PS5 gamers buy fewer games to save money for DLC?
Sony recently announced quite interesting information about PS5 gamers, which is that although they buy fewer games than they did on PS4, they actually spend a lot more money.
According to published data, up to now PS5 gamers have spent about $731 million, this number is 26% higher than the amount of money PS4 gamers spent at the same time ($580 million dollar). This is clearly a fairly large growth rate, but when delving into the details of these numbers, experts have realized something quite interesting: revenue from game sales on PS5 is actually lower than on PS4. These 12%. At first, when looking at these statistics, everyone finds it difficult to understand why a gaming console with declining game sales makes more money than a console with the number of game discs sold. higher?
The answer was quickly revealed when it seemed that gamers on PS5 were very willing to spend money to buy digital content related to their favorite games such as DLC, Upgrades, battle passes through channels. form of microtransactions within the games they own. Accordingly, revenue from this segment of games has increased by up to 176%, so we can simply understand that instead of spending money to buy a new game, gamers choose to stick with the titles for a long time. games that they love more…But we still have another way to understand that instead of making a perfect game with all the content inside, it is increasingly not uncommon for game makers to lock content content that they could have added in the base game behind doors called DLC. Nowadays it’s hard to find a game where the game maker doesn’t try to release a DLC or two to be able to make a little more profit from the games they have released.
Besides DLC packages, there are a number of other reasons that lead to the high amount of money that PS5 earns despite the decrease in game sales: more and more gamers choose to subscribe to PSN Plus packages so they can play. Lots of great games at a much more affordable price. In addition, the numbers announced by Sony also include revenue from accessories such as PS VR, PS Portal, etc. These accessories are bringing Sony huge profits and are popular with gamers. than Sony expected. Hopefully this number will not cause game makers to misunderstand the meaning of these numbers and focus more on creating better quality games.
