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[Luminoth-4545]

From Gamereactor, PS5 sales in Spain have exploded in the last 2 weeks due to a limited time price cut promotion.

2023	Switch	PS5	Xbox Series	Cumulative
Week 1	28000	4000	2000	34000
Week 2	5500	2000	500	8000
Week 3	4250	8900	550	13700
Week 4	3650	11100	850	15600
Week 5	4000	8000	800	12800
Week 6	4000	9000	1000	14000
Week 7	4000	8000	1500	13500
Week 8	3000	7500	1000	11500
Week 9	3950	12000	1450	17400
Week 10	3700	10000	900	14600
Week 11	3500	7500	500	11500
Week 12	2900	6000	550	9450
Week 13	4000	7000	1000	12000
Week 14	4000	7500	700	12200
Week 15	4500	7000	500	12000
Week 16	5000	6000	500	11500
Week 17	13500	6000	500	20000
Week 18	9000	5500	500	15000
Week 19	11000	5000	450	16450
Week 20	8000	4000	400	12400
Week 21	6700	4500	400	11600
Week 22	5700	7500	600	13800
Week 23	5000	5800	800	11600
Week 24	4000	5200	1800	11000
Week 25	4000	6300	1600	11900
Week 26	6000	12800	1300	20100
Week 27	5000	16000	600	21600
Cumulative	165850	200100	23250	389200

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Quarterly reports for Nintendo and Sony are only a couple of weeks away and Xbox will be way behind the other two. Vgchartz estimations are pretty accurate these days due to them only updating sales when Circana, European and Japan data is available. for April+May they have NSW: 2.80m, PS5: 2.44m and XBS: 0.71m. For June PS5 will get a bump due to FFXV, NSW will remain steady and Xbox will continue to sell poorly. My prediction for FYQ1 is NSW: 4.10m, PS5 3.90m and XBS 1.10m. This may be the last time that Switch outsells PS5 in a quarter although PS5 could still ship more due to Sony wanting to flood retailers with inventory since in their last report there was only a gap of 2.5m between sold through and shipped.

 

[Unknown?]

I think (and I"m hoping) by the time MS shut COD away from all those PS players, the series will be much less significant. I think the decline already started with the last game. And the rumour about the next one sounds like it'll do long term damage to the brand.

(I've always wanted COD to be a less dominant franchise, years before Acti-Blizz buyout).

That's what I've been thinking. Activision basically put all of their developers on COD, they were in a bad long term position as soon as they rolled Vicarious Visions(and others) into COD development.

They put all their eggs in one basket and only have one franchise that is stable(as of now). They don't have the talent to make good Tony Hawk or Crash games. They only can make good remakes but no one cares about original content in those franchises because they don't compare to the originals.

 

[Dr.brain64]

Pretty much like that since og xbox

 

[demigod]

Still waiting on In Cold Blood about xbox shortages being the reason why sales are low.

 

[Unknown?]

Still waiting on In Cold Blood about xbox shortages being the reason why sales are low.

Give him time, he has to consult with people for the latest excuse.

 

[daxgame]

From Gamereactor, PS5 sales in Spain have exploded in the last 2 weeks due to a limited time price cut promotion.

2023	Switch	PS5	Xbox Series	Cumulative
Week 1	28000	4000	2000	34000
Week 2	5500	2000	500	8000
Week 3	4250	8900	550	13700
Week 4	3650	11100	850	15600
Week 5	4000	8000	800	12800
Week 6	4000	9000	1000	14000
Week 7	4000	8000	1500	13500
Week 8	3000	7500	1000	11500
Week 9	3950	12000	1450	17400
Week 10	3700	10000	900	14600
Week 11	3500	7500	500	11500
Week 12	2900	6000	550	9450
Week 13	4000	7000	1000	12000
Week 14	4000	7500	700	12200
Week 15	4500	7000	500	12000
Week 16	5000	6000	500	11500
Week 17	13500	6000	500	20000
Week 18	9000	5500	500	15000
Week 19	11000	5000	450	16450
Week 20	8000	4000	400	12400
Week 21	6700	4500	400	11600
Week 22	5700	7500	600	13800
Week 23	5000	5800	800	11600
Week 24	4000	5200	1800	11000
Week 25	4000	6300	1600	11900
Week 26	6000	12800	1300	20100
Week 27	5000	16000	600	21600
Cumulative	175850	210100	24250	410200

Just fyi, seems to me that the totals for switch and Xbox don't match the numbers you've put in the columns, albeit slightly

 

[ByWatterson]

Microsoft really isn't kidding that they need ABK to be competitive.

 

[Venom Snake]

Microsoft really isn't kidding that they need ABK to be competitive.

They much more need efficient management in the first place, but have opted for brute force solutions instead. I'm curious how far this will take them.

 

[ByWatterson]

They much more need efficient management in the first place, but have opted for brute force solutions instead. I'm curious how far this will take them.

Yeah, there's a real chance the acquisition will diminish ABK rather than boost Microsoft.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom fue el juego más vendido en España en la primera semana de julio

El juego de Nintendo sigue liderando la lista de los juegos más vendidos en nuestro país, en una semana sin apenas novedades, y en la que PS5 vendió mas de 15.000 unidades.

vandal.elespanol.com

Very few PS5 Digital Edition units being sold for some reason. Are Sony not shipping them at all!?

 

[KaiserBecks]

Wait, Spain prefers Playstation? Who would have guessed that, it's only been like that since the beginning of time?! Stop the presses!

 

[Fake]

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom fue el juego más vendido en España en la primera semana de julio

El juego de Nintendo sigue liderando la lista de los juegos más vendidos en nuestro país, en una semana sin apenas novedades, y en la que PS5 vendió mas de 15.000 unidades.

vandal.elespanol.com

Very few PS5 Digital Edition units being sold for some reason. Are Sony not shipping them at all!?

Even more strange is this stupid rumor of removable disk drive. People love the disc version because PS4 is a huge sucess in his time. PS5 disc version is far more superior due to work with both physical media and digital, not to mention UHD bluray.

Replaying PS4 games still a thing.

 

[balls of snow]

And some people are worried that now with ABK MS would have a monopoly

We have to remember that in the whole EU the split is 80%-20% according to MS. Outside USA and maybe Mexico (at least in the past Mexico was one of the most pro Xbox countries) it's being a blood bath.

Shooters are specially popular in the USA, and Sony is now betting in many 1st and 2nd party shooters. I assume that if one or two of them become super popular can end being a blood bath in NA too. I the ones developed by ex-Halo and Destiny devs (Marathon, Concord) have more numbers.

If marathon takes off, sony could be looking at their cod like revenue right there. Multiplatform with a 70% split profit to sony itself. Cant believe im saying this, I hope bungie nickel and dime their playerbase for all their worth for that game. Battlepasses on top of battlepass up the asscheeks.
And then funnel that revenue to new big sp games and ip.

 

[nowhat]

Very few PS5 Digital Edition units being sold for some reason. Are Sony not shipping them at all!?

Apparently Sony takes (or took, at least) a larger hit on the DE model, so they'd prefer people to buy the disk version. This will obviously change with the upcoming SKU, but it will be a newer design and cheaper to produce.

 

[kazuyamishima]

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom fue el juego más vendido en España en la primera semana de julio

El juego de Nintendo sigue liderando la lista de los juegos más vendidos en nuestro país, en una semana sin apenas novedades, y en la que PS5 vendió mas de 15.000 unidades.

vandal.elespanol.com

Very few PS5 Digital Edition units being sold for some reason. Are Sony not shipping them at all!?

Digital and Disc versions were at the same price, so no point to get a Digital for the same price as a Disc version.

 

[yurinka]

If marathon takes off, sony could be looking at their cod like revenue right there. Multiplatform with a 70% split profit to sony itself. Cant believe im saying this, I hope bungie nickel and dime their playerbase for all their worth for that game. Battlepasses on top of battlepass up the asscheeks.
And then funnel that revenue to new big sp games and ip.

Marathon is a Sony game, so Sony would get 100% of its revenue on PS plus 70% of its revenue in the other platforms.

The Marathon teaser got 19M views in a month only in the official youtube video, meaning it's a hugely anticipated game even if there's only a quick teaser that doesn't show much. Make sure it will be a huge success.

And yes, the money generated will be reinvested in many things, including to fund the development of SP games. As an example, the gaming R&D budget for Sony's current fiscal year is basically all the revenue they generated in the previous fiscal year.

Very few PS5 Digital Edition units being sold for some reason. Are Sony not shipping them at all!?

Normally the % is very different, I assume it's because of the available stock of each SKU. I don't know, maybe they are getting rid of the stock because of the Slim model announcement and release could be pretty close.

Or maybe there was some big discount or great bundle for the disk version, I have no idea.