244.9m games sold during the past fiscal year. That is the number I find most interesting. I mean, on this site we focus more on hardware, but hardware is a simple number that is easier to track. It's a good benchmark. But software is really what is important. Software is important to gamers, and software is where a company makes it's profits.
On Nintendo's recent financial report they sold 168.7m software units. That tells me that PS4 is still the most popular system in the world right now. Eventually people move on to another system, but most PS4 players have not moved on yet. Given, PS4 has about twice the install base of Switch and it is not selling anywhere near twice the software. Some have moved on to the Switch or at least gotten tired of their PS4 for a while. But still, the bottom line is that PS4 is still the most popular platform in the world right now. It's still selling the most games even if hardware sales have died down.
curl-6 bet me that PS5 + X|S sales would reach 56m before year end 2023 and he was right.
My Bet With curl-6
My Threads:
Master Thread, Game of the Year/Decade
Switch Will Be #1 All Time
Zelda Will Outsell Mario (Achieved)
How Much Will MH Rise sell?
My Bet With Metallox
