Jim Ryan: PS5 is expected to catch up with PS4 in Q2; PC revenue $250 million in FY22

[John Elden Ring]

Total sales of the PC version of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered have surpassed 1.5 million units, while sales of the PC version of The Last of Us Part I surpassed 368,000 units, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced.

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered for PC has generated $52 million in revenue, while The Last of Us Part I for PC generated $15.5 million in revenue.

 

[Nhomnhom]

TLoU Part I PC port was one of Sony's lowest moments in recent history. Numbers are somewhat pathetic given that they released two Spider-man games, their focus on PC should be primary GaaS.

 

[ethomaz]

Remember when I said they won’t reach their PC target? Well there is it.

Most of their games flopped on PC and they only reached $250m due Destiny 2 new season doing better than expected.

 

[Umar]

Well they missed their fy22 target for pc and only got to 250 million thanks to destiny 2. Guess this besides spiderman the other pc ports bombed hard. Their pc push should focus only on gaas games. Still suprised they havent shown anything for mobile. That would bring in ten times more than pc and be more profitable

 

[Nhomnhom]

Well they missed their fy22 target for pc and only got to 250 million thanks to destiny 2. Guess this besides spiderman the other pc ports bombed hard. Their pc push should focus only on gaas games. Still suprised they havent shown anything for mobile. That would bring in ten times more than pc and be more profitable

Imagine letting go of TLoU exclusivity for 350k sales. I'm sure a lot more than 350K people pirated the game tho.

It's also really hard to put the genie back on the bottle, it would take 15 years of Sony not releasing their games on PC for PC master waiters to stop expecting it.

 

[ethomaz]

Imagine letting go of TLoU exclusivity for 350k sales. I'm sure a lot more than 350K people pirated the game tho.

It's also really hard to put the genie back on the bottle, it would take 15 years of Sony not releasing their games on PC for PC master waiters to stop expecting it.

They begged even when Somy never released any PC game…

 

[Nhomnhom]

The fact that Sony expects to sell about as much PC games as PS games by FY 2025 is disturbing.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Those awful PC numbers at the end are embarrassing when the whole brand is shining bigger than ever.

Only 15.5 million in revenue for Black Joel. They make more with Fortnite in 1 hour.

 

[Umar]

The fact that Sony expects to sell about as much PC games as PS games by FY 2025 is disturbing.

I would have thought that mobile would have been higher than pc.

 

[ethomaz]

These were the top sellers…

Imagine how amazing Uncharted, Miles Morales, Returnal and Sackboy did on PC?

 

[Umar]

These were the top sellers…

Imagine how amazing Uncharted, Miles Morales, Returnal and Sackboy did on PC?

Sackboy only had 600 concurrent players on steam. I bet it didnt even sell more than 50k

 

[Nhomnhom]

Sony entire PC strategy is all fucked up. Instead of using PC to strengthen PS5 by porting games that make sense like Bloodborne, Dreams, Killzone, Resitance, they port their most valuable single player games without even bothering with Denuvo (they get cracked day one and master waiters that spend $1000+ on their GPUs play is for free).

I weird how Sony want to push things into the direction where they lose all their leverage and natural advantages.

I would have thought that mobile would have been higher than pc.

Mobile is going to flop hard.

 

[Umar]

Sony entire PC strategy is all fucked up. Instead of using PC to strengthen PS5 by porting games make sense like Bloodborne, Dreams, Killzone, Resitance, they port their most valuable single player games without even bothering with Denuvo (they get cracked day one and mater pirates that spend $1000+ on their GPUs play is for free).


Mobile is going to flop hard.

I bet it will but even that I think even that would bring in more revenue than pc

 

[ethomaz]

Sony confirmed 36m sell-thought for end of March.
Before we had only the 38.4m shipped.

 

[Puff]

Brand C

 

[KnittedKnight]

The top said: Do something on PC.

The underlings (aka SIE) did the worst job they ever could do. Playing with Destiny numbers to puff it up. Laughable.

If you're going for PC, you better have your own launcher/store, and it better have the multiplats... only then can you cultivate the PC consumer and milk them like Valve. Problem is of course, that will require significant investment in creating the laucher and organizing the third-party support licensing angle + bridging PSN. If you just create a launcher for exclusives - like EA/Ubisoft - you're DOA, just like those were, bending the knee eventually to Steam. Not to mention, all of that investment will be loss-leader type cause Steam got the PCMR on lock. So it's going to be a slow walk... cause the consumers won't jump ship while having massive libraries on Steam just because. It's a slow attrition process and success is not guaranteed. The current policy is predicated on MS being their direct competitor who has similar policies. Were their direct competitor be say a Nintendo with modern third-party support then Sony would be sweating just like Xbox is, cause unlike Xbox, Nintendo has true exclusives with wide appeal and continuous success. Xbox blurred the lines out of MS self interest in propping Windows Gaming - that's the strategic aspect - more so than a money move while the Xbox brand takes the hit vis a vis PS. Sony is just doing it for chump change, "increase share-holder value" nonsense while strategically making itself vulnerable long term. The warning is extremly clear: The fuck is Steam Deck and ROG Ally (fixed hardware handhelds) doing with Sony exclusives on them (literal VITA competitors if the VITA still were alive)? Where the fuck is Half Life Alyx on PS VR2? Suckers.... Valve won't even throw that easy bone to them. There is no 4D chess here. Fixed hardware is still King.

Again the current push is predicated on Xbox and MS being their direct competitor.... that's literally the main supporting pillar of it. Sony has opened PS to attack by a savvier competitor - I hope it's Nintendo after a leadership shuffle with a strong understating of console gaming consumer psychology as well as the exploitable opportunities Sony are themselves creating out of cheap greed. With Xbox continually receding it's time Nintendo comes back to fight for the real crown.

 

[Firefly]

They really are betting on the live service for the increase of pc revenue

 

[ethomaz]

The top said: Do something on PC.

The underlings (aka SIE) did the worst job they ever could do. Playing with Destiny numbers to puff it up. Laughable.

If you're going for PC, you better have your own launcher/store, and it better have the multiplats... only then can you cultivate the PC consumer and milk them like Valve. Problem is of course, that will require significant investment in creating the laucher and organizing the third-party support licensing angle + bridging PSN. Not to mention, all of that investment will be loss-leader type cause Steam got the PCMR on lock. So it's going to be a slow walk... cause the consumers won't jump ship while having massive libraries on Steam just because. It's a slow attrition process.

You own store/launcher is essential.
You are a platform holder not a 3rd-party publisher… do your job right.

But but nobody will buy games outside Steam…

Bullshit… if PC gamers wants to play PlayStation games they will need to buy on PS Store.

 

[Dr Bass]

Brand C

What is that slide even trying to show?

"Respondents indicating how much momentum a brand has"? Seems like total nonsense.

 

[flaccidsnake]

Release these games *on Steam* in a good state when they're relevant and they will sell.