Global Hardware June 14 to 20 - The Last of Us Part II Boosts PS4 Sales

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trunkswd said:

Ka-pi96 said:
How does this compare to the Final Fantasy 7 PS4 boost?

Although I've gotta say I still find it crazy that a new game can boost sales this late in a console's life.

It is hard to compare the two games as when FF7R released it was still early on during the pandemic and game sales in April were crazy. VGChartz estimates have the PS4 selling 257,183 units the week before FF7R released and 551,388 units during the week it launched. The Last of Us Part II helped boost PS4 sales from 210,236 units to 280,102 units.

Just thinking about the two games, I'd expect FF7 R to boost hardware more even without the pandemic.  In fact, I think TLoU2 will sell more software units, but FF7 R is still the type of game to move more hardware.  There are a lot of old FF7 fans out there who may have otherwise skipped the PS4 except for FF7 Remake.  Twenty three years is plenty of time for someone to gradually drift away from gaming only to come back for a key game.  On the other hand, PS4 already has plenty of cinematic action games including a port of the first TLoU.  Obviously, having another big cinemetic action game still boosts sales, but the boost is diminished.