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PotentHerbs on 01 November 2021
Kyuu said:

Can you share the source for the 60-62% tilt?

I have no doubt that Series XS has a notably stronger digital bias than PS5, especially more recently.

From what I'm gathering, recent physical splits are in the 68%-90%+ range in Playstation's favor depending on the game. So if last year's digital split (62%) carries over to this year, it should confirm the stronger digital bias on Xbox, which does make sense (between Game Pass discounts and Series S dominating the X, as opposed to PS5DE being dominated by the standard model).

I mean, even if Xbox had higher digital sales, it would need 85/90% of software sales being digital, to make any real difference in these platform sales splits. Sony has about 70ish% of their software sales coming from digital in FY21 for reference. 

But as Eva posted a few pages back, overall third party sales on the Xbox ecosystem has declined, according to Microsoft. 



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ShadowLink93 on 01 November 2021

I remember 360 being so much bigger than PS3 in the UK, if i recall i think 360 had an install base of a touch over 9 million with PS3 having 6 million or just below around 5.9m and the big AAA 3rd party games usually sold much better on 360. Even in the early 8th gen days with all the negative publicity the Xboxone was matching the PS4 but of course it wasn't to last and it is clear that the Xbox brand is a shadow of what it used to be in the UK and this is not a contest anymore.



src on 05 November 2021
ShadowLink93 said:

I remember 360 being so much bigger than PS3 in the UK, if i recall i think 360 had an install base of a touch over 9 million with PS3 having 6 million or just below around 5.9m and the big AAA 3rd party games usually sold much better on 360. Even in the early 8th gen days with all the negative publicity the Xboxone was matching the PS4 but of course it wasn't to last and it is clear that the Xbox brand is a shadow of what it used to be in the UK and this is not a contest anymore.

If you look at this graph you can see that the big increase to Playstation in software is not reflected by the hardware split. COD is at 65% despite the hardware split being only 56%



src on 05 November 2021

GoTG: 82/18
Riders: 72/28



jason1637 on 10 November 2021
src said:

Far Cry 6: 70:30
Alan Wake Remastered: 83:17
Super MonkeyBall: 23:6

Far Cry ended up being 58:42 for its launch month, physical+digital.

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/451436/switch-best-selling-console-in-the-uk-in-october-following-oled-launch/



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src on 11 November 2021

It finally happened.

COD Vanguard: 70/30

Fortnite Pack: 43/24



src on 11 November 2021
jason1637 said:
src said:

Far Cry 6: 70:30
Alan Wake Remastered: 83:17
Super MonkeyBall: 23:6

Far Cry ended up being 58:42 for its launch month, physical+digital.

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/451436/switch-best-selling-console-in-the-uk-in-october-following-oled-launch/

Didn't know biz did monthly reports, wonder if we can get more data on splits now. Will check previous months to see.



jason1637 on 11 November 2021
src said:
jason1637 said:

Far Cry ended up being 58:42 for its launch month, physical+digital.

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/451436/switch-best-selling-console-in-the-uk-in-october-following-oled-launch/

Didn't know biz did monthly reports, wonder if we can get more data on splits now. Will check previous months to see.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/search?q=UK+Monthly+Charts



kirby007 on 11 November 2021

I think kyuu killed the thread



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