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GoofsterStud · Jul 3, 2014

Asked about bridging the gap between the two console's sales figures (Sony report 9 million units sold, Harrison says Xbox One's figure is "north of five million")

Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsofts-phil-harrison-xbox-one-kinect-ps4s-success-hats-off-sony-1455080

Decent article. Still great to see updated on sales figures by Phil himself.

Citizen_Insane · Jul 3, 2014

I think Sony would have shouted it from the top of a mountain if they had 9 million sold already. Better to wait on an official confirmation before we get ahead of ourselves.

googleplex · Jul 3, 2014

Citizen_Insane said:
I think Sony would have shouted it from the top of a mountain if they had 9 million sold already. Better to wait on an official confirmation before we get ahead of ourselves.

I think they'll wait until they hit the 10 million mark before they make a big deal. Round numbers make better headlines.

Spinluck · Jul 3, 2014

Cerny Christ.

That would be impressive.

Citizen_Insane · Jul 3, 2014

googleplex said:
I think they'll wait until they hit the 10 million mark before they make a big deal. Round numbers make better headlines.

Definitely seems like the plan. Maybe by mid August if momentum never drops.

stryke · Jul 3, 2014

Citizen_Insane said:
I think Sony would have shouted it from the top of a mountain if they had 9 million sold already. Better to wait on an official confirmation before we get ahead of ourselves.

Making a big deal about every million becomes menial after a while. Better to wait for a major milestone like 10 million.

That said, yes a comment from Sony ~~or MS to confirm would be nice.~~ would be nice

Acquiescence · Jul 3, 2014

If it was over 9 million by now, Sony would make sure the world knew about it. Unless they're saving themselves for a PR announcement that contains a rounder figure.

Kayant · Jul 3, 2014

GoofsterStud said:
Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsofts-phil-harrison-xbox-one-kinect-ps4s-success-hats-off-sony-1455080

Decent article. Still great to get an update on sales figures by Phil himself.

The way it's worded makes it sound like it's what Sony has said themselves and last time they announced anything was 7m to consumers.

GoofsterStud · Jul 3, 2014

Acquiescence said:
If it was over 9 million by now, Sony would make sure the world knew about it. Unless they're saving themselves for a PR announcement that contains a rounder figure.

With the Destiny, Last of Us, Drive Club, and Little Big Planet 3. I would wait until 10 million personally. Screaming every million looks trivial at this point.

Toki767 · Jul 3, 2014

Sony are most likely over 8 million by now. 9 million is definitely possible though. Is it still hard to find a PS4 in Europe that isn't the UK?

Toxa · Jul 3, 2014

googleplex said:
I think they'll wait until they hit the 10 million mark before they make a big deal. Round numbers make better headlines.

the first to get 10 win the war

Vashetti · Jul 3, 2014

Sony will wait until 10 million sold before they make an announcement, as their last announcement was 7 million.

KaYotiX · Jul 3, 2014

Toxa said:
the first to get 10 win the war

Just like last gen right?

Toxa · Jul 3, 2014

KaYotiX said:
Just like last gen right?

just like MS said

Jomjom · Jul 3, 2014

North of 5 million probably means that it's just a little over 5 million or else they would say it's close to 6 mil.

Hydrargyrus · Jul 3, 2014

Jomjom said:
North of 5 million probably means that it's just a little over 5 million or else they would say it's close to 6 mil.

Seems right

Sony should announce 10 Millions for the Gamescom

Lagspike_exe · Jul 3, 2014

How much are they producing monthly.

Daffy Duck · Jul 3, 2014

Sony will be on cloud 9 if true.

Bananajama · Jul 3, 2014

Doesn't state 'sold through'

So that 5 million is probably to retailers.

Gray Matter · Jul 3, 2014

Citizen_Insane said:
Definitely seems like the plan. Maybe by mid August if momentum never drops.

With TLoU ramastered coming out at the end of July I doubt the momentum will slow down, if anything it will rise.

Sidewinder · Jul 3, 2014

Toki767 said:
Sony are most likely over 8 million by now. 9 million is definitely possible though. Is it still hard to find a PS4 in Europe that isn't the UK?

At least in Shermany and Switzerland they're readily available since about a month I'd say.

Mr.Sumal · Jul 3, 2014

it will reach 10 million when Destiny releases this fall

fedexpeon · Jul 3, 2014

X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.
Next month NPD should be interesting with the new SKU Kinect-less X1 sales.

Destroyah · Jul 3, 2014

Great! That means more Games and more Support from Microsoft.

robjoh · Jul 3, 2014

Toki767 said:
Sony are most likely over 8 million by now. 9 million is definitely possible though. Is it still hard to find a PS4 in Europe that isn't the UK?

Available in Sweden at least.

EDIT:
Anyone knows the units shipped for WiiU (~6 millions??)

thelurkinghorror · Jul 3, 2014

Gray matter said:
With TLoU ramastered coming out at the end of July I doubt the momentum will slow down, if anything it will rise.

For a porting of a 1yo game? Don't know, bro

Btw, actually Italy is well served. You don't see mountains of console around, bur you can easely find one

Nightengale · Jul 3, 2014

fedexpeon said:
X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.
Next month NPD should be interesting with the new SKU Kinect-less X1 sales.

All is fair in love and war.

Stripper13 · Jul 3, 2014

fedexpeon said:
X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.
Next month NPD should be interesting with the new SKU Kinect-less X1 sales.

Can't tell if this is a joke post.

It looks serious... but the bold looks like parody...

Gray Matter · Jul 3, 2014

thelurkinghorror said:
For a porting of a 1yo game? Don't know, bro

Btw, actually Italy is well served. You don't see mountains of console around, bur you can easely find one

There are still lots of people who didn't play the game, especially the new Xbox crowd who switched

Key2001 · Jul 3, 2014

Acquiescence said:
If it was over 9 million by now, Sony would make sure the world knew about it. Unless they're saving themselves for a PR announcement that contains a rounder figure.

Why? There is little doubt they have surpassed 8 million. Why is 9 million a milestone that they would surely let the world know about but not 8 million?

Prior to April they were selling ~1 million units a month, it is not hard to believe they have sold an additional ~2 million units over 3 months and are waiting until a bigger milestone (such as 10m) before the next press release.

SwiftDeath · Jul 3, 2014

Xbox number sounds like Phil updating on shipped to me

No idea where that Sony number is coming from

Hydrargyrus · Jul 3, 2014

fedexpeon said:
X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.

Yeah, when they will release Xbox in Luxemburg (where you can already buy it) are going to skyrocket the worldwide sales.

It's such a favorable market for Microsoft that they thought it would be better to wait an entire year to release it...

Jomjom · Jul 3, 2014

Stripper13 said:
Can't tell if this is a joke post.

It looks serious... but the bold looks like parody...

Pretty sure that was a joke.

It's basically the chalkboard except it's listing excuses instead of games.

robjoh · Jul 3, 2014

fedexpeon said:
X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.
Next month NPD should be interesting with the new SKU Kinect-less X1 sales.

To be fair, you can buy a Xbox One with kinect for around 300 SEK more than a PS4 here in Sweden even though that Xbox One is not released here.

I guess that Xbox One will get some marketing which will improve the situation. But early adopters could already buy the One.

kitch9 · Jul 3, 2014

fedexpeon said:
X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.
Next month NPD should be interesting with the new SKU Kinect-less X1 sales.

Its just not fair.

There's a reason MS didn't find those territories important enough to launch in, one could also imply its unfair that Sony didn't have manufacturing capacity to meet demand for many months.

But life is unfair so we have to deal with it and take things as they happen. You should note that the Xbox is available for sale in most of the non launched countries in abundance, at cheaper prices than MS propose to launch at in some cases.

PodcastFips · Jul 3, 2014

Toki767 said:
Sony are most likely over 8 million by now. 9 million is definitely possible though. Is it still hard to find a PS4 in Europe that isn't the UK?

Germany is being flooded at the moment, but I guess this will change again starting September/October.

Philippo · Jul 3, 2014

fedexpeon said:
X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.
Next month NPD should be interesting with the new SKU Kinect-less X1 sales.

First Sony should be praised for launching in so many countries not the contrary, and second it's business, every unit sold counts.

SwiftDeath · Jul 3, 2014

Interview originated in Edge magazine. Anyone have the new issue in hand to see if they have any sources in there for the numbers?

edit just checked charts. They're guessing PS4 WW is 8.2M sold so at least that's not the source for the 9M number

Callibretto · Jul 3, 2014

thelurkinghorror said:
For a porting of a 1yo game? Don't know, bro

Btw, actually Italy is well served. You don't see mountains of console around, bur you can easely find one

The primary audience would be people who only had 360 last gen and had to hear the media and their ps3 owning friend talk about tlou. It'd be another extra push for some of them to get ps4

JetSetRadio · Jul 3, 2014

It's a beast.

bishoptl · Jul 3, 2014

fedexpeon said:
X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.
Next month NPD should be interesting with the new SKU Kinect-less X1 sales.

Poe's law is an evil mistress

GribbleGrunger · Jul 3, 2014

These will be shipped numbers.

1.21Gigawatts · Jul 3, 2014

If Sony is at 9mil now, I'm positive that they'll announce 10mil sold at gamescom.
Looks like we're nearly at a 2:1 rate between Ps4 and XboxOne now.

ThoseDeafMutes · Jul 3, 2014

WiiU is just hitting its stride guys, I've got a good feeling about next month!

Mr.Sumal · Jul 3, 2014

fedexpeon said:
X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.
Next month NPD should be interesting with the new SKU Kinect-less X1 sales.

currently where i live Playstion 4 has the mindshare on lockdown. Even friends with xbox 360 want to upgrade to the ps4 because they believe its for the gamers. Of course what i just said was anecdotal evidence. I wonder if couple months from now can the kinectless X1 can make huge dent in the holidays. imo Holdiay 2014 will be the decisive.

Acquiescence · Jul 3, 2014

Key2001 said:
Why? There is little doubt they have surpassed 8 million. Why is 9 million a milestone that they would surely let the world know about but not 8 million?

Prior to April they were selling ~1 million units a month, it is not hard to believe they have sold an additional ~2 million units over 3 months and are waiting until a bigger milestone (such as 10m) before the next press release.

Sony have been pretty eager to keep us up to date with sales numbers of the PS4, so I'd find it a bit surprising that they'd reach not just 8 million, but 9 million, and not brag about it. If they are at 9, then they're probably waiting to reach 10 mil before shouting about the latest PS4 numbers from the rooftops. 10's a good looking number.

Mr.Sumal · Jul 3, 2014

ThoseDeafMutes said:
WiiU is just hitting its stride guys, I've got a good feeling about next month!

I believe!!!!

Mpl90 · Jul 3, 2014

Anyone with the latest Edge issue...see the original article.

Still, I think it's an error, the 9 millions number...Sony never "reported" 9 millions, it stopped doing it after it reached 7 millions.

Captain Tuttle · Jul 3, 2014

fedexpeon said:
X1 is only releasing in 1/3 of the countries that the PS4 is currently in.
Just wait for the next month, a few more months, and end of the year when X1 is everywhere before we can judge who will win in sales.
It isn't fair that PS4 has a head start with Nov and in 32+ countries ahead of X1.
Next month NPD should be interesting with the new SKU Kinect-less X1 sales.

Fair? HaHa

The PS4 could have released in the exact same countries as the X1 did and it would still have a hugely substantial lead.

BumblebeeCody · Jul 3, 2014

Cool but Xbox has Killer Instinct.

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