Alex747 said:
Let's compare software sales of both the PS5 and WiiU to get an idea about the PS5 artificial hardware sales.
15 (all) PS5 games across 9 months of sales -23./17. [PS5] Resident Evil Village # (Capcom) {2021.05.08} (Â¥7.990) - 53.953 -29./00. [PS5] Demon's Souls (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.11.12} (Â¥7.900) 51.796 -28./00. [PS5] Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales # (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.11.12} (Â¥5.900) - 43.692 -19./02. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Square Enix) {2021.06.10} (Â¥8.980) - 23.491 -17./03. [PS5] Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2021.06.11} (Â¥7.900) - 17.850 -28./19. [PS5] Judgment (Sega) {2021.04.23} (Â¥1.800) - 14.749 -05./00. [PS5] Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2021.08.20} (Â¥7.900) - 13.745 / NEW -26./09. [PS5] Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2021.06.24} (Â¥8.200) - 12.785 -23./15. [PS5] Returnal (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2021.04.30} (Â¥7.900) - 9.148 -19./00. [PS5] Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.11.13} (Â¥8.800) - 6.045 / NEW -21./00. [PS5] Godfall # (Playism) {2020.11.12} (Â¥7.900) - 5.342 / NEW -25./00. [PS5] Assassin's Creed: Valhalla # (Ubisoft) {2020.11.12} (Â¥8.400) - 4.227 / NEW -22./00. [PS5] Guilty Gear: Strive # (Arc System Works) {2021.06.11} (Â¥7.800) - 3.547 / NEW -19./00. [PS5] Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Sega) {2021.03.02} (Â¥5.990) - 2.861 / NEW -20./00. [PS5] Outriders (Square Enix) {2021.04.01} (Â¥7.980) - 2.431 / NEW Total: 265,662
Two of Wii U's games just on launch day -02./00. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (Â¥5.985) - 163.528 / NEW -04./00. [WIU] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2012.12.08} (Â¥4.800) - 106.388 / NEW Total: 269.916
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I'm not sure what you mean about artificial hardware sales, but I also think that digital cannot be discounted. The Wii U as a platform did not have strong digital sales, but the PS4 (and subsequently the PS5) do. That said, even if digital/physical is a 50/50 split, the PS5 is still underperforming.