Video Game Sales Thread

[kitler53]

putting horizon FW on ps+ just 1 year after release was a mistake.

[nnodley]

I think a lot of it feeling disappointing sales wise is that the first one did so well that a sequel was almost assuredly not gonna be as surprising in sales figures

[Legend]

Yotei sold 3.3 million. https://www.gematsu.com/2025/11/ps5-shipments-top-84-2-million-ghost-of-yotei-sales-top-3-3-million


I worry it and ragnarok and forbidden west all did worse than their ps4 counterparts. Sony had a huge success with astrobot but otherwise this gen has been pretty "plateaued" right? Am I missing some game?

[BananaKing]

Yotei sold 3.3 million. https://www.gematsu.com/2025/11/ps5-shipments-top-84-2-million-ghost-of-yotei-sales-top-3-3-million


I worry it and ragnarok and forbidden west all did worse than their ps4 counterparts. Sony had a huge success with astrobot but otherwise this gen has been pretty "plateaued" right? Am I missing some game?

Aren't they more expensive though? 

If the average price is higher, than selling less doesn't mean less of a success. 

I think once the price drops it will continue to sell. 

What's the time frame on this btw? 3.3 million in how long?

[Legend]

Aren't they more expensive though?

If the average price is higher, than selling less doesn't mean less of a success.

I think once the price drops it will continue to sell.

What's the time frame on this btw? 3.3 million in how long?

Yeah might make slightly more income, idk. My key point is that I believe they haven't grown.

32 days for the 3.3 million.

[the-pi-guy]

Yotei sold 3.3 million. https://www.gematsu.com/2025/11/ps5-shipments-top-84-2-million-ghost-of-yotei-sales-top-3-3-million


I worry it and ragnarok and forbidden west all did worse than their ps4 counterparts. Sony had a huge success with astrobot but otherwise this gen has been pretty "plateaued" right? Am I missing some game?

Ragnarok - 15 million in 1 year
GoW - 10 million in 13 months.  

Ragnarok was bigger. 

[the-pi-guy]

I think it's hard to achieve growth with sequels. Especially for Horizon, when you kind of need to play the game that comes before.  

The stuff that seems to escape that is when you repeatedly have extremely high rated stuff like God of War. I don't think Horizon or Yotei are on that level.  

Exciting new IPs. 

High rated franchises where the story doesn't really matter (Dark Souls). 

Games where the overarching story also isn't really what's important like Elder Scrolls. You don't need to play Oblivion to understand Skyrim, whereas Horizon 2 continues Aloy's story.  

[BananaKing]

I think it's hard to achieve growth with sequels. Especially for Horizon, when you kind of need to play the game that comes before. 

The stuff that seems to escape that is when you repeatedly have extremely high rated stuff like God of War. I don't think Horizon or Yotei are on that level. 

Exciting new IPs.

High rated franchises where the story doesn't really matter (Dark Souls).

Games where the overarching story also isn't really what's important like Elder Scrolls. You don't need to play Oblivion to understand Skyrim, whereas Horizon 2 continues Aloy's story. 

A lot of people jump in on sequels they didn't play the first game of. 

Uncharted 4 is a big example. 

Didn't spiderman 2 sell faster than spiderman 1? 

Also ghost doesn't follow the same story