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Here's a pretty incredible statistic for you: Sony has sold more PlayStation 4 games than any other console in history. At least 1.577 billion copies of PS4 titles have been sold to customers since it launched all the way back in late 2013 — a stat that beats the previous record (also held by Sony) of 1.537 billion PS2 games out in the wild. And while the record will only increase as time passes, it acts as a statement of just how good the PS4 generation was as we look ahead to what the PS5 brings. After all, it's already doing extremely well for itself with 7.8 million consoles sold since launch.
While this next stat does also include PS5 titles, it's estimated that 601,000 digital games were sold every single day on the PS Store across 2020's fiscal year. And with digital sales commanding a ratio of 65%, roughly 933,000 games have been sold each day when physical purchases are taken into account. Absurd statistics all around. Finally, it's worth noting that the PS4 console sold a further 5.8 million consoles, taking its grand total up to 115.9 million units. There's certainly life in the old dog yet, especially when so many upcoming titles are slated for PS4.
[source resetera.com]
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I definitely bought more games for the PS4 than any other console I owned (not that there's been that many )
And, with the rise of subscriptions services, I doubt that will ever again be matched.
That's insane, but I think it also speaks to the power of digital distribution now. On the PS2, those games had to be physically manufactured and sold in a store. Now titles have much longer tails because they can be sold cheaply on PS Store years and years after release.
Those are unbelievable numbers. I wine what the attatch rate is.
@thefourfoldroot I suspect the switch will have done some crazy numbers when all is said and done. Switch sales seem to be all anyone talks about online these days
I’m responsible for about ten of these.
I must admit I bought far more games for my ps4 and hardly any for xbone and I'm historically a real xboner. Yet to buy a game for my Xbox series x. Looking line ill just keep it for playing old games now.
Very impressive if kind of expected given the sheer volume of digital only games on the system for very little money.
@Rob_230 13.6 games per console, I've definitely bumped up that average massively
I've got a LOT of PS4 games - I've even played some of them!
I tend to keep games I'm playing on the PS4 Pro's internal Crucial SSD and other games are sort of backed up on the external drive (which is the old PS4 Pro HDD in a £7 case!)
I have more than my share of physical games as it works out at about 14 per console. What percentage of those numbers are COD and FIFA?
Perhaps this would suggest Sony has no incentive to move toward a GamePass model. Yet... I’m told that GamePass actually stimulates game purchases. 🤔 So, theoretically if Sony did have a more popular subscription model (than PS Now) then the sales would have been even higher.
@Rob_230
True. I was thinking of current and future gen machines not being able to do the same when everyone is on a sub, but I guess the Switch is the last chance to challenge.
BUt XbOx hAs GAmepAsS!! Say the uneducated
@thefourfoldroot I totally agree with you as i suspect a subscription based future is what awaits us. I just hope Sony remember PS3/Vita gate and handle the transition sensitively and wisely.
@Rob_230
Best case scenario they’ll make an emulator and put all PS1, 2, PSP, and VITA games on a future sub service (with trophies) vanishingly small likelihood of course.
I have more than 200 digital games on ps4 lol.
I've definitely bought around 300 PS4 games by now easily, between both physical and digital games.
Not surprised - it has been Games, Games and more games.
Always had games on my list I had to buy on PS4. Year after year, it is constant. Got played on the most by a mile.
Im playing dragon age inquisition goty on my ps4 pro right now.what a amazing game and a console.im still buying games and controller for my ps4 pro.games are cheaper .graphics looks amazing.ps4 is a instant classic console.word up son
I’m not surprised. I know I’ve purchased more games this generation than any other generation and that’s definitely been bolstered by sales and the lack of rental options as well as the influx of indie games, though I know my Switch definitely surpasses PS4 on the quantity front for me. Wouldn’t be shocked if my PS4+Switch+Xbone library exceeds all previous generations combined, thinking about it now.
There are just so many fantastic games on the PS4, even when you go down to the "just about good enough" games there are still tons at that level as well
@The_New_Butler @Th3solution
if the numbers back it up then I guess there's not much to argue but I just subscribed to gamepass a couple days ago after getting a Series S and I did so with the mentality that this would mean I wouldn't need to buy any games on the xbox. I just can't justify a $100+ a year on a subscription service and new games all on one console.
That's anecdotal but surely I can't be the only one thinking their Xbox is taken care of via game pass.
@thefourfoldroot very true
But still I think nintendo switch may pass it by 5 years or so
@Starliner
Perhaps, depends on the attach rate. Their software sells a lots as their hardware sells a lot with bundles, but do switch owners buy as many games? I know my wife bought it as an animal crossing machine, and my brother for pokemon. I would think others do the same. Plus the majority of multiplatform big budget games would sell more elsewhere, leaving the cheaper indies to sell on switch due to being more suitable for portable play...
Not too surprising. It was pretty much a monopoly for years if you weren't into 3DS. But last gen is going to have conspicuously high individual game sales across the board compared to prior gens due to the rise in small indie games that people seem to buy in masses. When we compare against, say PS2, we're pretty much comparing # of full price boxed retail physical games sold in one pool compared to a bunch of those plus the myriad of $10 indies in the other pool all combined. I'd be interested to know how many "boxed" (including digital) retail games sold compared to PS2, without budget indies included which mostly didn't exist at the time.
that's more than half the wii u made in 9 years
This just shows that the ps2 was bought mainly for its dvd player
Not surprised. It was a slow burn but from 2017 onwards the PS4 took off in terms of quality. Exclusives, multiplats, big-budget blockbusters, 'B' level games, retro-stylized indies and everything in between, a great mix of Western and Japanese hits. I'd say of all consoles I've owned PS4 probably had the best in variety and quality since the PS2.
Yeah but how many games has Xbox rented?
I would be embarrassed if I could remember all the games I have bought this generation. It has to be around 200. No wonder I’m always broke lol
@zupertramp I don’t know man, that’s my logic as well, but there was a very vocal person on one of these many comments sections about it that linked a respectable article from a news site that had some collection of data to back it up as well as interviews of developers lauding that their game sales skyrocket once they’re put on GP. I read the article but forget where it was. For many people I guess GP is a glorified extended trial period. 🤷🏻♂️
@Th3solution hmm, weird. But then again let's talk in 6 months; maybe my mindset will have changed.
Meanwhile we have about 1000 ps5s in each continent....
@roe @get2sammyb If i go with the Firstparty titles i already bought quite a lot of games. And sites like Playasia and Limited Run Games and others made me buy way more games this generation.
@thefourfoldroot
Facts.
Got PS Plus & Now and haven't bought a game since November. Still got 4 games in my backlog
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