Sony May Have Just Accidentally Revealed The Playercounts Of Every PS4 Game - AIR Entertainment
  • Review Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
AIR Entertainment
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
    Pumpkin Jack PS4 Review – The definitive Halloween experience

    Pumpkin Jack PS4 Review – The definitive Halloween experience

    Monster Sanctuary PS4 Review – Gotta hatch ’em all

    Monster Sanctuary PS4 Review – Gotta hatch ’em all

    Review: Monster Energy Supercross 4 (PS4) – The bike strikes back

    Review: Monster Energy Supercross 4 (PS4) – The bike strikes back

    Tales of the Neon Sea (Review) – 2D Cyberpunk Detective Glory

    Tales of the Neon Sea (Review) – 2D Cyberpunk Detective Glory

    Review: Redout: Space Assault (PS4) – To boldly go where we’ve all been before.

    Review: Redout: Space Assault (PS4) – To boldly go where we’ve all been before.

    Vermintide 2 (PC) – 3 Years Old and Still Awesome

    Vermintide 2 (PC) – 3 Years Old and Still Awesome

    Ys IX - Monstrum Nox

    Review: Ys IX – Monstrum Nox – Prison break groundhog day

  • Forums
  • Game Trailers
    • Indie Game Trailers
  • Login
  • Register
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
    Pumpkin Jack PS4 Review – The definitive Halloween experience

    Pumpkin Jack PS4 Review – The definitive Halloween experience

    Monster Sanctuary PS4 Review – Gotta hatch ’em all

    Monster Sanctuary PS4 Review – Gotta hatch ’em all

    Review: Monster Energy Supercross 4 (PS4) – The bike strikes back

    Review: Monster Energy Supercross 4 (PS4) – The bike strikes back

    Tales of the Neon Sea (Review) – 2D Cyberpunk Detective Glory

    Tales of the Neon Sea (Review) – 2D Cyberpunk Detective Glory

    Review: Redout: Space Assault (PS4) – To boldly go where we’ve all been before.

    Review: Redout: Space Assault (PS4) – To boldly go where we’ve all been before.

    Vermintide 2 (PC) – 3 Years Old and Still Awesome

    Vermintide 2 (PC) – 3 Years Old and Still Awesome

    Ys IX - Monstrum Nox

    Review: Ys IX – Monstrum Nox – Prison break groundhog day

  • Forums
  • Game Trailers
    • Indie Game Trailers
No Result
View All Result
AIR Entertainment
No Result
View All Result
Home announcements

Sony May Have Just Accidentally Revealed The Playercounts Of Every PS4 Game

Andi by Andi
December 17, 2018
in announcements
0 0
0
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

No, don’t worry, this isn’t another PSN hack or data breach, but someone does seem to have failed to understand the implications of something they designed for Sony, as evidenced by a new “My PS4 Life” tool which is supposed to give players info about their gameplay to share with others.

This was discovered on reddit to be a gateway to calculating the playercounts/sales of almost every PS4 game to some reasonable degree of certainty. How does it work?

The My PS4 Life system will give you specific player numbers about an achievement. The example from the original thread is that My PS4 Life says that 33,764 players earned the “Photo Bomber” trophy in Fallout 76. And as has always been the case, you can look up what percentage of players have earned that trophy on PSN. In this case, that’s 8.3%. Those two figures are enough to get you to the conclusion that 406,795 players have played Fallout 76 on PS4.

A selection of total player counts from GAMESTAT.COM

If these figures are remotely accurate, this is a big problem for Sony, because many of these companies don’t want their player/potential sales data shared publicly like this. In Fallout 76’s case, for instance, that 400K number is low. Painfully low, especially when compared to the likes of other games whose players have been calculated using this same method from Black Ops 4 (9 million) to Red Dead Redemption 2 (6 million) to Detroit: Become Human (2.4 million) to even Mass Effect Andromeda (2.2 million). The implication here that negative reviews and buzz have been very bad for Fallout 76 sales, which is obviously a narrative Bethesda doesn’t want circulating. This may be somewhat misleading, however, as it’s unclear how current this data is. Games that were more recently released in say, November (like Fallout), may still be a few weeks behind in this data. Also, some of these playercounts would not directly translate to sales in every case if a game has been a free PS Plus game, like Deus Exor Destiny 2. It also would not account for resold/used games.

Fallout 76

Everyone is still trying to parse through all the data this My PS4 Life system has revealed, but right now there’s a site up with estimates for about 60 games, and more will be added as they’re figured out. The eye-popping numbers on the board are all the FIFA games, which all end up with about 30 million players over time, and FIFA 19 already has 12 million. GTA V has 51 million players on PS4, which is about half of its record-shattering sales, with the rest of the difference on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

Other “low” figures like Fallout 76 (though not that low) would be Wolfenstein 2, another Bethesda release, with only 1.3 million players. Shadow of the Tomb Raider only has 1.1 million. Prey (again Bethesda) has 1 million. There are some larger titles that I haven’t seen calculated yet like God of War, Spider-Man and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, but perhaps soon. You can see the full list for yourself here.


Based on what we do know about sales for many of these games, this calculation system does seem like it’s reasonably accurate. If so, that’s a big problem for Sony and all these developers who don’t want this data public, which could have an impact on both public companies (with skittish shareholders) and private ones (who normally don’t have to release any of this data unless they chose to). We’ll see if this My PS4 Life system gets pulled down, but it seems like the damage may already be done.

Tags: newsPS4sony
Previous Post

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden – Review

Next Post

Gungrave VR – A grave mistake?

Andi

Andi

Related Posts

The Beast Inside PC Review – Terrifying Time Travel.
announcements

The Beast Inside PC Review – Terrifying Time Travel.

February 18, 2021
NIOH 2 PC Review (Out Now!)
announcements

NIOH 2 PC Review (Out Now!)

February 7, 2021
The Company of Wolves 1984 Film Review(Spoilers)
announcements

The Company of Wolves 1984 Film Review(Spoilers)

January 24, 2021
The Sims 4 Snowy Escape
announcements

Travel to Mt. Komorebi In The Sims 4 Snowy Escape, Now Available

November 13, 2020
Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War
announcements

Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War Available Now Worldwide

November 13, 2020
Leisure Suit Larry Wet Dreams Dry Twice
announcements

Leisure Suit Larry Wet Dreams Dry Twice Coming to Consoles

November 4, 2020
Next Post

Gungrave VR - A grave mistake?

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

affiliate


Pre-Purchase HITMAN 3 for PC at Green Man Gaming

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Genshin Impact Verifying Issues/Stuck on Verifying – How to Fix!

Genshin Impact Verifying Issues/Stuck on Verifying – How to Fix!

December 24, 2020
Top 10 Richest Video Game Companies

Top 10 Richest Video Game Companies

January 31, 2021
Best Among Us Match Settings For All Numbers of Players

Best Among Us Match Settings For All Numbers of Players

October 25, 2020
How to Stop Enemies From Spawning In Your Valheim Base

How to Stop Enemies From Spawning In Your Valheim Base

March 1, 2021
Genshin Impact Verifying Issues/Stuck on Verifying – How to Fix!

Genshin Impact Verifying Issues/Stuck on Verifying – How to Fix!

14
The Sims 4 Nifty Knitting Stuff Pack Review | AIR Entertainment

The Sims 4 Nifty Knitting Stuff Pack Review

10
Doom Eternal Review Cover Image

Doom Eternal Review PS4: Is It Worth Buying?

10
Demolish & Build Switch Review | AIR Entertainment

Demolish & Build 2018 Review | Nintendo Switch

8
Resident Evil Series – Why The Periodic Gameplay Overhauls are Good for the Series

Resident Evil Series – Why The Periodic Gameplay Overhauls are Good for the Series

March 22, 2021
Pumpkin Jack PS4 Review – The definitive Halloween experience

Pumpkin Jack PS4 Review – The definitive Halloween experience

March 22, 2021
Red Dead Redemption 2 The Outlaw Pass 5 – Out Now!

Red Dead Redemption 2 The Outlaw Pass 5 – Out Now!

March 16, 2021
Monster Sanctuary PS4 Review – Gotta hatch ’em all

Monster Sanctuary PS4 Review – Gotta hatch ’em all

March 15, 2021

Advert

Advert

AIR Entertainment

We are a small independent gaming website, we love all thing's gaming, from huge triple A titles to small indie hidden gems.

Our Friends

Pea Head Games

Recently Active Members

Profile picture of arnulfohouck374
Profile picture of Japes
Profile picture of alicedeacon9755
Profile picture of Fracter
Profile picture of Maggie Linders
Profile picture of tabathafrick406
Profile picture of shaunaboelke66
Profile picture of constanceroehl5
Profile picture of jackt3667645173
Profile picture of Неистовый [ Неистовый ]
Profile picture of infocaptain
Profile picture of Luke Pillar
Profile picture of Islajack
Profile picture of dylanroot21
Profile picture of rodricklomax594
  • Review Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us

© 2021 Air Entertainment.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Forums
  • Game Trailers
    • Indie Game Trailers
  • Login
  • Sign Up

© 2021 Air Entertainment.

Welcome Back!

Sign In with Facebook
OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Sign Up with Facebook
OR

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In