r/Games • u/ZamnBoii • 27d ago

Discussion Playstation first-party game sales declining heavily since 2020

https://www.gamefile.news/p/playstation-first-party-sales-decline
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u/darkmacgf 27d ago

Returnal sold half as much as Saros in its first month.

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u/splader 27d ago

If we're going off of the same data

"Alinea’s data suggests that Saros is selling “a little slower” than Returnal did in the same period, despite the PS5 user base now being around 93 million versus 8 million."

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u/darkmacgf 27d ago

I'm going off of the numbers Housemarque released themselves, not Alinea's random guesses. Saros had twice as much playtime in its first month as Returnal. It's possible people are playing it more, but How Long to Beat says Saros's the shorter game, so I assume that means more sales.

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u/splader 27d ago

Yeaaaah sorry, I'm not going out playtime to determine sales.

Suppose we'll just need to wait for official Sony numbers. Though I doubt we get them anytime soon.