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PlayStation Studio game sales (new updates)

Phantom Thief

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I wanted to maintain an ongoing index of Sony first party game sales, because to my knowledge, one doesn't exist and Sony themselves aren't too regular with sharing sales updates for their games. But especially given how major Sony releases are at this point, and how much they usually sell (and have commercial impacts beyond their release window and ecosystem), I figured this would be a nice time to start maintaining an archive.

For now, I am starting small, and sticking to PS4 and PS5 era games only, and only where I can find some sourcing for what the sales are (it doesn't have to be an official release, though I will make a note of it if it's not). If anyone has any corrections or additions to the list I post here, I would appreciate it (albeit I would also appreciate any numbers to be sourced).

So, with that all out of the way:

PS4

Killzone: Shadow Fall: 2.1 million units
The Last of Us: 20 million units (incl. PS3 sales as well)
DriveClub: 2 million units
inFamous: Second Son: 6 million units
Bloodborne: 2 million units
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End: 16 million units
Horizon: Zero Dawn: 10 million units (does not include PC sales)
Gran Turismo Sport: 8 million (estimated)
God of War: 20 million units (estimated)
Spider-Man: 20 million units
Death Stranding: 5 million units
The Last of Us Part 2: 4 million units
Ghost of Tsushima: 6.5 million units

PS5:
Demon's Souls: 1.4 million units
Spider-Man: Miles Morales: 6.5 million units (incl. PS4 sales as well)
Returnal: 560,000 units
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart: 1.1 million units
 
One helpful thing would be a date, even just a year, next to each update for when they occurred. For looking at a glance.
 
Thank you for doing this. Per Quantic Dream's twitter Detroit: Become Human sold 6 million as of July, 2021.

Also, one suggestion I would make is to list the games alphabetically to make it easier to read/look up.
 
I assume these are all the latest known figures? And that old ones will be replaced in this list as new info is gained?

Thanks for putting this together!
 
Nice thread.
One thing i would add to the open post is the date of the last update. For example GTS estimated numbers are from a 2019 article.
 
The Thread will be revamped with more data/trend and an analysis soon.

Phantom Thief and I will be collaborating on this
 
The Thread will be revamped with more data/trend and an analysis soon.

Phantom Thief and I will be collaborating on this
If we have links, should we leave them here or via PM? Also are you planning to go back to older systems?
 
Appreciate your effort to consolidate all the PlayStation Studios game sales in one place, PT.

It's just too bad SIE don't update more often, because a lot of sales figures are clearly outdated.
 
Currently have been busy myself so couldn't work much on it. But time stamps and getting software ranking from top 7 countries and WW sales will be the aim.

Anyways was going through NPD ranking in Dollar Sales for best performing playstation studios

Top Sony PS4/PS5 games in US is (dollar sales) without any bundles :
  1. Spider-Man
  2. God of War
  3. Miles Morales
  4. The Last of Us Part II (2.25 mil - 2.4 mil by Sep 2020)* Estimated
  5. Ghost / Horizon
 
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More data
for those who are interested I have this

Previously disclosed cumulative sales units of selected PlayStation® 1st party software titles

Playstation 3

TitleSalesAsSource
Gran Turismo 511 960 00030/09/2017Source
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception9 300 00021/05/2019Source
The Last of Us8 150 00021/05/2019Source
God of war III7 600 00021/05/2019Source
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves6 000 000-Source
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue5 350 00030/09/2017Source
Gran Turismo 65 220 00030/09/2017Source
God of War: Ascension3 000 00012/05/2020Source

Playstation 4
TitleSalesAsSource
Marvel’s Spider-Man20 000 00018/11/2020Source
God of war (2018)19 500 00030/08/2021Source
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End16 250 00021/05/2019Source
The Last of Us Remastered11 780 00021/05/2019Source
Horizon Zero Dawn10 000 00031/12/2018Source
Gran Turismo Sport8 000 00013/06/2019Source(*)
Ghost of Tsushima6 500 00022/03/2021Source
inFamous: Second Son6 000 00013/06/2019Source(*)
The Last of Us Part II4 000 00021/06/2020Source
Bloodborne3 000 00013/06/2019Source(*)
Killzone: Shadow Fall2 100 00029/01/2014Source
The Last Guardian~1‐2 millions13/06/2019Source(*)
Everybody’s Golf~1‐2 millions13/06/2019Source(*)
(*) Not sure this is a reliable source

Playstation 5
TitleSalesAsSource
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (incl. PS4)6 500 00018/07/2021Source
Demon's Souls1 400 00019/09/2021Source
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart1 100 00018/07/2021Source
Returnal560 00018/07/2021Source
 
for those who are interested I have this

Previously disclosed cumulative sales units of selected PlayStation® 1st party software titles

Playstation 3

TitleSalesAsSource
Gran Turismo 511 960 00030/09/2017Source
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception9 300 00021/05/2019Source
The Last of Us8 150 00021/05/2019Source
God of war III7 600 00021/05/2019Source
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves6 000 000-Source
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue5 350 00030/09/2017Source
Gran Turismo 65 220 00030/09/2017Source
God of War: Ascension3 000 00012/05/2020Source

Playstation 4
TitleSalesAsSource
Marvel’s Spider-Man20 000 00018/11/2020Source
God of war (2018)19 500 00030/08/2021Source
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End16 250 00021/05/2019Source
The Last of Us Remastered11 780 00021/05/2019Source
Horizon Zero Dawn10 000 00031/12/2018Source
Gran Turismo Sport8 000 00013/06/2019Source(*)
Ghost of Tsushima6 500 00022/03/2021Source
inFamous: Second Son6 000 00013/06/2019Source(*)
The Last of Us Part II4 000 00021/06/2020Source
Bloodborne3 000 00013/06/2019Source(*)
Killzone: Shadow Fall2 100 00029/01/2014Source
The Last Guardian~1‐2 millions13/06/2019Source(*)
Everybody’s Golf~1‐2 millions13/06/2019Source(*)
(*) Not sure this is a reliable source

Playstation 5
TitleSalesAsSource
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (incl. PS4)6 500 00018/07/2021Source
Demon's Souls1 400 00019/09/2021Source
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart1 100 00018/07/2021Source
Returnal560 00018/07/2021Source
I thought there were some PS3 figures out there, great post.

Polyphony provided an ongoing total of Gran Turismo sales (had to get the link from Web Archive from Wikipedia because it looks like they've updated their website now):

 
UK Retro (PSX-PS1-PS2- [Half PS3]
With the help of @BKK blog , I was able to get some retro sales of Uk Market of (PSX-PS1-PS2- [Half PS3] via elspa sales awards (now known as ukie)
Games Published by Playstation only (PS3 data would be incomplete)

Silver Award (>100,000 units), Gold Award (>200,000 units), Platinum Award (>300,000 units)

PSX -

TitlePlatformPublisherAwards
CRASH BASHPSXSONYPLATINUM
CRASH TEAM RACINGPSXSONYPLATINUM
GRAN TURISMO 2PSXSONYPLATINUM
SPYRO :YEAR OF THE DRAGONPSXSONYGOLD
SPYRO THE DRAGON 2PSXSONYGOLD
SYPHON FILTER 2PSXSONYSILVER

PS2 -
TitlePlatformPublisherAwards
BUZZ! THE BIG QUIZPS2SONYPLATINUM
BUZZ! THE MUSIC QUIZPS2SONYPLATINUM
EYE TOY: PLAYPS2SONYPLATINUM
GRAN TURISMO 3PS2SONYPLATINUM
GRAN TURISMO 4PS2SONYPLATINUM
SINGSTAR POPWORLDPS2SONYPLATINUM
TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENTPS2SONYPLATINUM
THE GETAWAYPS2SONYPLATINUM
THE GETAWAY: BLACK MONDAYPS2SONYPLATINUM
ATHENS 2004PS2SONYGOLD
BUZZ! JUNIOR: JUNGLE PARTYPS2SONYGOLD
EYE TOY: PLAY 2PS2SONYGOLD
JAK AND DAXTERPS2SONYGOLD
KILLZONEPS2SONYGOLD
RATCHET AND CLANKPS2SONYGOLD
SINGSTARPS2SONYGOLD
SINGSTAR '80SPS2SONYGOLD
SINGSTAR LEGENDSPS2SONYGOLD
SINGSTAR PARTYPS2SONYGOLD
TEKKEN 4PS2SONYGOLD
BUZZ! THE HOLLYWOOD QUIZPS2SONYSILVER
BUZZ! THE MEGA QUIZPS2SONYSILVER
BUZZ! THE SPORTS QUIZPS2SONYSILVER
DEAD OR ALIVE 2PS2SONYSILVER
DOG'S LIFEPS2SONYSILVER
EYE TOY: GROOVEPS2SONYSILVER
EYE TOY: PLAY 3PS2SONYSILVER
FORMULA ONE 2001PS2SONYSILVER
FORMULA ONE 2003PS2SONYSILVER
GOD OF WARPS2SONYSILVER
GOD OF WAR IIPS2SONYSILVER
GRAN TURISMO: CONCEPTPS2SONYSILVER
JAK 3PS2SONYSILVER
JAK II: RENEGADEPS2SONYSILVER
KINGDOM HEARTSPS2SONYSILVER
MONSTERS, INC.PS2SONYSILVER
RATCHET AND CLANK 2PS2SONYSILVER
RATCHET AND CLANK 3PS2SONYSILVER
SINGSTAR '80SPS2SONYSILVER
SINGSTAR '90SPS2SONYSILVER
SINGSTAR ABBAPS2SONYSILVER
SINGSTAR ANTHEMSPS2SONYSILVER
SINGSTAR POP HITSPS2SONYSILVER
SINGSTAR R&B;PS2SONYSILVER
SINGSTAR ROCKS!PS2SONYSILVER
SOCOM: US NAVY SEALSPS2SONYSILVER
THIS IS FOOTBALL 2002PS2SONYSILVER
THIS IS FOOTBALL 2003PS2SONYSILVER
TIME CRISIS 3PS2SONYSILVER
WIPEOUT FUSIONPS2SONYSILVER
WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPPS2SONYSILVER
WRC II EXTREMEPS2SONYSILVER

PS3 -
TitlePlatformPublisherAwards
GRAN TURISMO 5: PROLOGUEPS3SONYPLATINUM
KILLZONE 2PS3SONYPLATINUM
LITTLEBIGPLANETPS3SONYPLATINUM
MOTORSTORMPS3SONYPLATINUM
RESISTANCE: FALL OF MANPS3SONYPLATINUM
UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVESPS3SONYPLATINUM
RESISTANCE 2PS3SONYGOLD
UNCHARTED: DRAKE'S FORTUNEPS3SONYGOLD
BUZZ! QUIZ TVPS3SONYSILVER
EYEPETPS3SONYSILVER
FORMULA 1: CHAMPIONSHIP EDITIONPS3SONYSILVER
HEAVENLY SWORDPS3SONYSILVER
INFAMOUSPS3SONYSILVER
MOTORSTORM: PACIFIC RIFTPS3SONYSILVER
RATCHET & CLANK: TOOLS OF DESTRUCTIONPS3SONYSILVER
RIDGE RACER 7PS3SONYSILVER
SINGSTAR PS3PS3SONYSILVER

PSP -

TitlePlatformPublisherAwards
TEKKEN: DARK RESURRECTIONPSPSONYGOLD
WORLD TOUR SOCCERPSPSONYGOLD
DAXTERPSPSONYSILVER
EVERYBODY'S GOLFPSPSONYSILVER
GANGS OF LONDONPSPSONYSILVER
GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUSPSPSONYSILVER
KILLZONE: LIBERATIONPSPSONYSILVER
LEMMINGSPSPSONYSILVER
PURSUIT FORCEPSPSONYSILVER
RATCHET & CLANK: SIZE MATTERSPSPSONYSILVER
RIDGE RACERPSPSONYSILVER
WIPEOUT PUREPSPSONYSILVER
 
US PS1 + PS2
PS 1Title
1GRAN TURISMO RACING
2CRASH BANDICOOT 2
3GRAN TURISMO 2
4CRASH BANDICOOT WARP
5CRASH BANDICOOT
6SPYRO THE DRAGON
7CRASH TEAM RACING
8TWISTED METAL 2
9SPYRO DRAGON 2: RAGE
10SYPHON FILTER
11SPYRO: YEAR OF DRAGON
12SYPHON FILTER 2
13TWISTED METAL 3
14TWISTED METAL
15CRASH BASH
16TWISTED METAL 4
17LEGEND OF DRAGOON
18SYPHON FILTER 3
19MEDIEVIL
20HOT SHOTS GOLF
21WARHAWK
22WILD ARMS
23PARAPPA THE RAPPER
24COLONY WARS
25HOT SHOTS GOLF 2
26MEDIEVIL 2
27TWISTED METAL: BRAWL
28WILD ARMS 2
PS2Title
1GRAN TURISMO 3:A-SPEC
2GOD OF WAR
3GRAN TURISMO 4
4GOD OF WAR II
5SOCOM II: NAVY SEALS
6RATCHET & CLANK:GOING
7JAK AND DAXTER:LEGACY
8ATV OFF ROAD FURY
9ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2
10JAK II
11SOCOM:SEALS W/HEADSET
12EYE TOY
13RATCHET & CLANK
14SOCOM 3: US NAVY SEALS
15JAK 3
16RATCHET & CLANK: UP
17THE GETAWAY
18TWISTED METAL BLACK
19SHADOW OF COLOSSUS
20SOCOM W/O HEADSET
21SLY COOPER & THIEVIUS
22HOT SHOTS GOLF 3
23ATV OFF ROAD FURY 3
24SLY 2:BAND OF THIEVES
25RATCHET: DEADLOCKED
26KILLZONE
27DARK CLOUD
 
Some others data about God of war and Gran Turismo series + Japan sales of SIE games.

Gran Turismo serie (As September 30 2017) (Shipment) :
TitleConsoleNAEUJPAsiaTotal
Gran TurismoPS13 990 0004 300 0002 550 00010 00010 850 000
Gran Turismo 2PS13 960 0003 680 0001 710 00020 0009 370 000
Gran Turismo 3 A-specPS27 140 0005 850 0001 890 00010 00014 890 000
Gran Turismo Concept 2001PS2--430 00010 000440 000
Gran Turismo Concept 2002PS2-1 000 000-120 0001 120 000
Gran Turismo 4 ProloguePS2-450 000790 000160 0001 400 000
Gran Turismo 4PS23 470 0006 830 0001 270 000180 00011 750 000
Gran Turismo 5 ProloguePS31 340 0003 150 000740 000120 0005 350 000
Gran Turismo PSPPSP1 050 0003 180 000400 00050 0004 680 000
Gran Turismo 5PS33 440 0007 380 000800 000340 00011 960 000
Gran Turismo 6PS31 240 0003 230 000590 000160 0005 220 000
Total25 630 00039 050 00011 170 0001 180 00077 030 000
Source

God of war serie (as May 30 2012) (Shipment) :
TitleConsoleNAEUJP / AsiaTotal
God of warPS22 881 5241 592 833142 9904 617 347
God of war IIPS22 527 5221 603 727113 2804 244 529
God of war : Chains of OlympusPSP1 728 4071 399 293136 4783 264 178
God of war : CollectionPS31 748 663514 253155 6002 418 516
God of war IIIPS32 818 0331 961 733417 8665 197 632
God of war : Ghost of SpartaPSP530 815605 38260 4291 196 626
God of war : OriginsPS3424 464239 93747 336711 737
Total-12 659 4287 917 1581 073 97921 650 565
Source

Millions sellers SIE software titles in Japan :

TitleConsoleSalesAsData
Gran TurismoPS12 550 000September 30, 2017Shipment
Hot Shots GolfPS12 130 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Gran Turismo 3 A-specPS21 890 000September 30, 2017Shipment
Gran Turismo 2PS11 710 000September 30, 2017Shipment
Hot Shots Golf 4PS21 690 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Crash Bandicoot 3: WarpedPS11 500 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Hot Shots Golf 2PS11 490 000December 31, 2006Shipment
PaRappa the RapperPS11 480 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Hot Shots Golf 3PS21 390 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes BackPS11 330 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Minecraft: PlayStation Vita EditionPSV1 320 176December 29, 2019Sell-through
Gran Turismo 4PS21 270 000September 30, 2017Shipment
Devil DicePS11 120 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Arc the LadPS11 110 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Arc the Lad IIPS11 060 000December 31, 2006Shipment
I.Q Intelligent QubePS11 010 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Doko Demo IsshoPS11 010 000December 31, 2006Shipment
Total-25 060 176--
Shipment : Source1 (geimin.net) / Source2
Sell-through : Media Create
 
In November 2007, Insomniac provided exact sell-in numbers of all their titles to the L.A. Times:

Disruptor (1996): ~200,000


Spyro the Dragon series

Spyro the Dragon (1998): 4,832,145
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (1999): 3,451,064
Spryo: Year of the Dragon (2000): 3,283,077


Ratchet & Clank series

(Sales through June 30, 2007)
Ratchet & Clank (2002): 3,714,266
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (2003): 2,966,758
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (2004): 3,218,932
Ratchet Deadlocked (2005): 2,169,858

(Sales through Sept. 30, 2007)
Resistance: Fall of Man: 2,121,772

Data Sources: Insomniac Games, Sony Corp.

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Tlou 2 , Comparisons , First Party Ecosystem
It seems a lot of downplaying has been happening with the first party on playstation

The discussion of first party can be done here if needed.

However would clarify some concern here -

on

a) Playstation First Party Update -

Just because Playstation dont update sales, it doesn't mean the sales are bad or have not performed. Last Gen Playstation only updated sales when it broke record and the general trend was during launch. If you havnt heard of a TLOU update post 4 mil , it mostly will be due to Spiderman which is the fastest selling Playstation Game on 10 mil

This is how it has been for the last few years. You can see the updates for Horizon , GoW, Spiderman , TLOU and even GOT for fastest exclusive.

With PS5 however they have changed *this* and updating with sales during a PR of any related activity of the developer (PC port, Acquisition).

b) On TLOU 2 -

Seems like some people wanted to know the sales post 4 mil announcement however here are the some of the analyst thought.




~$150mm+ in US alone so far
By Sep NPD from the most reliable insider

I can confirm TLOUII is doing/has done extremely well. The next time a figure is announced expect to be astounded. This game has done tremendous numbers and I couldn't be prouder.
Another Verified Insider

Also in comparison TLOU 1 , we can compare the sales after certain years for apple to apple. Multiplayer and TV show and PS5 Sku will boost in retail.

c) On Comparisons

I generally compare PlayStation with Nintetndo first party to showcase the benchmarks they are aiming and trying to achieve in increasing first party share in their ecosystem. Nintendo are the king of first party imo. and here are my thoughts of how a discource is happening on IB.

  1. Why does Nintendo first party titles come into the picture [unless someone makes a comparison as the main topic].
  2. Nintendo and PlayStation are in different phase in their first party strategy. One is in mature phase whos first party are the main draw as the selling point of the console and are established while the other is try to growth in share on the ecosystem vs third parties title.
  3. Coming back to GoW, the game sold 3 mil in first 3 days and 5 mil in first full month almost matching the previous title sales in the series isn't that impressive as well? It also reached 10 mil in a year with some discounts (when all third party also go on discounts as well)
  4. Sure, it later went to deep discounting but why shouldn't it? Pretty sure the series exceeded the expectation and the main aim would to reach more audience to play the game. 3rd party title *also* deep discount and very few reach the 20 mil benchmark
  5. Unless someone makes a comparison with nintendo to compare which sales were more impressive. Eg botw, obviously botw is more impressive and price can be factored as a reason. Nintendo are currently kings in first party and that's the bench mark PlayStation would like to aim
  6. Just to conclude, it's pretty much trolling or downplaying the numbers which Gow or other first party from PS has done. It's very important to take factors like publisher expectation, series history and the growth and the ecosystem it's competiting.
  7. However, the next aim for GoW series with Ragnarok is too make use of the reach of the previous title and aim selling at higher price point. (You can already see the shift in pricing and discounts of the PS5 title.)

Its quite clear how playstation first party trends have been and they are doing pretty much the same as Capcom, EA, Take Two, Ubisoft etc.. Sell high at the start and after a certain benchmark has met , look at reach.

Aim for them should be selling the titles with on higher revenue but i guess will wait and see how they go about this gen.


d)On PC

They have clearly defined their goals on PC.



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Regarding TLOU2, in this interview Neil Druckmann mentions it was profitable since day 1 (around 11 minute mark):

 
Recent Milestones (as of May 9th 2023)

God of War (2018): 19.5 Million units as of August 2021 (Announced October 2021)
God of War (2018) (PC version launched January 14th 2022): 23 Million units as of September 30th 2022 (Announced November 1st 2022)

Spider-Man + Spider-Man Miles Morales (both games PS4+PS5): 33 Million units as of May 15th 2022 (Announced June 3th 2022)
Thread: https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/insomniacs-marvel’s-spider-man-series-has-sold-through-more-than-33-million-copies.834

The Last of Us Part 2: 10 Million units "as of this spring" (Announced June 9th 2022)
Thread: https://www.installbaseforum.com/fo...as-sold-over-10m-units-as-of-spring-2022.857/

Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4+PC): 20 Million units (Announced February 11th 2022)

Ghost of Tsushima (including Director's Cut): 8 Million units (Announced January 4th 2022)
Ghost of Tsushima (including Director's Cut): 9.73 Million units as of July 3rd 2022 (Announced July 15th 2022)
Thread: https://www.installbaseforum.com/fo...has-sold-9-73m-units-as-of-july-3rd-2022.933/

God of War Ragnarok: 5.1 Million as of November 13th 2022 (5 days) (Announced November 23rd 2022)
Thread: https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/god-of-war-ragnarök-is-the-fastest-selling-first-party-launch-game-in-playstation-history-selling-through-5-1m-in-its-launch-week.1224/
God of War Ragnarok: 11 Million copies announced on February 1st 2023
Thread: https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/god-of-war-ragnarök-sold-through-11m-copies-since-launch.1349/

The Last of Us series has sold over 37 million copies worldwide as of December 2022 (Announced January 4th 2023)
Thread: https://www.installbaseforum.com/fo...37-million-copies-as-a-series-worldwide.1290/

Horizon Forbidden West has sold over 8.4 million units as of April 16th 2023, franchise sales at 32.7 million (Playstation Blog)
 
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