NPD: RETAIL US Life-to-Date Software Sales (In $$$) X1/PS4/WiiU Comparisons!

[DanneSandin]

Intrinsic said:

DanneSandin said:

To be fair, why would the ratio between 1st party and 3rd party be any different for digital?

OP nice find! This tells us what we already know though; 3rd party is what drives X1 and PS4 sales and Nintendo fans only buy Nintendo games. But Im a little surprised to see that X1 is selling more 1st party games than PS4; is it due to instal base lr something?

You are not looking athe facts properly, nor the overall bigger picture. To answer both your questions.

The ratio is bound to be different because the NPD not tracking digital sales means that it does not track any of those games that are digital only releases. Thats kinda a big deal in this day and age. Especially when you consider the amount of indie titles that are only on the PS4 and the fact that a lot of people from cerain territories prefer to buy their games digitally cause its cheaper for them. Take me for instance, I have an american PS account, but do not stay in NA. Buying a game digitally costs what it cost, buying a physical copy where I stay will cost as much as $80.

And why XB1 first party sells more than PS4, its because up until november, what you had with the XB1 was a dedicated userbase. Majority of the people that bought an XB1 got it for either titanfall, halo:MCC or sunset overdrive. Peopel buying a console for thirdparties will usually get a PS4.

In all honesty, as far as that data is concerned, the only thing that matters is who sells the most software all round, cause that is directly proportional to who is making the most money. The PS4 being the better 3rd party console is also pretty important, but thats another story.

As far as indies goes on PS4, most of them are 3rd party games, and that means even less 1st party games were bought compared to 3rd party, no? What I was trying to say is, there shouldn't be much of a difference between how 3rd and 1st party games are bought; I quite doubtful that 1st or 3rd party games sell better in retail shops or digital stores. If anything, 3rd party games should do even better digitally since that's how indie games are bough.