Tweaktown: Microsoft has more best-sellers on PlayStation Store than Sony does

[John Elden Ring]

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Microsoft has grown considerably now that it owns Activision Blizzard King, so by virtue of its sheer size, it's not really a surprise that its games now have a larger share and populate multiple charts. To get a better idea of both Xbox's size and its synergistic relationship with Sony, we can take a quick look at best-selling games on the PlayStation Store.

I originally checked the PS Store charts to see if the Fallout TV show bumped franchise sales (it has), but when checking the list I noticed something interesting: Xbox had more games on the PS Store's top 25 best-selling games than Sony did.

Before we look at the data, I have to bring up some very important context points:

• PlayStation Store rankings change on a daily basis and the info provided below only reflects current standings
• The best-sellers list includes free-to-play games like Fortnite, and even updates like Overwatch 2
• Prices fluctuate and discounted games will often top the lists and/or be included

According to the PS Store listings on the PS5 console, as of today, April 18, 2024, Microsoft had 7 out of the top 25 best-selling games on the PlayStation Store.

This includes 2x Fallout games (Fallout 4 at #16 and Fallout 76 at #20, respectively), Call of Duty at #2, Overwatch 2 at #7, Minecraft at #19, and two separate games that recently broke exclusivity: Sea of Thieves at #12 and Grounded at #23.

Sony, on the other hand, had 5 games on the best-sellers list, two of which are not technically first-party games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment (Helldivers II was developed by Arrowhead Studios, and Stellar Blade by Shift Up).

 

[Nhomnhom]

Buys Bethesda/Activision/Blizzard and port many of their own MS studios games to PlayStation and still they have to go all the way down to top 25 to have a comparable. Not to mention the 2 Fallout games were released on PlayStation before MS even announced they were going to buy Bethesda and are only showing up on the list because of a TV series made by Amazon Prime that released last week.

What a big L for Sony.

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

So this is only Sea of Thieves, I thought that their 4 games took the top sellers list by storm!

 

[saltyashell]

Who would have thought that you could sell a lot of games if you made them available on the largest next gen platform, much more than you can financing a subscription service that operates at a loss?

 

[Entropi]

PS gamers buy games. Water is wet.

 

[Say1nMan]

Starfield,

 

[anonpuffs]

Xbox boutta have a fat 0 console exclusives

 

[ethomaz]

If Sony buys Mario franchise they will have more best seller in Switch too.

I can’t believe that is even news at all

 

[Old Gamer]

Let me guess: they retroactively credit MS for the successful IP they bought after the fact.

 

[Danja]

Sony thanks them for the 30% cut.

 

[Puff]

LMFAO these xbots lost their godamn mind

 

[JAHGamer]

LMFAO these xbots lost their godamn mind

 

[Loy310]

PS gamers dont eff around with buying games, go figure.

 

[Dabaus]

Literal embodiment of the the third place victory guy meme.

 

[AllBizness]

And Sony getting a 30% cut off all of that, more money for my 1st party games development.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

M$ publisher of the Generation

 

[Danja]

And Sony getting a 30% cut off all of that, so they can funnel more money into funding PC Ports

Fixed it for ya

 

[Jim Ryan]

And Sony has more best sellers on pc than they have on PlayStation.

 

[DForce]

Yeah, and Xbox fanboys always change narratives based on how Xbox is doing.

2013-2015 - PlayStation has no games. It's about exclusives. The most powerful console didn't matter.
2015-2016 - Indies don't matter. It was about the triple A exclusives. Metacritic mattered.
2016-2019 - Backwards compatibility. Most powerful console. Game Pass, not having to pay full price for games anymore.
2020 -2022 - Microsoft acquires Zenimax and ABK. Exclusives now matter. Sales are irrelevant. It's about engagement and players.

After years of saying sales don't matter, they're likely going with the sales narrative now after losing nearly every narrative possible. These guys will always look for a "win" over Sony.

I said this a few months ago.

Yes, it was very predictable. lol