PS4 Dominates Top 10 Sales In 2020 With Four Best-Selling Exclusives

Sony is dominating the top 10 sales chart in 2020 according to a report by NPD. They have four out of ten games in the top sellers which are PS4 exclusives.

[Nyxus]

Glad to see those games doing well.

[VenomUK]

These are hard times so people care about value. When games are of the highest standard that's the best value of all, so people will go out and pay for them.

[RosweeSon]

I’ll always happily pay for good quality games
😜✌🏻😂

[sampsonon]

@bouzebbal: Animal crossing is for casuals that's why.

[TheProblem]

Very soon we will be replacing “PS4 dominates” with “PS5 dominates”

[neutralgamer1992]

One company keep touting gamepass and backwards compatibility while the other keep releasing amazing AAA games that are breaking sales records

Yet some people think Sony needs to compete with gamepass let me know when Ms makes the same quality games as Sony

[RosweeSon]

A quality game would be a start ok they’ve got a couple but yeah seriously cannot agree more. If it was Sony’s service I’d happily subscribe 4 top games a year minimum jobs a goodun. I’m being genuinely honest (to myself here) I’d struggle to find 4 all gen from Xbox. To be fair I owned one for 4 months smashed quantum break and FH3 gears 4 halo collection so FH4 and Gears 5 other than that and i wouldn’t buy a brand new console for those so it’s a waiting game. Prob in a couple years once they’ve got a nice little library of quality games it’s all well and good having this subscription service but if it’s over reliant on BC 3rd party and EA (ok 3rd but still) these games can be obtained anywhere they need top quality games (I cannot get elsewhere) day1 then it’s brilliant service this whole we release games day1 on gamepass. Fantastic but your not releasing games so it’s a moot point for me.

[Noskypeno]

Cardi B has more views than Elvis or the Beatles. I don't go by numbers alone. If a game is high quality but isn't as popular, there's no shame in enjoying it.

[RememberThe357]

And Nintendo has like 8 of the top 20. Nuts.

[umair_s51]

Whatever

[Neonridr]

crazy that MK8 was in that list. The game keeps selling.

[CaptainHenry916]

Not surprised since MK8 us popular

[catlover316]

I’m not surprised, people keep buying switches and Mario kart is one of the best games.

[Neonridr]

totally, but it just has legs. I mean there are a ton of great games available for the system.

[generic-user-name]

Nintendo titles have legs for days.

[RosweeSon]

They also have quality for years ;) they not like a fifa where it’s outdated in 12-24 months I still go back and play nes SNES games and some are still as good now as they were then and better than some of the stuff that releases these days.

[RosweeSon]

It is a really good game tho I had it on Wii U and I’ve not port all the other ports donkey kong etc doubt I’ll get pikmin day1 and not overly fussed on 3D world (I owned a Wii U) but mario kart 8 got some serious hours out of me on launch and I’d happily go back for more they really made a great Mario kart with 8 and absolutely deserved another chance.

[CaptainHenry916]

I don't see one Xbox exclusive on this list. Oh wait✋

[UnSelf]

its a ps4 list

[AnnaDea]

It's a top 10 best selling list.

Mario Kart 8 is not on the Ps4 lol

[elazz]

Top 10 Best-Selling Games of 2020 (year-to-date). There are 2 Nintendo games in here dude. This concerns all games on all platforms combined. Ps4 exclusives are usually holding up against almost all multi platform games this generation.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The Last of Us Part II
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Madden NFL 21
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
MLB The Show 20
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mortal Kombat 11

[SullysCigar]

Oh dear...lol

Though in your defense, I can see why you'd think that at a glance. PS4 does dominate the list...lol again.

[crazyCoconuts]

In a way, yes lol

[TheColbertinator]

@Unself

Time to read

[RosweeSon]

With a few switch exclusives for good measure ;)

[Zhipp]

With Gamepass I'll doubt we'll ever see many MS titles on lists like these again tbh. Even ignoring Gamepass, MS hasn't really even released any big 2020 games.

[SamTheGamer]

Reason why PS5 will outsell Series X/S

[RgR]

the outselling isnt the important take from this list. It's the quality of the exclusives that I take out of it.
No matter how many studios MS buys it wont matter if they dont create quality games.

[Elda]

Agreed.

[jukins]

But its the outselling that will continously afford sony to give us these great games.

[RosweeSon]

Agreed but I fully get what they saying as many great game don’t sell well at all they just don’t catch on or for whatever reason but yeah it’s a pretty clear indicator that Xbox lacked this year and to be blunt all gen I’d be surprised if they make any top 10s for any of their games. FH3/4 the best chance.

[ClayRules2012]

Yes indeed. PS5 will have the games, actual exclusive games, not just a lot, but the quality of most of those exclusive games across the board will be out of this world, as the record has shown for generations with their best in the world studios not resting for the same old experiences again and again.

Freedom will expand for PlayStation Dev’s and in return, the gaming experiences we’ll receive this next generation will be some of the best. It’s hard to even imagine really lol. Thank you SSD/DualSense =)

[Bnet343]

Well yeah we all know that lol and Microsoft let their foot off the Xbox gas pedal bringing all their exclusives to PC so they really have no chance TBH. I think they know PS brand cant be touched and are just focusing on game delivery but they still need way more games on their side to compete still.

[jukins]

Even going after game delivery seems like a lost cause. They can say all they want they don't care about console sales but when the overwhelming majority of subs come from xbox console owners how can they not care. Just baffles me. I dont see a mass amount of pc players eager to sub to a service basically for 1st party games since the older games on the service are more than likely to already been purchased and played.

[RosweeSon]

I don’t think the PC is even an issue Sony bring theirs and it didn’t hurt them maybe as there is normally a couple of years before it happens but I genuinely for me anyway think it’s just down to the quality of the product people moan oh Nintendo get away with this and that but generally the base game and the actual thing they release is top notch just might have a few odd design choices or whatever there is a reason their games consistently score solid 9-10/10 and it’s not media bias it’s just pure and simple good old top quality. Not everything sure but there is a reason their games clear 10 million more often than not and sure there are millions of fans from various franchises but they don’t just buy each and every game I sure don’t. Hence I never purchased animal crossing amiibo festivals or whatever it was called 😑🥴😂✌&# 127995;😜
Also a reason EA Ubisoft nearly always score no more than an 8 they rush it money grabbing season pass bank raping horse 💩 if they took time effort and less money grabbing shenanigans but why would they they make a billion each year off ultimate team 😑😏🤷
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[Bnet343]

Damn Props to the PS4 for finishing strong going into next gen. Its gonna keep selling even after the PS5 comes out.

[ClayRules2012]

It most definitely will. That’s the magic of PlayStation. PS4’s been an absolutely unforgettable & amazing generation! My personal favorite, not just for the games, but to share them with my own family, it’s on a greater level, it’s just truly priceless.

[jukins]

Yea its actually amazing to me. My wife usually sits and plays on her phone but with gow, spiderman, and deaths stranding got and last of us 2 she actually got into the story and really watched me play.

[ClayRules2012]

@jukins

I love to hear this, genuinely buddy! It’s one thing to sit and watch a tv show/movie (as a couple or being married) but to have the wife or husband show interest in the game you’re currently playing and to sit and watch you play, ask questions, get attached like you do & just genuinely enjoy that or play as well in time, it’s on an entirely different level, I think.

I’m glad to hear she watched and enjoyed seeing you play those games! Does she have a favorite out’ve those ones she watched you play?

[RgR]

Replayed modern warfare recently. Going for the plats but gotta say its a really good single player campaign for cod. Same goes for modern warfare 2.

This list shows clearly that the exclusives matter.

[Elda]

Fabulous! One of the very reasons I will be purchasing a PS5 asap.

[crazyCoconuts]

Juxtapose this against the "Sony needs to do X" articles we get on a regular basis. Sony needs to emulate the competition that has literally nothing on this list. I find this amusing.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

the us games media are awful

[catlover316]

To be fair, Sony released all of their big ps4 exclusives in the first part of this year. Some of them were delayed from last year. I suspect by the end of the year the list will be dominated by Nintendo, world wide it already is.

[kayoss]

Sony have to release all their exclusives early this year regardless if it’s delayed or not. Because before 2020 ends, next gen would have already started. Sony don’t want anything distracting the launch of PS5. But normally, Sony spread out their exclusive releases.

[catlover316]

I’m not mad at them, just pointing out the obvious. Most of the big 2020 games haven’t been released.

[Hakuoro]

You know there is another interesting fact. ZERO of the top ten best selling games are from Microsoft...

The only game Microsoft has that shows up on any chart is Minecraft: >PlayStation 4 Edition< at 12'th place

[Bathyj]

Oh my.
Xbox gamers don't like buying games. There's the proof, their games sell more on PlayStation.

[AmUnRa]

GamePass GamePass Gamepass😉

[SaveFerris]

No GTAV on the list? Must have just missed out on the top ten.

[thesoftware730]

Very Nice! Good games all around.

Nintendo broke Aug. sales dollar records in US history, the Switch doubled sales from last year and beat out the Wii for that title.

gaming is very healthy.

[TeamIcoFan]

Oh hey, TLOU2 is still selling well!
I thought it was an SJW failure and would flop in sales?

[jukins]

Clearly its all the sjw warriors buying multiple copies /s

[Noskypeno]

Cardi B is a hideous woman, with horrible vocals and the songwriting of a special Ed student and takes pride in being a criminal, yet she still can get millions of views in just lone day. Sometimes it's just a wonder to see how some people get famous, while some people who contribute more don't get the same views.

[CaptainObvious878]

Madden '21 currently has a 0.2 user score on metacritic, but has still sold more than the previous entry...

It's like Calin says. Imagine how stupid the average person is, then realise half of the population are more stupid than that.

[derek]

So Cardi B = Xbox?

[CaptainObvious878]

Clearly you've never actually read first hand what youtubers against the inconsistent narrative were saying.

Of the ones I follow all of them were saying it would still very well, despite sacrificing some of the beloved characters on the alter of feminism.

They knew people would still blindly buy the game, and so did I.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

the game is amazing so wtf r u guys even blabbering about? if tlou 2 has a bad plot, every other game made is a disaster

[ShadowWolf712]

Ok, I'm not a fan of the narrative issues either, but pointing to YouTubers as if they were some sort of vanguard for defining quality is kinda... cringe-y.

[CaptainObvious878]

@Shadow

Where did I say youtubers were the authority?

I was simply debunking TeamIco's straw man.

[waderae]

To be fair, it's only a PS/Nintendo two horse race as MS gives everything away for a £1. I doubt many MS exclusives would make the list of GP didn't exist mind... (Maybe Forza)

[DefaultComment]

so it's EA and so it's Nintendo, god these people are so biased.

[Hakuoro]

EA's games sell the most copies on PS4 by a wide margin.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

who is these people and what bias?

[ShadowWolf712]

EA has one game on this list. Nintendo has two. Activision has one. WB Games has one. Bandai Namco has one.

The rest are PlayStation-exclusive titles.

Hence why they're "dominating" the top 10.

[DefaultComment]

All those games you mentioned aside from the ps4 exclusives are multiplataforms so you cannot pinned them down as a ps4 success and you didn't mentioned ninte do, for instance AC sold waybmore than tlou2 and ghost of tsushima but nobody is saying anything. This site likes to kiss the Sony arse whether they give you something good or not hence why I said that you people are biased AF.

[GaboonViper]

This is what i love about PS, they always support the brand right to the very end.

[ClayRules2012]

Hahaha, buddy!! I read your comment and for whatever reason heard Albus Dumbledore say “right to the very end”😂😂 like he did when addressing the students of Hogwarts about that one characters death at the end of Goblet of Fire in the great hall...That speech still gets to me a little.

Anyways, I totally agree with you here tho, one of the many reasons I love PS as well!

[System_Call]

The power of quality exclusive games right there. That is why PS5 will start with a strong momentum. Gamers know what to expect from Sony and they trust their quality work.

Do you think Sony and Nintendo will put their money making exclusive games on a gamepass like service? There is no reason for it. There is not a single Xbox exclusive game on that list. That tells a lot by itself.

[NeoGamer232]

Glad to see Sony games selling well.

They deserve it. The quality always seems to be there!

[Stanjara]

I bet that those 4 games for Sony made more money than whole Gamepass subscribers for 1$.

[RosweeSon]

This is exactly why I’ve not got an Xbox and no intention of getting one anytime soon. 4 games are Sony 2 are Nintendo and Microsoft aren’t even mentioned. Abysmal.

[S2Killinit]

They did it right and focused on making good games.

[Nurket]

Irrelevant list. Nintendos digital game sale isnt included like the others.

[potatoseal]

Yes they are

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

you tried and failed

[Nurket]

Nope. Check your facts.

[NLink0714]

Good games sell a lot?

You don’t say?!?!?

[gamer7804]

not many of my favorites of 2020 in that list, but overall for 2020 Nintendo absolutely dominated. Too bad you can't ever get a good deal on their first party games. they retain their value more than any other first party's titles.

[Neonridr]

it'd be nice if they were more aggressive with their Selects line. I wish they would follow Sony more with the Greatest Hits. I get why from a business side they keep prices up, since they know people will buy them, but you'd think after 3-4 years the game should drop to at least half price.

[Jpinter]

This is why Sony is dominating this console generation. High quality exclusives.

[MightyHealthy]

As long as ppl keep buying madden, EA never will have a reason to make the game better

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

quick someone make an article how sony needs to be more like ms cause a rental service called gamepass...lol.

[S2Killinit]

Some of the games on PlayStation leave such fond memories that I cant bring myself to sell my used copies. Thats why I like Sony’s approach and support them.

[Cmoney007]

Sony isn't perfect at all, but the console has a lot of quality games on it. If Sony starts to finally fix the censorship issue and tell us more about BC on the PS5, then I will be more interested in getting one. However I feel about Sony right now, I must admit that the new R&C game on the PS5 looks amazing. It is one of the best games shown at any event IMO.

[iplay1up2]

Looking at all of the lists, Nintendo is the winner. They have more games overall on the lists.