Circana (NPD) November 2023: #1 COD MWIII #2 Spider-Man 2 #3 Hogwarts Legacy; PS5 #1 Units + Revenue, XBS #2 Units + Revenue

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Oh, please, you know MS wants to make a gaming monopoly. They probably won't succeed because the ship has sailed long ago.
I also want to date Ana de Armas, to own a Ferrari Testarossa and a big mansion. xD

Yes, like any company they'd love to be market leaaders, to be the best, to be praised by their customers, etc. But after 20 years, losing a many billions and spending almost $100B on acquisitions they continue being dominated as seen in these threads. Even worse, as can be seen they continue losing market share.
 
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Control was a fun game to play. I read every file I could find. They really added to the atmosphere of the game.
 
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If the CoD downwards trajectory continues... LMAO.

2:1 in favor of the PS5 in NA is hilarious, too bad the PS5 wasn't able to increase it's sales to make it even more embarrassing.

Alan Wake 2 selling like shit after opting for not having a disc version is also great news.

I was wrong about the appeal of the PS Portal, seems like it sold everything Sony could produce pretty much everywhere. Makes me wonder how well an actually decent portable device could be doing.
 
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Mainly because it's such a pivotal period in the year and in terms of the greater generation, the third year holiday sales are incredibly important to the longterm health of the platform.

I can unsticky if you guys prefer though.

To me sticky threads don’t get as much attention. I scroll down pass the sticky section to the main threads. I’m sure other people do the same.

I guess you can check if it’s active and gets the same discussion as normal.
 

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Noooooo why was he banned AGAIN?!
If the CoD downwards trajectory continues... LMAO.

2:1 in favor of the PS5 in NA is hilarious, too bad the PS5 wasn't able to increase it's sales to make it even more embarrassing.

Alan Wake 2 selling like shit after opting for not having a disc version is also great news.

I was wrong about the appeal of the PS Portal, seems like it sold everything Sony could produce pretty much everywhere. Makes me wonder how well an actually decent portable device could be doing.
 
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my living room has 2 playstation consoles next to my pc. and i'm pretty fucking sarmt actually.

Most PC gamers aren't like you though. And a lot may "have" PS5s, but they rarely use them. This is where "engagement" metrics actually matter: which platform is getting most of their gaming time.

Because that's likely the platform also getting most of their gaming money. PC gamers as a whole may have much lower ARPU than console players, but enthusiast PC gamers who buy relatively a lot revenue-wise would obviously be higher-ARPU than console players who only buy 1-2 games a year, don't spend in MTX/DLC, don't sub etc.

Ideally, companies like Sony would like those type of PC users to shift more of their spending to PlayStation, without compromising too much on the valuation of what they already have which millions of console owners support.
 
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Most PC gamers aren't like you though. And a lot may "have" PS5s, but they rarely use them. This is where "engagement" metrics actually matter: which platform is getting most of their gaming time.

Because that's likely the platform also getting most of their gaming money. PC gamers as a whole may have much lower ARPU than console players, but enthusiast PC gamers who buy relatively a lot revenue-wise would obviously be higher-ARPU than console players who only buy 1-2 games a year, don't spend in MTX/DLC, don't sub etc.

Ideally, companies like Sony would like those type of PC users to shift more of their spending to PlayStation, without compromising too much on the valuation of what they already have which millions of console owners support.
Everybody knows I'm a PC neutral with my rig sitting next to my PS5.