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[RetroGamingUK]

This news is there in the main Sony Q3 thread but I thought was worth talking about in a separate thread.

Where do we think most of these new users are coming from?

Are they primarily coming from emerging markets like India, China etc..?

Are they coming from Xbox users who have migrated or are they coming from new folks who are entering gaming for the first time in established gaming markets like US?

42% of PS5 purchases in the quarter were new users.

 

[Klayzer]

A combination of all three, i suppose. Slaps down that contrived "hur dur, PS is not growing."

 

[Felessan]

PC

 

[Skifi28]

I wonder if the "no growth" narrative will continue.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

I wonder if the "no growth" narrative will continue.

Well Xbox hardware sales are plumetting

And PS5 is now and Xbox

So IGN

 

[Duchess]

Ex-box gamers.

 

[Banjo64]

People who didn’t use their PS4 for years and have forgot their PSN details.

 

[tmlDan]

I thought they’d go to PC, that’s what everyone says, like how cheap and accessible PC is now lol

 

[MayauMiao]

Xbox users since they are told that Xbox is on everything.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

The answer should be obvious

(D) All of the Above

Video gaming is a growing market and will continue to be as long as the population of the world is continuously increasing

 

[Robb]

42% of PS5 purchases from Sony's latest record breaking quarter has come from new users. Where do we think these users are coming from?

 

[kazuyamishima]

People who didn’t use their PS4 for years and have forgot their PSN details.

 

[Yoboman]

I reckon there's a not insignificant number of people too dumb to carry over accounts from PS4 and just start new ones. Maybe don't even realise the system has backwards compatibility

 

[nowhat]

Missing poll option: Ass of Can Whooping has been really putting in the hours.

 

[jm89]

I bet these stats scare the shit out of Xbox, they've been desperately trying to get Xbox users moved over to pc instead of playstation, it's the current marching orders for the shills.

 

[Fabieter]

People who didn’t use their PS4 for years and have forgot their PSN details.

Actually there are quite a few of them.

 

[yogaflame]

Are these from PC users? Is it possible they got attracted to PS console?

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Actually there are quite a few of them.

Considering backwards compatibility and large digital libraries, I doubt the figure is as high as you hoped.

 

[lh032]

Pcmr refugees after gpu price increase

 

[cormack12]

Probably gta online players

 

[Fabieter]

Considering backwards compatibility and large digital libraries, I doubt the figure is as high as you hoped.

Some people don't even have online accounts so hard to know the actual figures I guess

 

[onQ123]

Kids

 

[Parazels]

The poll is biased.

Where are pc-minorities, leaving their sinking ship?

 

[Killjoy-NL]

All three, but PC vs PS is negligible and as new gens jump on, older people fall off.

We all know that between PS and Xbox, people from one side always switch to the other each gen.


So really, the answer is pretty obvious.

 

[Senua]

The poll is biased.

Where are pc-minorities, leaving their sinking ship?

Found sweet tooth's alt

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I bet these stats scare the shit out of Xbox, they've been desperately trying to get Xbox users moved over to pc instead of playstation, it's the current marching orders for the shills.

Conceptually it never made sense to begin with, PC gamers and console gamers have always a single circle on the Venn diagram

 

[Hudo]

I mean, Sony are pushing China stuff quite hard, so I imagine that this has a positive effect on the sales over there.

 

[SHA]

Euros big kids telling little kids to buy the blue box for whatever reason no one knows except euro countries.

 

[Player Respawn]

I waited to buy a PS5 Pro this generation, and bought a good amount of games for it that quarter. So maybe it’s users like me that boosted those sales

 

[Mokus]

Mainly China because of Black Myth Wukong.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

PS4 cemented itself as the only game box for TV worth owning, so it’s not a stretch to think that we’re finally seeing Xbox peeps migrating over. It will accelerate too. Especially now.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

I waited to buy a PS5 Pro this generation, and bought a good amount of games for it that quarter. So maybe it’s users like me that boosted those sales

Are you a first time PlayStation owner though?

 

[Player Respawn]

Are you a first time PlayStation owner though?

Naw, same account since ps3… I was thinking new ps5 users, not new overall user of PlayStation. Never mind then lol

 

[Loboxxx]

Possible buyer of Xbox, with the latest moves to become a Third party, they become buyers of Playstation, which without much effort has become the console that has all the games, except those of Nintendo.

 

[ElFenomeno]

A combination of all three most likely.

 

[Madserb2023]

Xbox.

 

[yogaflame]

Looks like PS can really be now considered as a pop culture. Its like every home needs to have a PS console.

 

[peish]

Xbox sinking ship

 

[Kerotan]

Their mother's womb.

 

[David Ricardo]

I would add to the poll a "people who don´t remember their psn id password" option

 

[mdkirby]

Yeah this shouldn’t really be a binary vote poll, it’s all 3

 

[intheinbetween]

PS4 users most likely

 

[PeteBull]

Yeah this shouldn’t really be a binary vote poll, it’s all 3

its mostly xbox most faithfull tho, probably 90% of new users jumped the sinking xbox ship xD

 

[KungFucius]

A combination of all three, i suppose. Slaps down that contrived "hur dur, PS is not growing."

They just posted data showing they are basically flat in units from PS4. The only growth comes in selling more games at higher prices and services to the same size user base. And of course whatever they are doing on PC.

The fact that they are not bigger than PS5 in terms of units when Xbox is smaller is concerning.

 

[Horseganador]

But if IGN said that PS5 sales were plummeting, 9.5 million in a quarter is a beastly number, another year selling more than 20 million consoles...and this GTAVI.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Impossible to say. If like 0.0000000000000000001% of Indians suddently feel compelled to buy a PS5, you'll probably get that kind of uptick and then some.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

42% of PS5 purchases in the quarter were new users.

Check the *2. The very fact this is so specific tells you there is something behind it, and Sony probably knows what. Regional pricing discrepancy and taking advantage of it would be my guess.

 

[Klayzer]

They just posted data showing they are basically flat in units from PS4. The only growth comes in selling more games at higher prices and services to the same size user base. And of course whatever they are doing on PC.

The fact that they are not bigger than PS5 in terms of units when Xbox is smaller is concerning.

Maybe in your mind, over 40% new users last quarter isn't growth, but in actual reality it is. So, continue on with make believe, I guess.

 

[EN250]

Kids are born every day, older gaming dads leaving all the gear for their kids make them invest in the hobby, I don't think China and other big emerging markets give a shit about consoles to the point of buying in droves

 

[midnightAI]

Where is the option for 'people finally moving on from PS4'?

(the answer of course is..... many factors not just one)