Hardware 9/13/2014 PS4 does 472k and Xbox One 172k + Global Software

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chocoloco said:

MRKs said:

Huge numbers for PS4. HUGE

In hardware PS4 dominated the Xbone but in software not so much. I am surprised by how little difference there is between Destiny Ps4 vs XboxOne. I expected a wider gap, and if we combine Destiny Xbox vs Destiny PS, the gap is even smaller. (In US, of course)

The USA does not have a ton more PS4s sold than x1s.

And there is no reason to be surprised, it's all there in the data. The sales ratio of Destiny on PS4 to Destiny on Xb one is 1.26:1 the US LTD sales ratio of PS4:Xb1 is

... drum roll please

Ta daaaaa! 1.26:1!

Amazingly, Destiny sold exactly proportionately according to the install base of each console. If there is to be any surprise, it's the fact that it is almost exactly proportional. I think most people, including me, would have picked a higher attach rate for Xb one. That bit of data tells me that the Destiny deal Sony did with Acti had a significant effect. If the game had been marketed with no console bias at all in the advertising I reckon we'd have seen Xb one with pretty close to the same, and possibly even higher Destiny sales numbers.

Of course this is on the understanding that VGC software numbers carry a significant error, so we can't truly know the relative sales of each version, except for "a lot"