greenmedic88 on 27 February 2012
| ProdigyBam said: Still, 3000 ratings translate to at least 3000 digital sales, dont they? Lets say 1 in 3 persons who buy a game also rate it on the PS Store, that means about 8-10k digital sales, thats 20-25% of what the game sold in stores (according to Media Create sales), thats actually much more than I thought :) |
Yes, every rating = a sale as only people who own the game (to include licenses that were given away) can rate games.
I don't know about the whole ratings numbers vs. buyers ratios though. I've bought close to 100 games on PSN and I don't remember actually rating any of them. It's not a regular behavior for me anyway.
So unless the typical PSN user is different from me, that ratings/licenses sold ratio could be much, much higher.
What's really interesting about the PSV as a platform is that it is the first new platform for which full retail titles can be purchased via DD since release. What's even more interesting will be consumer buying trends in the DD vs. retail sales ratios. Without SCE numbers, it's going to be a lot of speculation.
