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Nuvendil on 22 January 2019
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PotentHerbs said:
zorg1000 said:

No system sellers in 2015? Did you not look at the OP? It had over twice as many games chart in NPD, had a permanent price cut and an additional black friday discount.

Also the price argument doesnt make much sense since they are devices with completely different form factors, specs and features.

How many of those games that charted are considered system sellers? I'd say only COD & MGS. Pokemon + Smash are bigger regardless. 

I forgot about the temporary price cuts in 2015 though.

Arkham Knight was a system seller at  launch and they had marketing rights for it and a bundle.  And in addition to COD there was Fallout 4, which was huge, and Battlefront which was huge at launch and they once again had marketing rights and a bundle.  And in February there was Evolve and The Order which were both disappointments in quality but had really big levels of hype that contributed to very high initial sales and moved hardware.  Nearly every major month the PS4 had was accompanied by hyped up large scale releases that moved hardware.  And on top of that there were deals and pricecuts too.  You can't look much at how good games were when discussing sales.  The only thing that matters is whether it moved hardware.  And while Arkham Knight, Battlefront, Fallout 4, Evolve, and The Order were all regarded as disappointing or inferior to their predecessors, they all moved hardware.