All time best selling games on Playstation ever in the US in dollars/units.

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Yeah, I’d imagine Xbox looks the same. Hence why folks were up in arms about M$ buying up the biggest 3rd party publisher at the time.
 
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I love being correct the entire time and told I'm a crazy stan from actual stans.


Meanwhile the charts tells you all you need to know about, this generations gaming behavior, exclusivity, and sales in a quick glance.

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This isn't from just this generation. This is all time from 1995 and it says what I almost alway say. The most played games are almost ALWAYS COD and GTA.

Literally 9 of the top 20 best grossing games of all time on Playstation are not Call of Duty, and among that 9, most of em are GTA. :mjlol:
 

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:mjlol: @Fatboi1 not realizing what this chart really exposes.
You really exposing the strawmans you're using. Nobody said exclusives are the only reason people buy Playstations.

You try to frame our arguments as "People only buy Playstation for exclusive games."

I've always said that COD, GTA and a few other franchises are the most played games EVERYWHERE. Two things can be true at the same time, I don't know if that's too much for you to process.

By your same logic, every other developer/franchise is a fail because it didn't chart in the top 20 grossing/units since 1995. That puts 90% of other games as flops according to you.
 

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This isn't from just this generation. This is all time from 1995 and it says what I almost alway say. The most played games are almost ALWAYS COD and GTA.

Literally 9 of the top 20 best grossing games of all time on Playstation are not Call of Duty, and among that 9, most of em are GTA. :mjlol:
Yeah like I said, 3rd party and multiplayer games HAVE ALWAYS been the real reason people by systems once we got out the 16 bit era
 

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Yeah like I said, 3rd party and multiplayer games HAVE ALWAYS been the real reason people by systems once we got out the 16 bit era
but the list here is showing MOST of the 3rd party/multiplayer as not falling under best selling here hence why I said it's odd to make a blanket statement such as "3rd party games are the best sellers" when in reality we see it's really a small few that are selling the best consistently. Going by this list alone in the US, you'd think Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Gran Turismo, Uncharted, The Witcher, Monster Hunter, Metal Gear Solid aren't popular games both in units sold and dollars. You can't possibly tell me you don't realize that it's really COD and GTA that are the biggest IPs in gaming.
 

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Oh no not #11 which also just so happens to be one of the most popular IPs on the whole planet.
Oh no, looks like you can read.

No one is denying the popularity of spiderman, I was just pointing out your mistake.

but go off.
 

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You really exposing the strawmans you're using. Nobody said exclusives are the only reason people buy Playstations.

You try to frame our arguments as "People only buy Playstation for exclusive games."

I've always said that COD, GTA and a few other franchises are the most played games EVERYWHERE. Two things can be true at the same time, I don't know if that's too much for you to process.

By your same logic, every other developer/franchise is a fail because it didn't chart in the top 20 grossing/units since 1995. That puts 90% of other games as flops according to you.

This is revisionist history you trying to manifest might misdirect others but not me :manny: y'alls talking point for why PlayStation is better than everything else was because of the exclusive games, and its the reason yall hate on Nintendo more than the average gamer because they having been doing what you claim PS does since the N64. This only started to change in recent years when exclusives started to look more and more like timed exclusives on PS more than completely exclusive aka you'll never get this on any other platform but playstation. I never said "People only buy Playstation for exclusive games." That was yall, and thats my whole point. Most people don't buy consoles for exclusives but to play with their friends even if its not a multiplayer game, and by the time they do have enough of a reason to buy a console because of some exclusives typically the generation is ending or over.

Yall was never saying people should get a PS5 or 4 so they can cast a wide net and have more games available to them, that was the plus side for yall. It was "get a PS so you can play the banger exclusives only on PS" It was "get PS because Xbox has no games and Nintendo doesn't count" If casting a wide net to play as many games as possible was the goal all yall would have gamepass right now and not just have it, but championing it.
 

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Oh no, looks like you can read.

No one is denying the popularity of spiderman, I was just pointing out your mistake.

but go off.
Mistake? Outside of the typo's. I was being hyperbolic altho not by whole lot.
The biggest eye opener for yall should be the 1st party BANGERS they listed as sold but didn't even make the top 20 best selling. :francis:
 

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This is revisionist history you trying to manifest might misdirect others but not me :manny: y'alls talking point for why PlayStation is better than everything else was because of the exclusive games, and its the reason yall hate on Nintendo more than the average gamer because they having been doing what you claim PS does since the N64.
Yes, I feel like Playstation is better than the other platforms because they've had within the past several generations the best quality games that were developed by their first party studios. Idk what Nintendo has to do with that. Your boy @MeachTheMonster hates Nintendo as well.
I don't hate Nintendo, stop trying to create a false narrative here. Best games of the decade included games that were only on PS3/4/5 at the time they released. Some of them going to PC later doesn't change that the experience was had on that platform.


This only started to change in recent years when exclusives started to look more and more like timed exclusives on PS more than completely exclusive aka you'll never get this on any other platform but playstation.
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I never said "People only buy Playstation for exclusive games." That was yall, and thats my whole point.
No, no one ever said that. Please stop lying. Where is the post of anyone here saying "People only buy Playstation for exclusive games." This "only" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

Most people don't buy consoles for exclusives but to play with their friends even if its not a multiplayer game, and by the time they do have enough of a reason to buy a console because of some exclusives typically the generation is ending or over.
Most people buy consoles for different reasons, but a lot of the reasons include typically GTA, COD, a groundbreaking game that everyone is talking about etc. Everyone is not buying every game that comes out each year. Every 3rd party game isn't selling multiple millions each year.

Yall was never saying people should get a PS5 or 4 so they can cast a wide net and have more games available to them, that was the plus side for yall. It was "get a PS so you can play the banger exclusives only on PS" It was "get PS because Xbox has no games and Nintendo doesn't count" If casting a wide net to play as many games as possible was the goal all yall would have gamepass right now and not just have it, but championing it.
If someone says get a PS5 so you can get the majority of games that release plus their exclusives aka to cast a wide net, that's not a completely illogical, and loony statement to make. "Xbox has no games" was said because the main talking point at the beginning of the gen was it was going to be the most powerful console ever and completely outclass PS5 graphically, that didn't pan out and then they were already failing to deliver compelling exclusives to differentiate themselves from Playstation. Nintendo doesn't count simply because Nintendo is clearly very different with their games catalog as well as being very different in terms of hardware. Most gamers who would get a PS5 would most likely get it in addition to another platform because of Mario, Pokemon, Zelda and Smash Bros.

Now they start to drop all of their first party games day 1 on PS5 and you're confused as to why people are championing PS5 as the best console this gen?
It's clearly different but somehow you see differently. I already know you're going to bring up an almost 2 year old port of a B-tier game Helldivers 2 as a false equivalency but go head :yawn:
 
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Mistake? Outside of the typo's. I was being hyperbolic altho not by whole lot.
The biggest eye opener for yall should be the 1st party BANGERS they listed as sold but didn't even make the top 20 best selling. :francis:
Everyone is well aware CoD and GTA are the best selling games anytime they release.

The only "eye-opener" is Guitar Hero 3,

Is everything else a failure to you if thay don't move CoD/GTA numbers?
 
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