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[Maybesew]

When is NPD out again?

Tomorrow

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Yes, I bought 2, it IS my next gen console of choice.

 

[jbug617]

I don't know. What was the last sales figure Microsoft announced?

Past 3 million in January I believe.

 

[Alchemy]

Make a million, sell a million. God damn.

 

[Fersis]

YOSP SMILED ME BACK!

AWW YISS!!!

 

[esterk]

Great job Sony. Time for the games

 

[JohnnySasaki86]

Pointless dreaming but if they can hit 10 million by E3 - that would make for a nice feather in the presentation cap.

but you have no feathers

 

[Guevara]

Hmmm.... the day before NPD makes me think maybe Xbox One actually did pull out the win for the month and this statement is proactive.

This announcement could have been make anytime in the past few days.

edit:

Congrats to them

Is this a pre preemptive NPD strike? Almost everyone thinks MS won this last month and likely did, so they are bringing this out to drone NPD out. Its a classic move, would not surprise anyone who has worked in PR

Yep, that's what I think.

 

[Mysterious]

What is the Wii U at again? Like 15 million or something I thought?

Maybe for its LTD... if it's lucky enough...

 

[Pain]

What is the Wii U at again? Like 15 million or something I thought?

Lol. Not even close.

 

[RM8]

I will join soon enough. But what games are exactly moving this system? That's the most impressive thing to me, the library looks (understandably) empty from my perspective.

 

[Canis lupus]

Thanks to you, PS4 hardware sales have surpassed 7 million units worldwide as of April 13th, 2014:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/04/16/ps4-hits-7-million-globally/#sf2613495

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. just announced that PS4 has cumulatively sold through more than 7.0 million units globally as of April 6th, 2014

 

[Anion]

Important.

What does sold through mean. I always get confused

 

[SolidSnakex]

Seems like it slowed down a bit, doesn't it? Wasn't it 6.2 or whatever 5 weeks previously?

It was at 6 million on March 4th. So, they sold another million over the course of the month.

 

[enzo_gt]

PS4's momentum is crazy.

 

[Ape]

Hoooo leeeeee shiiiiiittttt

 

[Ken Masters]

Well deserved, monster thread incoming

 

[PhantomFear]

What is the Wii U at again? Like 15 million or something I thought?

You accidentally typed a "1" in there.

 

[ethomaz]

Congrats.

Can we extrapolate the NPD numbers using previous reports?

 

[ChoklitCow]

I'm guessing the fact that they released this today means they lost the NPD race for the month, but they're probably happier with the 7 million anyway.

This is the first thing I thought of. Now I wonder how bad they got beat to cause them to do this. Sony is known for doing the large rounded numbers though, so it might not be a defense mechanism.

Then tomorrow night will roll around and we will all be shocked. Babies will be born, yadda, yadda.

 

[Killroyskbg]

Congratulations too Sony well done. Still boggles my mind that is not even close of being widely available like here in Sweden.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Seems like it slowed down a bit, doesn't it? Wasn't it 6.2 or whatever 5 weeks previously?

Last thread:

"PS4 surpasses 6 million units sold as of March 2nd"

This thread:

"PlayStation 4 Sales Surpass 7.0 Million Units as of April 6th"

Doesn't seem to have really slowed down much to me.

 

[GoofsterStud]

Glad they mention that a system update is happening soon.

 

[LiK]

You accidentally typed a "1" in there.

or maybe the "U"

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Eggcellent news.

 

[hodayathink]

7.0 million as of April 6th.

The software number (20.5 retail) is as of April 13th.

 

[Kerned]

Damn

will they actually hit 10 million before/by holidays? I know Summer is considered the slow down months for the industry

3 million over the next seven months seems very doable.

 

[Bloodrage]

Microsoft to announce they've reached 6 mil next week.

 

[Slashlen]

Congrats.

Can we extrapolate the NPD numbers using previous reports?

I don't think Sony's shipments by region are consistent enough for that.

 

[Jamie OD]

What was the last known number?

Six million, announced just over a month ago I think.

 

[fade_]

What does sold through mean. I always get confused

Means it sold to actual customers not just sitting by the truckload in retail warehouses.

 

[Uno Venova]

The bubble of popularity will burst eventually.....

 

[Foxix Von]

Fucking hell.

Wow.

 

[hawk2025]

I'm guessing the fact that they released this today means they lost the NPD race for the month, but they're probably happier with the 7 million anyway.

Of course, as expected.

 

[plasmawave]

When is NPD out again?

Tomorrow, I think.
I expect the X1 to win March tho.

 

[GeoramA]

Welcome back, your grace.

 

[Guymelef]

What does sold through mean. I always get confused

Sold to consumers, not shipped.

 

[Marceles]

Incredible, congrats Sony

 

[Deadstar]

Thanks to the help of playroom, ps4's killer app, this thing is flying off the shelves.

 

[HowZatOZ]

Choo choo!

 

[Ape]

Private Hoffman just came in his pants and he doesn't even know why yet

 

[Yaser Tech]

Thanks to you, PS4 hardware sales have surpassed 7 million units worldwide as of April 13th, 2014:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/04/16/ps4-hits-7-million-globally/#sf2613495

It passed 7 million as of April 6th, not 13th.

 

[BundysFeet]

Microsoft to announce they've reached 6 mil next week.

If you mean by October then I agree.

 

[Prelude.]

Well, if they're announcing it right before NPD it means that they're pretty confident in the results.

 

[dreamer3kx]

Stability!

 

[Ramrock]

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Not good at all. If they took until April 13th to hit 7 million, then that means the pace has slowed down considerably even with Ground Zeroes and Second Son releasing. I'm now smacking myself in the head as this invariably confirms that Xbone won March's NPD and Sony is trying to cushion the blow by letting people know they surpassed 7 million units. Pretty sad, but whatever gets people cheering.

April 6th.

 

[Pain]

Microsoft to announce they've reached 6 mil next week.

They wish. I doubt they even shipped that many.

Last official figure was 3.9 SHIPPED and 3.2(?) sold.

 

[Syphon Filter]

 

[qa_engineer]

Impressive. But was it the fastest selling console during the blood moon?