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Wait ps2 shipped 50m until 2002?
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PlayStation 4 hits 35.9 million sold through to end users
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Wait ps2 shipped 50m until 2002?
PeregrinSe7en
Member
lol ok i take some of that back
i think his post and the "square just shot themselves in the foot" meltdown have to be 1 and 2 for most notorious posts on these boards, considering how they're brought up every once in a while.
I think so too. Unfortunately they are also really loud and obnoxious.
Anyway really great result for Sony and finally 2016 seems to be shaping up as an amazing year for games too.
well ps3 was always the most popular platform to me , blu-ray, exclusive games, ...
Schrödinger's cat
Banned
Ahh. Nice try. I'm not falling for it though.
Once they know my location, the ninjas will come for me.
I've already said too much. *_*
PdotMichael
Banned
as of 3/31/03
People also forget how strong Sony is in Europe with all the only the USA matters mind set on GAF.
And 100 million shipped by the end of 2005
"In 2005, the PlayStation 2 became the fastest game console to reach 100 million units shipped, accomplishing the feat within 5 years and 9 months from its launch."
PS2 was a Beast!
Omnistalgic
Member
I didn't know that was him as well, but yeah sounds more emotional than anything. Sometimes GAF gets the best of ya if you come here too much.
no june 2003 ?
Let's see if Ps4 can keep up with that beast!
Bitch Pudding
Member
travisbickle
Member
Don't read too much into it.
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I'd like to see a breakdown of regions like the one posted above.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
They tend to trim the fat a little when they do though, although we can't really see that as a bad thing. Your point still stands though.
what shitty console
tattooed_dwarf
Member
My point flew right over your hear, did it?
yep. never heard about gaf before that
TastyOreoFriend
Member
Yep and I hope Xbox has learned something from these numbers and we get a better version next gen. Same goes for Nintendo NX. Competition prevents 599.99/Giant enemy crab/get a 2nd job kind of arrogance.
tattooed_dwarf
Member
I'm still amazed how MS dropped the ball on start of this gen. How on earth they were able to make so much weaker console and were almost taken by surprise how ready Sony was with PS4. Relative success of Kinect and aim to be more than just gaming console really blinded them. I would have loved to be fly on the wall when they planned vision for Xbox One. There must have been lots of "fighting" over how important actual gaming is for this new console. Must be bittersweet victory for those who wanted powerful gaming console first and media player second.
Fully justified sales for PS4, cheers.
No that's not at all what I'm saying, I said a big audience because the more people on a console there is obviously a higher potential for those people to pick up a game never that every one on the console would buy that game.
And you're right, this is a pointless argument if all you're going to do is shove words in my mouth.
still revelant these days
Cringe!
"Ahh, Tub, or some say Bathtub..."
"No one can catch us! No one can stop us now!"
"The gddr5 of course!"
Lol sorry i had to
lol gaf is so predicable. i was about to ask to someone put a cage on his head than i thought nah someone already thought that lol
TastyOreoFriend
Member
I feel the same way. It was PR gaf after PR gaf. Its a shame because I was fully prepared to jump ship if they released a superior product. I was one of the idiots who ran out and bought a 599.99 PS3 and was disappointed with it for the first 4 years of its life-I was pretty burned by Sony last gen and didn't want to make the same mistake twice.
Color me surprised Sony was the one to get it right. Its amazing how both consoles have flip flopped positions. The third console curse is real.
PdotMichael
Banned
Flip flopped positions?
You can apply this to anything really on this forum in my opinion. People make threads all the time where if they don't like a particular game.They try to gather as many other like-minded people, to validate their opinion really weird.
Then Cerny happened!
I AM COMING FOR THAT BOOTY
Zack Zavage
Member
Wait, when did that happen? Last time I checked it was 20 million.
Those new numbers are huge!
I wonder if it'll reach 100 million until 2018.
Those new numbers are huge!
I wonder if it'll reach 100 million until 2018.
Melchiah
Member
The prediction thread from a couple of years ago alone should debunk the idea of the forum being aligned with Sony.
Acquiescence
Member
Nah. It will eventually, but not that soon.
They were at 30 million in November.
That Amirox post isn't that wrong. The age of that Sony is done, and won't come back. Amirox was.just overly hyperbolic and and dramatic about it. Sony dominated so strongly and were such a force in the industry that PS2 got all the games, it had all the focus and a lot of the games were exclusive by default. Sony had everything.still revelant these days
Sure they are dominating now, but not like they did then. The age of Sony is done. You could call it a new Sony age or more accurately the Age of the Multiplatform. The PC marketplace has evolved and become not only a force that cannot be ignored in the demographic of Sony's key genres, but also leads the way in other ways to play and genres that just don't work as well on consoles. Mobile has taken the eye of a large majority of the casual audience who would have bought random games and publishers and developers have their resources diverted to that market segment, resources that would have typically went to PS2 wnd maybe other consoles. Even with the console space things aren't the same. Bar certain exclusives that are there by default (Japanese games due to audience mismatch and indue games due to clauses), all game are multiplatform by and large. You don't need a PS4 the same way you needed a PS2.
Sony well and truly dominate at the moment, but nothing like they used to. The age of the PS1-2 Sony is done and gone forever.
kriskrosbbk
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PdotMichael
Banned
Nice narrative, sadly doesn't work because at the time of the PS1 and PS2 were there also handhelds like the GameBoy, GameBoy Advance and NDS (and in many places a very strong PC scene like in Europe). But I guess that doesn't count unlike mobile and Steam.
Handhelds also exist now, and I'd argue that despite selling less nowadays, no handheld back then dominated a key market like Japan the way DS, PSP and then 3DS have done recently. Sure they get a lot of games and were incredibly succesful, but consoles still garnered a lot of the attention in a way that they just don't do anymore in Japan.
And I'm not saying PC didn't exist. Of course it did. But Steam did advance the market greatly, providing ease of use and simplified it in ways that PC games is less tech orientated and more plug and play than ever. And you can't just dismiss mobile which never really existed back then. There's more market segments in gaming than ever before and while consoles are still successful, they've got so much more competition for attention and resource allocation. It's why I say that while I wouldn't want Microsoft and Xbox to exit the console space, they wouldn't be needed to provide competition or a deterrent to Sony because other markets like Nintendo, PC and Mobile will be enough to do that
PdotMichael
Banned
36million sold units today aren't less relevant than 36million units in the 90's or 00's.
The premise of that line of thinking is just crazy. And you can even argue that PC gaming is still far away of being that technolgy leading paltform like it was in the 90's with games pushing the limits.
The premise of that line of thinking is just crazy. And you can even argue that PC gaming is still far away of being that technolgy leading paltform like it was in the 90's with games pushing the limits.
I'm not saying that PC isn't technology leading anymore. I'm saying it's less tech orientated, as in there's a lower barrier of entry now for people who don't understand technology as well because Steam and other things have simplified the entire process. Less capable people people can now play on PC's where they may have found it a bit too complicated earlier.
And I'm also not saying that 36m is less relevant. In fact I didn't talk numbers at all. I acknowledged Sony are dominant now, just saying that they aren't as dominant as they were a few generations ago. The mindshare behind Sony and Playstation was huge and a force that could not be ignored. While it's still big now, there are more avenues that exist within the gaming industry than ever before which can take attention away from them. That's all I'm saying. The brand of Sony and the Playstation of PS1-2 era is gone and even if they continue to do well, they won't reach those heights anymore
I wonder why no one likes doing graphs anymore. I don't keep a record myself so I made a small amendment to Zhuge's shipments graph, so do note it's not a good comparison since it's only sell-in.
New data point for PS4 is sell through at 36.9 million
New data point for XB1 is minimum shipment of 17.7 million.
New data point for PS4 is sell through at 36.9 million
New data point for XB1 is minimum shipment of 17.7 million.
wapplew
Member
I wonder why no one likes doing graphs anymore. I don't keep a record myself so I made a small amendment to Zhuge's shipments graph, so do note it's not a good comparison since it's only sell-in.
New data point for PS4 is sell through at 36.9 million
New data point for XB1 is minimum shipment of 17.7 million.
Wii was a beast.
SolarMystic
Member
Congrats Sony! My backlog on Ps4 is only going to get bigger in 2016.
I don't understand the slim model requests. The Ps4 has a few issues with cooling as it is and you want it smaller??
I don't understand the slim model requests. The Ps4 has a few issues with cooling as it is and you want it smaller??
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Do we have new ps3/360 numbers? I'd like to know where they are at now.
I don't wanna start this, but you should keep in mind that, the last Splatoon update is from September, and since that, it sold A LOT.
Is easy over 4 million, Nintendo will annunce this soon i can assure you, and BloodBorne will never sell that much... Also 4m just this year. This game has insane legs, that's a important fact for it's succes.
Don't get me wrong. BloodBorne is a succes. 2m is good, and I can see ~3m LT, which is awesome for a similar Souls game...
But Splatoon succes is way bigger than BloodBorne. I don't know if you guys know, but Splatoon has almost for sure outsold Halo 5...
Chris Ticehurst
Member
Major credit to Sony on how they have been able to achieve. Make a great console for gamers and they will come and buy.