TheBraveGallade said:
TheBlackNaruto said:
Well since HZD came out Feb 28th I am sure it didn't chart in Feb seeing as NPD for Feb was from Jan29th- Feb 25th lol. And yes HZD was below Zelda in March but was still number 4 lol. Still in the top 15 in April and we don't know HZD sales for May(or I just can't find them) but in Feb the PS4 was basically flat compared to 2016 then in March and April PS4 was up YOY oddly the two months that HZD sold its best and would have been up over May but seeing as May had UC4 last year it is understandable as to why it wasn't. So again you can't say that HZD was not pushing or did not push sales.
I am not even sure if you are really following sales or not because you have once again said PS4 is on the decline yet it was Flat in Feb, up in March, up in April, Falt in May and up in June and Up overall YOY so why do you consistently say the PS4 is on the decline when ALL signs and sales numbers point to the exact oppoosite? Then you give Zelda the it is always in the top 10 if not top 20 for Japan but HZD being always in the top 20 in the US since release is not mentioned like it just fell off all together or something. HZD is usually always in the top 10 in Europe so yes the game is selling well and clearly a helping cause in moving systems.
So you think Sony games don't move systems? And you say it is a weakness? I am sure games like HZD, UC, GOW, TLOU, Gran Turismo etc move systems. And because Sony gets help from havign great 3rd party support you are acting like that is some kind of weakness lol. I will never understand that logic....having great 3rd party support AND great 1st/2nd part software is what moves Sony systems and is why they always have such good sales every gen. They have balance....every game that they make outside of cinematic walking games is a weaker version of another game wow that's a deep statement but to each his/her own I guess. Your issue is you are looking for 1 or 2 specific games but the strength of Sony has ALWAYS been in their diversity with games. HZD, NIOH, Persona 5, Nier, Crash etc these games all together push the systems and help drive the sales. That is the identiy of Sony their diversity....
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literally the only reason sony survives is because of third party.
ninty's first party is good enough that it can practically live isolated and still pull 13 milion, and even the wii U didn't have ninty's FULL focus. half of ninty went to the 3ds, and it still didn't become a vita scale disaster. it remained, even if only a tiny bit, relevent in the market, while handily staying ahead of the ps4 in japan untill last october.
sony first party can't do that.
plus with the loss of the portable market a LOT of japanese vita gamers and publishers will migrate to either mobile or switch (or both).
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It is always interesting to hear that.....I can't say for sure or not if Sony could survive only on 1st party games.....why because they are not in the same situation as Nintendo. Nintendo HAS to survive off of mostly only 1st party because they have so little major 3rd party support. Sony does not have that same issue and is not in that position where they would HAVE to survive off of basically 1st party support alone. Who knows if they could or couldn't if they HAD to do so......for now we will never know.
