Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - 14th - 20th August 2017

[Mnementh]

Lawlight said:

Mnementh said:

Indeed, Square already pointed in that direction. But I talked about percentages, and as both are only physical it shows a somewhat slower legs on PS4 - which surprises me. Both are well established platforms with high install base, both should have high initial sales and sharp dropoffs. Legs are either word of mouth or new owners of the console getting the game. Also picking up the game on special occasions, like holidays. As both sell the same amount of new units and userbase is for both pretty much established, better legs must be better word of mouth. Or a statistical hiccup for one week. Who knows, we'll see.

Well, one platform's install base is 4 times the other. I would say PS4 owners are more likely to buy digital versions which decreases the number of people buying it physically.

Except you want to tell me that the percentage of buyers this week of total totally differs digital and physical this changes nothing about my calculation on the legs of the games on different platforms. To explain more: I don't talk about absolute numbers, I talk about which percentage of customers bought the game first week and which part bought it later. How much bought the game at all is irrelevant for this. Better or worse legs can be seen for well-received games as well as for niche games.