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Shu Yoshida (GamesBeat)

A few years back, one of the reasons I got that job from Jim–we'd been criticized by the indie community. They said that PlayStation doesn't care about indies. You don't hear that kind of criticism anymore.

When I started that work five years ago, our indie partners would say that when they released their games multiplatform, the Switch version would sell three to five times more than PlayStation. Bit by bit, that gap has narrowed down.

Last year we had lots of anecdotes from our indie partners that their new games were selling better on PlayStation than any other platform. That's amazing. Some games sold better on PlayStation than on PC.

We have a strong team inside the company supporting indies

 

[Mr Hyde]

Shu can't stop winning

 

[HogIsland]

In a different timeline, Animal Well released on PS Vita in 2024.

 

[Wildebeest]

If titles sell better than on PC, it is probably because they got some free promotion like placement in the store.

 

[DenchDeckard]

According to our indie partners who told me verbally

Maybe they did sell better though......

 

[Guilty_AI]

If titles sell better than on PC, it is probably because they got some free promotion like placement in the store.

That but it can also be due to certain genres being more popular on consoles, stuff like 3rd person horror games, couch coop games or plataformers (still assuming they got better marketing than just word of mouth).

 

[RedC]

Were as in they aren't now?

 

[Punished Miku]

I don't know what he means by indie partners. If he means stuff like Stray, Sifu, then yeah I'm sure it did. Most stuff I've seen on the subject says it's PC and Switch that usually are in the lead.

 

[Griffon]

Anecdotal.

Concerning consoles, indies are known to do better on Switch than on Playstation.
Steam and PC is the true indie king anyways.

 

[Darsxx82]

Text: "anecdotes"

OP title": "Indi games were selling better on PS than any other plataforms (2024)"...

 

[Fbh]

Seems pretty anecdotal, also it would be interesting to know if it's because sales of indie games have actually substantially increased on Playstation...or if they have gone down on Switch.

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[Sooner]

A new Indy game is about to sell best on PlayStation too.

 

[HogIsland]

Were as in they aren't now?

werent then either, per the quote

 

[ssringo]

So anecdotally some games sell better on your platform than other platform(s). I wonder if these "indie partners" got promoted on your store page too.

I'm blown away by this reveal.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Playstation isn't a singular platform, Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 are two platforms.

 

[10v12]

I will typically try to buy indie games on my PS, but I have a hard time believing they're selling more than on Steam.

 

[nial]

That one probably sold the most on PC.

 

[Fabieter]

That title is slightly misleading

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Title seemed like bullshit, quote confirms.

Shu still did a great job though.

 

[tkscz]

Last year we had lots of anecdotes

Ah so it's some and not all. I didn't think it would do better than Steam overall.

 

[Holammer]

 

[alabtrosMyster]

In a different timeline, Animal Well released on PS Vita in 2024.

Now it's on ps portal

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Playstation isn't a singular platform, Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 are two platforms.

If you make a game that runs well on PS4 and doesn't require more ... It's like a single platform.

 

[HogIsland]

Now it's on ps portal

ps portal is a ps5 peripheral. animal well is on ps5.

 

[mckmas8808]

If you make a game that runs well on PS4 and doesn't require more ... It's like a single platform.

NOPE! It's still on PS4 and PS5.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Those AA Indie games?

Wowzas!

 

[T4keD0wN]

That one probably sold the most on PC.

With 83 players all time peak it probably did, granted most of those were probably Insomniac devs.