You weren't around, but we tried that. It was a complete mess. Lots of unhappy people.
PS4 surpasses 6 million units sold!
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You weren't around, but we tried that. It was a complete mess. Lots of unhappy people.
Maybe add this to the OP? 13.7 million software sales by the Finnish PlayStation PR and Social Media Coordinator.
sounds like too many non-multiplat game console owners to me, oh well. That's to bad.
Their official PR
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/140304a.pdf
This is sell-through numbers, Japan sold through 370k.
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/140304a.pdf
This is sell-through numbers, Japan sold through 370k.
That makes it even more amazing isn't it. No must have games, having stock issues, but still selling so well. Imagine the heavy hitters come (doesn't even need to be exclusive games)!
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Those are some incredible numbers for Sony. Reminds me of when retailers could hardly keep iPads in stock.
It is impresive considering they don't have a retail exclusive really worth getting. If they had stock and that go to game... would have been pretty huge... honestly. Speculation or whatever but easily 8 to 10 million right now if they had stock and that "halo, mario" game.
I'd also imagine they will hit a small dry spell during the summer months and leading up to the holiday but it's a easy guess to say overall holiday numbers from october to the end of december should be up quite a bit. Well, stock could actually still be an issue if they continue to sell well world wide. That really seems to be why they are having stock issues... but it seems they could actually approach 16 million in year one? is that feasible at all? I know sales will die down a bit in a few places here and there and it will also get some competition if MS decides to drop the price (which seems more and more likely)
4 months = 6 million 8 months = possibly 11 to 12 million, plus a bigger hoiday for teh remaining 4. Seems 15 million is easily possible perhaps. I think their production is staying the same though and I'd expect all units to be gone by the holidays even if the units sit a bit prior to that.
They really need to pump more into getting more games, and getting more games out in time. I geuss though, considering the japan situation and others, they could start seeing more and more exclusives, ps3 has been atleast as well.
There is honestly only one reason I really care about sales, and that is getting a diverse and unique line up of games. I hope the games come and sell well enough to revive the industry a bit.
I'd also imagine they will hit a small dry spell during the summer months and leading up to the holiday but it's a easy guess to say overall holiday numbers from october to the end of december should be up quite a bit. Well, stock could actually still be an issue if they continue to sell well world wide. That really seems to be why they are having stock issues... but it seems they could actually approach 16 million in year one? is that feasible at all? I know sales will die down a bit in a few places here and there and it will also get some competition if MS decides to drop the price (which seems more and more likely)
4 months = 6 million 8 months = possibly 11 to 12 million, plus a bigger hoiday for teh remaining 4. Seems 15 million is easily possible perhaps. I think their production is staying the same though and I'd expect all units to be gone by the holidays even if the units sit a bit prior to that.
They really need to pump more into getting more games, and getting more games out in time. I geuss though, considering the japan situation and others, they could start seeing more and more exclusives, ps3 has been atleast as well.
There is honestly only one reason I really care about sales, and that is getting a diverse and unique line up of games. I hope the games come and sell well enough to revive the industry a bit.
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Announcing a bundle coming out in Fall 2014 with The Order: 1886 or another big title would be nice.
I'm sure they have more than the Order for this year, they really should have just secured GTA as next-gen exclusive or something. Not that I care, talking pure business for them. I don't even like the game lol.
I tend to think a Destiny and/or The Order 1886 bundle will happen this fall.
Not everyone is a CoD/TF/Halo gamer.
Consider that out of the 80 million+ 360s in homes, less than 10 million got the last Halo.
The majority o casuals probably care more about value than exclusives.
Did someone say it doesn't matter? However, Halo, not even CoD, make up the bulk of 360 gamers.
My response was to this:
meaning....a retail exclusive worth getting is NOT the be all and end all of reason why most people get consoles.
Ah, thank you. So they are a million ahead of projections, and it's not even the end of March yet. They must be pretty happy.
The 6M mark is supposedly as of March 2. So 6M in sales, plus whatever they can sell this remainder of the month has to have them very excited.
I tend to think we'll see a solid sales of PS4 consoles this summer as well. Obviously, Infamous releases soon but we have a good chance of seeing The Show, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Wolfenstein, Watch Dogs, Drive Club, and Elder Scrolls Online in the May-July window which in my opinion is strong for a typical summer period.
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It is the fastest selling home console ever if the graph on Neogaf is accurate. Sony completely nailed it. Their biggest problem is keeping up with demand, which in a way is a nice 'problem' to have.
All you kids whining about no games, it's so cute. Wish I had time to play half the ones I already own for the PS4. Just started the gen and already a backlog do I have. Anyway, back to complaining about no games!
Congrats Sony! 6 million PS4s sold in 4 months is crazy. Great turn around after how last gen started for them. The PS4 is flying off the shelves. I don't see any reason why it won't have the same success as the PS2. If it's selling this fast with a less than stellar library of games, wait until those heavy hitters come out.
I'm really getting an Xbox 360 vibe with the PS4. I'm not trying to bring Xbox into a PS4 sales thread but.. it needs to be said. It just feels like Sony did everything right at launch and set themselves up for the future. Looks like they learned their lesson.
I'm really getting an Xbox 360 vibe with the PS4. I'm not trying to bring Xbox into a PS4 sales thread but.. it needs to be said. It just feels like Sony did everything right at launch and set themselves up for the future. Looks like they learned their lesson.
I totally agree! And it appears from reading other forms and looking at the sales, we are not alone.
actually, most of the trouble seems to come from those who are or claim to be just that.
