48% of PS4 Owners Didn’t Own a PS3, Sony Does Remasters for Them

We knew a lot of people chose PS4 over other competitors’ consoles, but we never knew to which extent. Fortunately, Scott Rohde has revealed the percentage of the PS4 owners that haven’t owned a PS3 in an interview with CVG.

 

He was asked if could comment on today’s trends and if Xbox-to-PlayStation migration is notable. Then he replied with:

Everyone in this industry always tracks that kind of stuff. I can give you some more detail. It’s always fascinating to look at all this data. So, two of the things I can talk about - because they’re true, and this comes from [industry tracking firm Nielsen Ratings]: 17 per cent of PS4 owners did not own a last-gen console. That in itself is a pretty shocking number.

31 per cent of PS4 owners did not own a PS3, but they did own either a 360 or Wii. Now, those are some pretty amazing numbers. And that’s why, again, I think we’re doing things like bringing the Last of Us to PS4, because there’s a huge percentage of those people who never got to play it and that’s a shame.

 

 

These numbers are interesting, as almost every second PS4 owner didn’t own a PS3 (48% to be exact) and it explains why are they (not just Sony, other developers/publishers such as Rockstar and Square Enix) focusing so much on doing remasters such as The Last of Us.

 

He was asked whether these remasters make sense (because there is no SD to HD transition), and they clearly do considering numbers listed above:

 

We’ll do it where it makes sense. That’s the simple answer. And with the data that gave you, and because The Last of Us is a relatively recent release, and because it was so incredibly popular and well received, it absolutely made sense for that title.

It’s not as if we’re going into our back catalogue and doing every single thing. It’s just a case-by-case decision. And we’re in the transition period between PS3 and PS4. Over time that will obviously die down. You’re seeing it from everyone - you’re seeing GTA V, you’re seeing all these big titles come over because it makes sense.