Jim Ryan's 30 years at PlayStation has officially ended. Says PS5 "on track" to be Sony’s most successful & PS2 sold 160 million (PS official podcast)

[Gamernyc78]

VGCrap is really a clown site full of Nintendo fanboys.

They can't stand the truth and as they have no arguments they prefer to lock the topic to avoid debate

It's easier to run away lmao.

 

[Evilms]

The PS2 should be 160M, as Jim Ryan said, until Sony decides one day to give the exact number.

PSP is 82.5M
GB = GB + GBC

 

[Yurinka]

The PS2 should be 160M, as Jim Ryan said, until Sony decides one day to give the exact number.

PSP is 82.5M
GB = GB + GBC

I went to see his twitter yesteday and thought the same things like you.

If the game can successfully transition into F2P, it definitely has that opportunity. It'll need to really have a lot of success when it comes to transmedia and crossovers: Killzone, Destiny, Starship Troopers, other Sony IP. The game could have a very long road map.

I also think they're missing out by not having a mobile version and mac version.

Eventually the game will hit PS+ for free and eventually it'll hit F2P and they'll have to be able to successfully monetize the game from there.

When you consider how big Fortnite is, is HD2 is going to be even a substantial fraction of that, they'll need to expand and ensure content continues to flow in continuously. Arrowhead can't do that by themselves.

The only way this game can be up there with God of War, Uncharted, Gran Turismo, is if it reaches a level of success among its peers.

It should be at over 15M units sold, beaking the fastest selling record for any Sony game. This means already outsold most GoW, Uncharted, Gran Turismo games and is on track to become their best selling game ever.

Meaning, it already has more users than they ever expected. Part of their success is their monetization model: they can allow to have a generous game economy because already get $40 from the user to buy the game. If they'd go F2P they should go more aggresive with monetization, which could damage the game. Plus would reduce the ARPU of the new users.

They are growing faster than they expected regarding players, so don't need to go F2P to grow faster. Their priority now is to keep improving the game with more fixes and new content to improve or at least keep the already geat user retention to make sure existing and future players keep more time playing the game. Because the more a player keeps in the game, the more likely is that this player will spend more on cosmetics or passes.

Once they improve retention enough, it will be time to improve also the monetization, adding some extra -if possible not invasive and not gameplay affecting monetization option, pretty likely adding new cosmetic options, as could be to use the appearance of an armor or weapon but having the stats of other one, or changing its colors/materials/textures. Or maybe to get some cosmetic changes for your super destroyer or hellpod.

 

[Cool hand luke]

The PS2 should be 160M, as Jim Ryan said, until Sony decides one day to give the exact number.

PSP is 82.5M
GB = GB + GBC

I agree with it sitting at 160, but I don't know why people keep combining GB and GBC. They're different platforms released in different generations. Make no mistake, it makes what the Switch has done even more impressive, and perhaps makes it the most impressive showing but for the DS currently, which it may surpass, and the PS2, which it will not.

 

[Gamernyc78]

I agree with it sitting at 160, but I don't know why people keep combining GB and GBC. They're different platforms released in different generations. Make no mistake, it makes what the Switch has done even more impressive, and perhaps makes it the most impressive showing but for the DS currently, which it may surpass, and the PS2, which it will not.

Switch is definitely an animal.

 

[Puff]

 

[anonpuffs]

Wouldn't be surprised if Lin Tao is being screened as a candidate for next Playstation CEO.

 

[Box]

Wouldn't be surprised if Lin Tao is being screened as a candidate for next Playstation CEO.

No way would the Japanese accept a Chinese person as the CEO of one of their companies.

It's like putting a palestinian person in charge of an israeli company

 

[anonpuffs]

No way would the Japanese accept a Chinese person as the CEO of one of their companies.

It's like putting a palestinian person in charge of an israeli company

She's already SVP.

 

[Airbus]

No way would the Japanese accept a Chinese person as the CEO of one of their companies.

It's like putting a palestinian person in charge of an israeli company

You got indian ( satya nadella) as microsoft ( an american compamy ) ceo, and theres many others

Nationality doesnt mean much as long as people can do the job

 

[Witcher]

The Nintendo DS would have easily overtaken PlayStation 2 had Nintendo not discontinued the Nintendo DS in 2013.

 

[Box]

The Nintendo DS would have easily overtaken PlayStation 2 had Nintendo not discontinued the Nintendo DS in 2013.

Another thing that most people here disregard is that millions bought the ps2 only as a cheap DVD player. That's why the game sales are so low compared to the switch.

The ps2 was also sold at a heavy discount while the switch was never discounted.

 

[Gediminas]

Another thing that most people here disregard is that millions bought the ps2 only as a cheap DVD player. That's why the game sales are so low compared to the switch.

The ps2 was also sold at a heavy discount while the switch was never discounted.

Switch is handheld and PS2 is console so compare Switch to NDS.

Also, game sales were low because PS2 was jailbreaked, why you ignore that huge fact?

 

[Box]

Switch is handheld and PS2 is console so compare Switch to NDS.

Switch is a hybrid console, don't try to move goal posts.

Also, game sales were low because PS2 was jailbreaked, why you ignore that huge fact?

So was the DS with R4 cards but the games still sold over 20 people.

 

[Gediminas]

Switch is a hybrid console, don't try to move goal posts.




So was the DS with R4 cards but the games still sold over 20 people.

Switch is handheld not home console.
PS2 is home console.

 

[Danja1187]

Another thing that most people here disregard is that millions bought the ps2 only as a cheap DVD player. That's why the game sales are so low compared to the switch.

The ps2 was also sold at a heavy discount while the switch was never discounted.

Why do people continue to spew this nonsense 3 decades later? The PS2 was the most anticipated console of all time at that point in time. Yes, some did buy it for DVD capabilities but best believe people were rushing out to buy the console for games. There are countless videos online showing how huge the launch was. People camping on side walks up to a week in-advance, midnight launches globally

Piracy is the reason PS2 did not sell more games but it was also a reason why the console sold so well in markets that weren't big markets and solidified the brand in territories to this day Nintendo cannot fully break into.

 

[Danja1187]

Switch is a hybrid console, don't try to move goal posts.




So was the DS with R4 cards but the games still sold over 20 people.

The DS software sales isn't even great, please stop lmao.

 

[Vertigo]

Nintendo surrendered and QUIT in the home console space.

Switch is handheld. Anything else is just fanboy damage control and lies.

 

[Box]

The DS software sales isn't even great, please stop lmao.

Not sure if you are trolling or you lack basic comprehension skills?

Top selling DS Games,

1.New Super Mario Bros. (30.80)

2.Nintendogs (all versions) (23.96)

3.Mario Kart DS (23.60)

4.Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (19.01)

5.Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (17.67)

6.Pokémon Black and White (15.64)

7.Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (14.88)

8.Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (12.72)

9.Animal Crossing: Wild World (11.75)

10.Super Mario 64 DS (11.06)

List of best-selling Nintendo DS video games - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Evilms]

The Nintendo DS would have easily overtaken PlayStation 2 had Nintendo not discontinued the Nintendo DS in 2013.

Sales of the NDS were only falling in its final years, so how could it have beaten the PS2?

The NDS was already dead from the year 2012. Sales suddenly collapsed.