-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
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?
- Thread starter RetroGamingUK
- Start date
midnightAI
Member
Sorry, misread the OP, still, it will be a variety of factors, not just one individual factor
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
Sony stock up 9% today on the back of the performance of PlayStation... Getting close to pandemic highs before Microsoft bought ABK and continued performance like this will put them at historic highs.
TLOU Season 2 is basically the start of phase 2 of their transmedia strategy. We're going to see what low level efforts like Until Dawn can result in.
TLOU Season 2 is basically the start of phase 2 of their transmedia strategy. We're going to see what low level efforts like Until Dawn can result in.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Ah yes, the "collapsing console market" rears its head yet again.
blacktout
Member
It's absolutely all three, but, given that this quarter included Christmas, you have to imagine that "the next generation of kids" is probably the biggest of the three provided options, since this is the quarter when the vast majority of new gamers get their first console.
Emerging markets are definitely huge too though, as many others have pointed out.
I'm not sure about Xbox user migration, since a lot of that already happened last gen and at the beginning of this gen, though you have to imagine you had some consumers who ditched their Series X for a PS5 Pro, especially since Microsoft isn't producing a comparable product.
Emerging markets are definitely huge too though, as many others have pointed out.
I'm not sure about Xbox user migration, since a lot of that already happened last gen and at the beginning of this gen, though you have to imagine you had some consumers who ditched their Series X for a PS5 Pro, especially since Microsoft isn't producing a comparable product.
Last edited:
Putonahappyface
Member
My money is on the Xbox sinking ship. I know two people that recently bought a PS5.
Astray
Member
While obviously it’s all of the above there might also be some PC to PS5 migration going on. The combination of PC hardware getting way more expensive, the release of the Pro, and now the knowledge of all MS games coming day one makes an even stronger argument for getting a PS5 as your one gaming device.
If this is the case then it would also be extremely ironic considering all the FUD about how the PS market has dried up and how Sony needs to embrace PC to grow their audience.
If this is the case then it would also be extremely ironic considering all the FUD about how the PS market has dried up and how Sony needs to embrace PC to grow their audience.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Get lost with your nonsense.
>The combination of hardware getting way more expensive.
You mean high-end hardware? Because mid-tier and low-end stuff where the majority of customers are, haven't seen a substantial price hike. You can still get 4060s, 4060 Tis, 7700 XT, etc, for a decent price. No one looks for a 5090, sees the price, and decides to settle for a PS5 Pro. It's only Gaffers who think this ridiculous scenario is relevant.
>Xbox games day 1.
And those are? Not that it matters because Xbox games don't even sell that well on PC. Their biggest game is Forza if I'm not mistake and although it sells well, it coming to PS5 won't convince anyone to move there.
lol, the nerve. The irony is that your ilk peddles a gloom and doom scenario in which Sony is killing their console business with their PC ports. It has been 4 1/2 years and lo and behold, the PS brand is as healthy as ever. Not enough for little warriors though, now they have make up a scenario where the price of a 5090 is relevant to a console buyer. Hilarious.
Both PC and PS5 are doing well. As is Nintendo. The only one not doing well is Xbox. Yeah, a $2500 5090 sucks, but thankfully, 95% of PC gamers won't ever consider it. I know you would love a reality where PC is sinking and everyone is jumping ship to the PS5, but it isn't the one we live in.
Last edited:
NicolasBai
Neo Member
Blackmyth Wukong came out. It drive HW sales in China.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
Member
Stay with us. "New users"
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Why would they bother switching at this point? Unless there is still a sizeable xbone audience left I would imagine most people wouldn't bother switching until the next round of consoles, like they probably did at the beginning of the PS4/xbone gen.
Not really, there’s millions of new young gamers every year, wukong massively spiked PlayStation sales in China. I could be wrong but it’ll in my opinion be much more equal than that.
RetroGamingUK
Member
This is based on PSN accounts
Similar threads
- Poll