never know. It could be close to the PS4 (not the pro) if it is based on the Pascal architecture instead of Maxwell. That would mean better battery life in handheld and better graphics/framerate docked.
Its just a really good games console with a massive variety of software, that runs games mostly well. Nintendo cant really trade on nostalgia as much here in the UK, as we were playing the C64, Spectrum, Amstrad and any other number of 8-bit micros in the 80s - 90s. Then there was also the popularity of the Master System and particularly the Megadrive on the console side, which I feel was rather picked up by the PlayStation brand in the late 90s.
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That could work out; 'NewSwitch enhanced' games rather than the New3DS approach.
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Even iPhone X and Note 8 are way better than Switch.
TBH Switch can't compare with any console, lol
And some people say that exclusives are not important, lmao.
Sony keep releasing great exclusives, I mean real exclusives, not like Xbox that you can also play elsewhere, and the sales are doing great. That’s pretty basic actually...
The PS4 has over a 2:1 gap on its closest rival and released a very popular exclusive so it really comes as NO surprise that its see a big jump in Software sales for September. Chances are, multi-platform games would also sell more on PS4 because of the number of PS4 users and combined with Spider-Mans success, a game that can ONLY be played on PS4, its not surprising that this month was very good for Sony!
@Adam47 although is it trying to compare to other platforms or it’s trying to be its own thing? Likely the latter
Who knows tho I’m sure some are holding out that hope it’d fail but kinda in the essence of not like the Wii U but more the GameCube which didn’t hit 25M sold...
Sony pretty much owns the UK gaming market, even more than Nintendo owns the Japanese gaming market. And both are doing pretty well in the U.S.
@Rhaoulos But the normal Switch will still limit it. All Switch games will need to run on it. It would be a Pro as best. The last thing Nintendo wants to do is alienate it's playerbase after it just started gaining their trust back.
To think that sony still have $200 card, I think $400 ps5 and $200 ps4 will do quite well for sony
No surprise, sony has the most exclusives. King sony
The PS4 is fast becoming the best console I've ever owned and that's quite a list to top given I started gaming in the late 80's
Exclusives and single player content showing they make a huge difference. Sony are killing it right now with the PS4 and PSVR.
@Adam47 Oh ok... mobile "gamer", I get it. I don't believe candy crush and clash royale were released on the Switch.
Trolling aside, I own both a Switch and a PS4 Pro. The graphics on the PS4 pro are stunning and it has some incredible games, but it was out for much longer.
The switch has the best adventure and the best platformer of all time. Also the PS4 and the controller still suck. It has improved since the original dual shock but you can't hold it properly with the symmetrical analogue pads. It's 2018 FFS, most game use the left analogue pad as standard control so why keep it so far away? Nintendo and Microsoft got it right on the Game Cube and 1st Xbox.
Not really a surprise. They’ve taken the U.K. market very seriously since entering it in 1995. At that point SEGA were imploding and Nintendo used a third party to distribute their (late, expensive and letterboxed) games in the U.K. Sony didn’t that mistake and their success is well deserved (well Ok, there was letterboxing).
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