It means that there is still a giant untapped market for PS5 console sales.
Wonder how much of that is related to the covid pandemic and lockdowns.Down about 6 mil subs in two years.
I’m still buying games on the PSN store. Got Killer is Dead and Puppeteer this year. I hope my PS3 never dies.Nice PS3 numbers. I still use mine.
Subs? This is MAU. They wish they had 108M subs.Down about 6 mil subs in two years.
Subs? This is MAU. They wish they had 108M subs.
I just changed my desk setup and I now have room to have mine always connected, so many stuff you can't play anywhere else. Well, I suppose there's always emulation, but I'd rather have original hardware if I can.I’m still buying games on the PSN store. Got Killer is Dead and Puppeteer this year. I hope my PS3 never dies.
I’m still buying games on the PSN store. Got Killer is Dead and Puppeteer this year. I hope my PS3 never dies.
You do need to put money on your wallet though the PS5. At least, that’s how I’m doing it.I just changed my desk setup and I now have room to have mine always connected, so many stuff you can't play anywhere else. Well, I suppose there's always emulation, but I'd rather have original hardware if I can.
How does buying on the PS3 store work? Can you buy directly or do you need to put credits from a modern platform and use those?
Oh, yeah. I have a US account and have classics like PS1 Silent Hill, Tomb Raider and Resident Evil 2 and I play them like god intended. I never tried using the Blu-ray player for old PS1 games.It also has a far better BC support with PS1
I just changed my desk setup and I now have room to have mine always connected, so many stuff you can't play anywhere else. Well, I suppose there's always emulation, but I'd rather have original hardware if I can.
How does buying on the PS3 store work? Can you buy directly or do you need to put credits from a modern platform and use those?
you have to load a gift card on your ps4 or ps5, the funds will be there on ps3. credit cards no longer work.I just changed my desk setup and I now have room to have mine always connected, so many stuff you can't play anywhere else. Well, I suppose there's always emulation, but I'd rather have original hardware if I can.
How does buying on the PS3 store work? Can you buy directly or do you need to put credits from a modern platform and use those?
I dont know and i dont care. When i play games, and new games on my console i'am happy.
Subs? This is MAU. They wish they had 108M subs.
IIRC PlayStation said that they have like 30% new users who never had PS4. But I don't remember exact figures, there was also something similar with XSS IIRC, so I might mix up numbers.And no wonder people are still making PS4 games. Also it seems PS5 sales are essentially the people who used to have PS4.
They did mention that, but those are basically those who were lost post Xbox One era and did not buy Xbox Series (basically just some marketshare from Xbox), but this MAU numbers show that by and large those console sales don't change much for Sony.IIRC PlayStation said that they have like 30% new users who never had PS4. But I don't remember exact figures, there was also something similar with XSS IIRC, so I might mix up numbers.
These numbers are from February 2023 so the number of ps5s out in the wild would have been lower then 40 million.37M on a universe of less than 50M consoles sold is incredible
The spikes are in December and January, not January and February.I wonder why there are spikes on january and february? holidays I guess?
And no wonder people are still making PS4 games. Also it seems PS5 sales are essentially the people who used to have PS4.
What am i looking at?
Recap of OPs chart I did in excel.What am i looking at?
Jan 21 there were 6m PS3, 102m PS4, 6m PS5 people using PSN. Jan 23 there are 2m PS3, 76m PS4 and 36m PS5 using PSN. Overall MAU did not change - just shuffled a little bit. It is fascinating.What am i looking at?
Pandemic inflation basically.Down about 6 mil subs in two years.
Switched out the HDD to an SSD and downloaded a ton of games from my purchase list. The system is still functional and I seriously miss the XMB layout from this era.Me too. Hooked up my PS3 a couple of months ago and started buying a lot of games on the store out of fear when Sony threatened to close it. PS3 has a great library of games that are still stuck on the console. It also has a far better BC support with PS1 and PS2 than PS4 and 5 has. I love my PS3. Probably the best console Sony has made, although PS5 is pretty damn good too.
They have sold a lot of ps5 in the 10 months since this.I’m still buying games on the PSN store. Got Killer is Dead and Puppeteer this year. I hope my PS3 never dies.
Also, PS5 is still so far from PS4 number of active users. Surprised Spider-Man 2 was not cross-gen taking into account their sales expectations.
Switched out the HDD to an SSD and downloaded a ton of games from my purchase list. The system is still functional and I seriously miss the XMB layout from this era.
Some day I'll be an 80 year old man and my ps3 slim will still be hooked up to a screen and the grandkids will love it.I’m still buying games on the PSN store. Got Killer is Dead and Puppeteer this year. I hope my PS3 never dies.
Also, PS5 is still so far from PS4 number of active users. Surprised Spider-Man 2 was not cross-gen taking into account their sales expectations.
Don’t know about the PS3 drop-off compared to PS4, but PS5 is tracking roughly inline with PS4 launch-aligned total sales (one week behind) and substantially ahead on comparative monthly sales.PS5 barely mustering half of the PS4 base midway through the Gen?
Was it like this with PS3 midway through the PS4 Gen? This will always been remembered as the most impotent console generation. Might have been bad enough to kill the medium. Not gaming, but physical consoles and defined gens.
God Steam is a behemoth compared to Playstation now, a far Cry from the PS2 and PS3 eras. Steam monthly active users only continues to increase, back in the day it was a feat to reach 10 million MAUs but not by bit Steam has only grown and now it has north of 120mil. I don't see Playstation ever catching up because every new console generation they start at 0.
Console user base for MS/Sony/Nintendo collectively hasn't grown. It actually peaked during the 360/Wii/PS3/handheld days. Dropped and then leveled off. It's basically gamers just trading up to new hardware or swapping platforms.God Steam is a behemoth compared to Playstation now, a far Cry from the PS2 and PS3 eras. Steam monthly active users only continues to increase, back in the day it was a feat to reach 10 million MAUs but not by bit Steam has only grown and now it has north of 120mil. I don't see Playstation ever catching up because every new console generation they start at 0.