Compared to PS4, most PS5 owners spend 176% more on add-on content but 12% less on full games despite today's $70 prices
May. 31, 2024Likely fuelled by live service spending
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SonyInteractive Entertainment is raking in the big bucks with the PlayStation 5, but players are apparently spending less money on full games and more money on add-on content.
On average, PS5 users have supposedly spent more money on the console compared to PS4 users during both platform’s first four years on the market, according to a slide from Sony Group’spresentationat around the 15-minute mark. PS5 peripheral revenue is up 26%, revenue from services like PlayStation Plus is up 34%, and add-on content (microtransactions and DLC) is up a whopping 176%.
The PS4 generation has the slight edge when it comes to full game sales, though, as PS5 players have been spending 12% less buying games, despite the $70 price tags that most blockbuster publishers have adopted in recent times, fromTake-Twoto Sony itself.
The PS4 generation lasted for seven years, meaningupcoming PS5 gamesstill have time to make up for the 12% difference. Between heavyweight games likeGTA 6and potential sleeper hits likeAstro Bot, the chances for a comeback are pretty high.
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