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Jaywood2010 on 18 October 2013

I know there is quite the commotion going on right now about DriveClub being delayed and saying it is going to hurt Sony but in reality it is going to effect PS4's sold at the very minimum.

First off it isn't much of a system seller.  Look at the Pre-order chart and it isn't even ranked in the U.S. as an example http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders/41560/USA/ Then again you may say VGC is inaccurate at times.  Well a lot of feedback on the game hasn't been astounding either getting a lot of mixed reactions early on.  Maybe having the extra time they can fix why people are having these mixed reactions.

Now it won't effect them in america "much".  Maybe in Europe where racing is a little more popular but I really don't expect it to move PS4 in the holidays in Europe either.  Sony has gained a lot of its sales primarily for the reason that it is "Sony"  and the promise of "Sony Games" side by side with Microsoft making mistakes early on.  This lead to a lot of preorder numbers.   And I expect them to continue with the momentum based off hype through out the holidays.

Of course people may have been looking forward to games as well, don't read what I said wrong, but what i am trying to say is that regardless of what Sony releases or doesn't release this holiday they will do well due to great PR, hype, and the pricing of PS4. (And of course 3rd party sided with Killzone helps)

Conclusion

PS4 will sell a great amount with or without DriveClub as I don't see it being the reason people are buying the PS4 anyways (This holiday).




       

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kupomogli on 18 October 2013

In a post in the other thread I said that one reason it may have been delayed is so it looks as if Sony is publishing more games.  There's already a large number of games coming out on launch, so people won't really miss one game when there's 10+ retail titles for both consoles. Early next year when there's less coming out, one extra game there instead of launch will look like they're supporting the system more.

Also, maybe Sony thinks the few people who are interested will instead get Gran Turismo 6 or Need For Speed Rivals.



Jaywood2010 on 18 October 2013
kupomogli said:

In a post in the other thread I said that one reason it may have been delayed is so it looks as if Sony is publishing more games.  There's already a large number of games coming out on launch, so people won't really miss one game when there's 10+ retail titles for both consoles. Early next year when there's less coming out, one extra game there instead of launch will look like they're supporting the system more.


I mentioned that as well somewhere.  Both in chat and on VGC.  Sony really doesn't have much announced for the first half of next year and I expect a significant dropoff after the holidays because of that.  They have InFamous but that is all we know of. (As far as I am aware)




       

Munkeh111 on 18 October 2013

It will effect some people on the fence, but really people should be looking long term anyway rather than JUST considering the launch titles

It does seem to have pushed some people away from PS4, but not that many at all



TheFallen on 18 October 2013

To be honest with the Watchdogs' delay I was looking at Driveclub as the replacement. Now that both are Spring '14 I probably wont bother with Driveclub as i'll be busy with inFamous and the like. I hate to say it, but the Driveclub delay will probably hurt its' sales more than help it, better product or not.



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Jaywood2010 on 18 October 2013
TheFallen said:
To be honest with the Watchdogs' delay I was looking at Driveclub as the replacement. Now that both are Spring '14 I probably wont bother with Driveclub as i'll be busy with inFamous and the like. I hate to say it, but the Driveclub delay will probably hurt its' sales more than help it, better product or not.


Yeah it could hurt DriveClub a bit due to releasing outside of the holiday with that early high attach ratio from new console releases.  But it won't hurt PS4 much is what i was trying to say.  




       

Mmmfishtacos on 18 October 2013

Preorders where low because it was a ps+ game. Most people would have got that and upgraded to the full version if they liked it. But I agree, wont do much harm to ps4 sales.



landguy1 on 18 October 2013

Like has been said, The PS4 was selling out this holiday anyway.



Jaywood2010 on 18 October 2013
pezus said:
Thinking about it, this delay is probably for the best. The game will definitely benefit, as will the sales. GT won't cannibalize it. Remember that Motorstorm sold really well when it released in early 2007 in the West.

Barely did anything first holiday 

1 MotorStorm PS3 2006 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 1.50 1.56 0.06 0.66 3.78

Global First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week EndingWeekWeeklyChangeTotal
16th December 2006 1 17,234 N/A 17,234
23rd December 2006 2 9,670 -43.9% 26,904
30th December 2006 3 7,315 -24.4% 34,219
06th January 2007 4 7,818 6.9% 42,037
13th January 2007 5 3,485 -55.4% 45,522
20th January 2007 6 2,670 -23.4% 48,192
27th January 2007 7 2,089 -21.8% 50,281
03rd February 2007 8 1,764 -15.6% 52,045
10th February 2007 9 1,356 -23.1% 53,401
17th February 2007 10 1,195 -11.9% 54,596

Global Annual Summary (Units)

YearYearlyChangeTotal
2006 34,219 N/A 34,219
2007 2,448,530 7,055.5% 2,482,749
2008 1,035,152 -57.7% 3,517,901
2009 91,462 -91.2% 3,609,363
2010 33,603 -63.3% 3,642,966
2011 70,033 108.4% 3,712,999
2012 44,655 -36.2% 3,757,654
2013 23,557 -47.2% 3,781,211



       

TheFallen on 18 October 2013
JayWood2010 said:
TheFallen said:
To be honest with the Watchdogs' delay I was looking at Driveclub as the replacement. Now that both are Spring '14 I probably wont bother with Driveclub as i'll be busy with inFamous and the like. I hate to say it, but the Driveclub delay will probably hurt its' sales more than help it, better product or not.


Yeah it could hurt DriveClub a bit due to releasing outside of the holiday with that early high attach ratio from new console releases.  But it won't hurt PS4 much is what i was trying to say.  



Yeah it will have little to no effect on PS4's holiday performance. The people who really wanted Driveclub will still get it come release, but since it's not a launch title I wont be getting it , as other games that i'd rather purchase will be released by then.