SaysWho? Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Sony: PS5 sales surge over 300% in the UK during February | UK Monthly Charts WWW.GAMESINDUSTRY.BIZ Xbox Series S and X sales also increased month-on-month Xbox is up month-on-month but actually down YoY 5.3%. Switch is down 29% YoY but is much older and thus more expected. 1 Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) 2 FIFA 23 (EA) 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) 4 Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) 5 NBA 2K23 6 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) 7 The Last of Us: Part 2 8 WWE 2K22 (2K Games) 9 Dead Space Remake 10 God of War Ragnarok (Sony) 11 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* 12 Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar) 13 Undisputed (Plaion) 14 The Last of Us: Remastered (Sony) 15 Borderlands 3 (2K Games) 16 Powerwash Simulator (Square Enix) 17 Atomic Heart (Focus Entertainment) 18 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft) 19 The Last of Us: Part 1 (Sony) 20 Minecraft: Switch Edition (Mojang/Nintend)* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 It’s pretty wild to me that Sony has just gripped on to the “cool” console title and hasn’t let go since the botched XBO launch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 They've had it for most of the last 23 years, except for 3-4 years circa 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 “Cool” console rhetoric killed the Dreamcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Just now, crispy4000 said: “Cool” console rhetoric killed the Dreamcast. PS2 killed the Dreamcast -- and PS2 was the "cool" console at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 That was my point. Sony managed to hype people better back then, even when the launch lineup ended up being trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Just now, crispy4000 said: That was my point. I thought you were saying that people said "Dreamcast was cool", and that killed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Congrats to the team at Avalanche, #1 for Hogwarts, a really great achievement for that team. Id kind of like them to hand off HP to someone else and let them try another WB series next because they just nailed so much of the core someone else could much more easily now take that over and Id love to see what else they can do 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 24 minutes ago, Paperclyp said: It’s pretty wild to me that Sony has just gripped on to the “cool” console title and hasn’t let go since the botched XBO launch. I could be wrong but when I think of PlayStation I think global and when I think Xbox I think North America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Biggie said: I could be wrong but when I think of PlayStation I think global and when I think Xbox I think North America. North America is BY FAR the strongest market for the Xbox, but even then it's still very much in second place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, Biggie said: I could be wrong but when I think of PlayStation I think global and when I think Xbox I think English-speaking countries. Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nublood Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 I was in Best Buy Sunday and they had Switch OLED’s, Series X and PS5’s all in stock. They had plenty of each. Might as well have seen Bigfoot. I’m over here across the pond though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 4 hours ago, crispy4000 said: That was my point. Sony managed to hype people better back then, even when the launch lineup ended up being trash. Sega had burned folks so many times by the time Dreamcast launched their brand was just damaged. Sega CD, 32X, Game gear... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 56 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Sega had burned folks so many times by the time Dreamcast launched their brand was just damaged. Sega CD, 32X, Game gear... Saturn feeling AWOL on store shelves for so long being the biggest of those. I think the Dreamcast could have done better if people saw it less as a PS2 competitor. If Sony launched alongside the Gamecube/Xbox, Sega might have been able to try once more IMO. As it stood, people saw a greater value in a built-in DVD player and took stock in the "emotion engine" buzzwords Sony was peddling, especially before the games were known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Sega gonna Sega though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 14 hours ago, stepee said: Congrats to the team at Avalanche, #1 for Hogwarts, a really great achievement for that team. Id kind of like them to hand off HP to someone else and let them try another WB series next because they just nailed so much of the core someone else could much more easily now take that over and Id love to see what else they can do No! Let them perfect the systems they started with in this game! If it was the 3rd game or something, I’f agree, but I absolutely want them doing the sequel! On topic, anecdotal, but im seeing both consoles on the shelves in stores when I do go into one of those awful places. I usually check that specifically, just out of curiosity. 14 hours ago, Biggie said: I could be wrong but when I think of PlayStation I think global and when I think Xbox I think North America. PS is definitely the leader everywhere, but ABK could actually change that in America . Especially now that the CMA looks ready to approve the deal. And then I think Sony might end up sorry that they didn’t bargain with MS once 2024 comes and goes. In NA at least. Its also a bit weird, because I do believe MS when they say console sales aren’t their metric for success. I do think the proliferation of gamepass is. That still leaves them last place for now, but owning CoD, all of Blizzard’s properties, anddall of the properties that ABJ has ignored but people want, that’s huge. If they can get games out, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 12 hours ago, crispy4000 said: Saturn feeling AWOL on store shelves for so long being the biggest of those. I think the Dreamcast could have done better if people saw it less as a PS2 competitor. If Sony launched alongside the Gamecube/Xbox, Sega might have been able to try once more IMO. As it stood, people saw a greater value in a built-in DVD player and took stock in the "emotion engine" buzzwords Sony was peddling, especially before the games were known. The hype for the PS2 was unreal too, like way beyond rational value for your dollar type stuff. Rumors it could launch nukes and whatnot. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 18 minutes ago, Paperclyp said: The hype for the PS2 was unreal too, like way beyond rational value for your dollar type stuff. Rumors it could launch nukes and whatnot. Those Toy Story-like graphics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 34 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Those Toy Story-like graphics! I couldn’t remember if that was pre launch or not lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Paperclyp said: The hype for the PS2 was unreal too, like way beyond rational value for your dollar type stuff. Rumors it could launch nukes and whatnot. Countries were creating supercomputers with banks of PS2's! The insanity and rumours around the PS2 is one thing that I haven't thought about in so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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