According to Naughty Dog's own research, around 80 percent ofPlayStation 4 owners have never played an Uncharted game. That's part of the reason why the developer says in a new interview that it believes the upcoming PS4 compilation packUncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection can be successful.

"It's pretty massive," Naughty Dog's Eric Monacelli said in aninterview with MCV about the pool of PS4 owners who have never played any game in the action-adventure series. "We did a lot of research and discovered that about 80 percent of the people that own a PS4 have never played Uncharted, period. That was one of the reasons why we thought remastering it would be a good idea."

Sony said previously that almost 50 percent of PS4 owners never purchased a PS3. To accommodate those owners who are new to the PlayStation ecosystem, executive Andrew Housepreviously said that Sony was looking to remaster back-catalog games for the PS4. Sony has already released remastered versions of PS3 games God of War 3 and The Last of Us. Looking ahead, the company recently said it would consider a Killzone HD compilation, while other franchises are also being considered.

Overall, Monacelli said Naughty Dog's expectations for The Nathan Drake Collection "are high." Sony is putting some heavy marketing weight behind it, too, as the company has created a TV ad for the game using Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion." The ad plays regularly during primetime programming in the US.

The Nathan Drake Collection, which includes 1080p/60fps versions of the PS3 games Drake's Fortune, Among Thieves, andDrake's Deception (but not PS Vita title Golden Abyss), was developed by Bluepoint Games, not Naughty Dog. It launches on October 9 and also comes with access to the Uncharted 4: A Thief's End multiplayer beta, which begins in December.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/80-of-ps4-owners-never-played-uncharted-naughty-do/1100-6431231/

i dont know if i can believe that

I haven't either and I have Uncharted for PS3 😗

That's a silly thing to write an article on. Assuredly 80% of PS3 owners never played uncharted either, which is the only platform those games were on, so obviously it would be lower on the PS4.

Considering 21 million Uncharted sales (all combined), 85.9 million ps3 sales (vgchartz) = 75% never played an Uncharted game. 50% of ps4 owners didn't own a ps3, 25.4 / 2 = 12.7 million plus 75% of the other half is a total of 22.2 million potential ps4 customers that never played Uncharted or 87% of the current ps4 install base.

I can do math too.

I'm part of that 80%.

Your math doesn't account for people buying multiple consoles if one broke or getting a new slim model. Multiple PS3's being in the household but only 1 game being purchased for all of them to share between their consoles. And more people playing Uncharted than units sold because of borrowing from friends and used games. And that that also 21 million sales could be between 7 million people who bought all 3.

Basically you can't determine shit from looking at numbers and actually have to conduct "a lot of research".

i would say 80% is on the lower end, 90% is possible too.

All true, but do you really think the marketing department did any real 'research'
"Let's round it down to 80%, sounds nice, let's say that and we're back in the news" Tweet

It's a pointless statement anyway, 99% of ps4 owners haven't played Haze. Even better candidate for a remaster!

If the Haze 2 Sequel trailers/gameplay has 20 million views on youtube you better bet that shit would be remastered.