First-Party games that have sold more than 10M on NSW and PS4 (figures provided by Nintendo and Sony within 2019)
Mario Kart 8 DX (NSW): 22.96 million units as December 2019
Super Smash Bros Ultimate (NSW): 17.68 million units as December 2019
Super Mario Odyssey (NSW): 16.59 million units as December 2019
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild (NSW): 16.34 million units as December 2019
Uncharted 4 (PS4) : 16.2 million units as March 2019
Pokémon Sword/Shield (NSW): 16.06 million units as December 2019
Spider-Man (PS4): 13.2 million units as July 2019
The Last of Us (PS4) : 11.8 million units as March 2019
Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu/Eeve (NSW): 11.73 million units as December 2019
God of War (PS4) : 10.9 million units as March 2019
Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4): 10.0 million units as February 2019
Note that GT Sport 8.2 million figure given out recently is related to users, GT Sport sales should be noticeably lower.
Dante9 said:
You completely overlook Sony's own studios and their first party offerings. And that, my friend, has made a key difference against Microsoft who have been heavily criticized for lack of exclusives(they are addressing it now by building up their own studios, as we know). Third party is the big bulk that brings the most money, but first party is the proposition of why this platform over the other similar one. Sony's exclusives might not pull Nintendo numbers, but they're nothing to scoff at, especially considering that they are up against practically every game out there, whereas Nintendo has a narrower library to offer. |
I'm not sure why you think so.
I've just described the different approach used by Nintendo and Sony/Microsoft in regard on how they manage their consoles.
I've never said that Sony/Microsoft are incapable to deliver popular first-party games (that was untrue even on the first PlayStation when Sony was just at the beginning) nor that third-party games can't sell very well on Nintendo consoles.
Now think for a moment about a hypothetical PlayStation console that for some reasons won't receive strong third-party support.
No Call of Duty, no GTA, no Fifa and so on.
Sony first-party offerings' sales would be negatively impacted by those absence because those huge third-party hits aren't just" the big bulk that brings the most money" they are system sellers.
