In a small Brooklyn apartment back in 1995, a teenager plugged in the original PlayStation and booted up Tekken for the first time. Fast-forward three decades, and that same player, now a parent, sits beside their child, sharing laughs over Spider-Man 2 on the PlayStation 5. What started as a...

This dataset combines information from VGChartz (sales data) and the RAWG API (game metadata) to provide an integrated view of the best-selling PlayStation games across three generations: PS3, PS4, and PS5.

Sales data were collected from VGChartz as of October 2025, so PS5 sales figures are limited due to the recency of the platform. For PS3 and PS4, Sales quantities are updated to around the end of 2020.

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The goal is to make it easier for researchers, analysts, and gaming enthusiasts to explore how genres, platforms, and release years relate to sales performance over time.

The unit sales of the Sony PlayStation 5 gaming consoles in the United States were at an all-time low in 2025 in the United States with only **** million units sold in comparison to **** units the year prior.

🔎 About:
This dataset was created for a comprehensive analysis of gaming platforms, user behavior, and pricing trends. It brings together real-world data from Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox, allowing researchers, analysts, and developers to explore player activity, game popularity, and price dynamics. The dataset enables insights into game market trends

⁉️ Why This Dataset?
* Real-World Data (~60GB) - Collected from Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox for authentic insights * Comprehensive & Multi-Dimensional - Covers user activity, rankings, price changes, and historical data * Regularly Updated - Ensuring freshness and relevance for ongoing analysis * Perfect for Learning & Research - Ideal for machine learning, statistics, and data visualization projects * Well-Documented & Open Source - Facilitates easy integration and reproducibility

📢 Note:
The complete database and source code can be found in the project repository GitHub - GameStatsHub (~60GB)

This dataset contains detailed information about PlayStation games, combining official PlayStation Store data with Metacritic critic and user reviews.

It is designed for data scientists, game analysts, and enthusiasts who want to explore game ratings, compare critic vs. player reception, and study market trends across PlayStation platforms (PS3, PS4, PS5).

Context & Sources

PlayStation Store data: Collected for price, platform, and PlayStation user rating information. Metacritic data: Provides critic score, number of critic reviews, user score, and number of user ratings. The dataset merges these two sources to create a comprehensive view of game performance and reception.

File Information

game_details.csv The main dataset with 3,526 rows (games) and 12 columns. Each row represents a single game on a PlayStation platform with its price, release date, genres, publisher, ratings, and review counts.

Column Descriptions

game_name Title of the game.

highest_price The highest recorded price (from PlayStation Store, in EUR).

release_date Release date of the game on the specified PlayStation platform.

genre Primary and secondary genres (e.g., Action / Adventure).

publisher Publishing company or studio responsible for release.

platform PlayStation platform (PS3, PS4, PS5).

metacritic_score Average critic score (0–100) from Metacritic.

metacritic_rating_count Number of critic reviews counted on Metacritic.

metacritic_user_score Average user score (0–10) from Metacritic.

metacritic_user_rating_count Number of user ratings counted on Metacritic.

playstation_score PlayStation Store user score (0–5).

playstation_rating_count Total number of PlayStation Store user ratings.

Comprehensive YouTube channel statistics for PlayStation, featuring 16,600,000 subscribers and 5,888,437,233 total views. This dataset includes detailed performance metrics such as subscriber growth, video views, engagement rates, and estimated revenue. The channel operates in the Gaming category and is based in US. Track 26,191 videos with daily and monthly performance data, including view counts, subscriber changes, and earnings estimates. Analyze growth trends, engagement patterns, and compare performance against similar channels in the same category.

Comprehensive YouTube channel statistics for PlayStation Access, featuring 2,170,000 subscribers and 757,664,541 total views. This dataset includes detailed performance metrics such as subscriber growth, video views, engagement rates, and estimated revenue. The channel operates in the Gaming category and is based in GB. Track 5,379 videos with daily and monthly performance data, including view counts, subscriber changes, and earnings estimates. Analyze growth trends, engagement patterns, and compare performance against similar channels in the same category.

Comprehensive YouTube channel statistics for PlayStation Türkiye, featuring 156,000 subscribers and 118,484,078 total views. This dataset includes detailed performance metrics such as subscriber growth, video views, engagement rates, and estimated revenue. The channel operates in the Gaming category and is based in TR. Track 1,355 videos with daily and monthly performance data, including view counts, subscriber changes, and earnings estimates. Analyze growth trends, engagement patterns, and compare performance against similar channels in the same category.

Comprehensive YouTube channel statistics for Playstation Classics , featuring 1,470,000 subscribers and 455,765,256 total views. This dataset includes detailed performance metrics such as subscriber growth, video views, engagement rates, and estimated revenue. The channel operates in the Gaming category. Track 334 videos with daily and monthly performance data, including view counts, subscriber changes, and earnings estimates. Analyze growth trends, engagement patterns, and compare performance against similar channels in the same category.

PlayStation 2 was released by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2000 and is one of the most popular game console. In this datasets, data about all PlayStation2 games contain.

I changed the name of some games to solve "UnicodeDecodeError". (Chanter♯: Kimi no Uta ga Todoitara -> Chanter Sharp: Kimi no Uta ga Todoitara, etc.)

If you have any problem, please make a discussion thread about it.

Columns

Both 2 csv files have 7 columns. | Column name | Description | | --- | --- | | Title | Game Title (In English)| | Developer | Developer name which developed the game| | Publisher | Publisher name which released the game| | First released | Date when the game was released firstly| | JP | Released = the game was released in Japan (or Korea), Unreleased = the game was not released | | EU/PAL | Released = the game was released in EU (or Australia), Unreleased = the game was not released | | NA | Released = the game was released in North America, Unreleased = the game was not released |

6286 Global import shipment records of Playstation with prices, volume & current Buyer's suppliers relationships based on actual Global export trade database.

In 2020, retail software revenue for Sony's PlayStation console series amounted to **** billion U.S. dollars. The majority of consumer spending on PlayStation gaming software took place in the online segment, with digital downloads, gaming subscriptions PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now, and microtransactions generating nearly **** billion U.S. dollars during the same period.

Traffic analytics, rankings, and competitive metrics for playstation.com as of September 2025

games.csv and future_games.csv are files created from output.json to make analysing the files more pleasant

For all csv: - title - game title. Data in format - string - platforms - platforms on which the game is available. Data in format - list of strings - rating - game rating. Data in the format - real number - votes - number of votes. Data in the format - integer - developer - game developer. Data in the format - string - release_date - game release date. Data in the format - date - price - price of the game in $. Data in the format - real number - genres - game genres. Data in format - list of strings - url - link to the game. Data in format - string

This dataset contains the predicted prices of the asset Based PlayStation over the next 16 years. This data is calculated initially using a default 5 percent annual growth rate, and after page load, it features a sliding scale component where the user can then further adjust the growth rate to their own positive or negative projections. The maximum positive adjustable growth rate is 100 percent, and the minimum adjustable growth rate is -100 percent.

The PlayStation Network (PSN) has become a cornerstone of the gaming industry since its inception in 2006, providing a seamless online platform for millions of gamers worldwide. As a digital entertainment service associated with Sony's PlayStation brand, PSN enables users to access a vast array of services, includin

Global trade data of Playstation under 847180, 847180 global trade data, trade data of Playstation from 80+ Countries.

Global trade data of Playstation under 61091000, 61091000 global trade data, trade data of Playstation from 80+ Countries.

This dataset contains a list of video games with sales greater than 100,000 copies. It was generated by a scrape of vgchartz.com.

Fields include

• Rank - Ranking of overall sales

• Name - The games name

• Platform - Platform of the games release (i.e. PC,PS4, etc.)

• Year - Year of the game's release

• Genre - Genre of the game

• Publisher - Publisher of the game

• NA_Sales - Sales in North America (in millions)

• EU_Sales - Sales in Europe (in millions)

• JP_Sales - Sales in Japan (in millions)

• Other_Sales - Sales in the rest of the world (in millions)

• Global_Sales - Total worldwide sales.

The script to scrape the data is available at https://github.com/GregorUT/vgchartzScrape. It is based on BeautifulSoup using Python. There are 16,598 records. 2 records were dropped due to incomplete information.

15 Global import shipment records of Sony Playstation with prices, volume & current Buyer's suppliers relationships based on actual Global export trade database.