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50 million PS4s sold-through as of 6th December 2016
- Thread starter Nightengale
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When has there ever been 10 years between new consoles?
NES to SNES was 7 years
PS1 to PS2 was 6 years
PS2 to PS3 was 6 years
PS3 to PS4 was 7 years
Acquiescence
Member
Your source is unreliable. We all know what the number one best selling game on the PS4 really is.
It better crack 2 mill.
Bolivar687
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The age of Amir0x is done.
Pancakes R Us
Member
It's clear that this has everything to do with Crash Bandicoot Returns Fur-K HD.
Well done, Sony. Hooray for dedicated gaming systems!
Well done, Sony. Hooray for dedicated gaming systems!
Sidewinder
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FullMetaltech
Member
50 is great. Even more so when the HD revivals like Parappa, Crash, and FF7 drop as well as RD2 and Shenmue 3.
In 4 years maybe. But I doubt it.
Lionel Richie
Member
Fantastic console, this is very much well deserved.
The PS4 Pro comes with a rainbow.
chromatic9
Member
Yup.
More telling is this headline for software today.
What a weird number to announce, unless you flip the 9. Beast mode in full effect.
I'm probably joking
Birgitte2004
Member
I meant right now, as of December 2016.
Wow so there really wont be a COD bundle this holiday. Did not expect that.
Omnistalgic
Member
PS4 is getting there. The landscape is different, there is no more GTA or RE exclusives games. But man, PS4 is getting relevant exclusives left and right and made the first splash in VR. If you are only gaming on console, any time a new VR game is released its basically only home to PS4, which is kinda crazy. A VR hit in the upcoming months will be tied to PS in the console space.
People bought PS2 very causally, and I'm not sure even a $150 PS4 would catch up to PS2, because people have mobile, tablets, and generally don't need a console as a cheap option to play movies anymore. I'd say Sony has put the system in the best scenario to get close to it's predecessor. I don't think it'll hit 150 million and of course won't have the number of exclusives PS2 had. But it could surpass it or equate it in overall software library and I think PS4 will hit over 100 million.
DetectiveGAF strikes again!
What? The Slim just launched. You won't get anything slimmer than the PS4 Slim.
Only if Switch and Scorpio fail. Sony won't watch those two eating their pie. PS is one of their main businesses. So if, MS manages to sell a new machine for 400-600$ next year, Sony will throw the next big thing on the market 2018/2019, because in that case consumers are telling them:we want that!
LastMinuteHero
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I think he was asking whether the ps3 super slim is still in production or not
razgriz417
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.666million =666000
RocknRola
Member
Yup, every cent counts basically. Which is why even just making something like 10 on the hardware from day 1 (though these days I'm guessing it's quite a bit more) means a lot in the long run. Especially so if you add whatever they make off the software side of things.
Likewise, losing even 10 per unit sold can make quite the dent.
Roufianos
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That predictions thread is ridiculous. No way were Sony going to fuck up as bad as they did with the PS3 and even then they just about tied MS. On top of that, they had all the goodwill from gamers after years of quality games meanwhile Mattrick was dismantling the Xbox brand from within.
I knew they would beat MS this gen and I'm not just saying that in hindsight. Never expected them to be this dominant though.
I knew they would beat MS this gen and I'm not just saying that in hindsight. Never expected them to be this dominant though.
There could be one.
Last year, the regular bundle was announced mid December.
What people generally remember is the LE Blops3 bundle, which was higher priced with a 1Tb drive.
Have to admit I thought it was a mistake to go in BF in NA with only 1 bundle with a 6 month old game, but it allowed them to both optimize costs and have huge amounts of stock on 1 SKU...
Well done.
Omnistalgic
Member
I agree, but they should really follow suit with the b/c and catch up to the competition here. To be honest, I'm ok with what Sony is doing re-releasing PS2 games as PS2 classic, I don't mind purchasing the few games I like to replay over like Dark Cloud 2 or Maixmo for $7 and such. Just put them on the store already and add PS1/PSP/Vita games to it as well.
It just seems like between PS1-PSP-PS2 Sony is sitting on way too many games that are not compatible with PS4. PS now is surprisingly a good alternate way to play some of the best PS3 games. but yeah, love PS4, I didn't even need a second console this gen...just saying Sony has some chinks and can definitely improve some issues.
B/C support is too slow and only involves PS2 atm
Live still seems to edge out PSN in stability, PSN could improve
PS+ slow to get PS4 games, but we are 3 years in, likely harder to make deals with pubs
Sony get outclassed in a few genres like MP-focused titles/Racing
WWS is slower this generation of getting out great games
tareqsalah1
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Apologies i meant another long get so 7 to 8 years like last gen.
Im saying this because in the beginning of this gen people said this is going to be a short (5 years) gen.
Aceofspades
Banned
But... lack of UHD player?
LastMinuteHero
Member
Just like that Gaf prediction thread...
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Gran Turimo Sport will probably a holiday title. It is big enough and different enough from other Fall games to do very well in October or November.
Audioboxer
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Hydrargyrus
Member
Well deserved.
Congrats Sony, PS4 is a beast!!
Congrats Sony, PS4 is a beast!!
That was before Pro, but I think six years could be enough for PS5. It all depends on if you can get a generational leap in tech inside a $400 box by 2019, or if it'll take until 2020.
Khalifa Jayy
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if you seriously think there is a lot of people on gaf that genuinely think knack is a masterpiece you need your sarcasm sensors checked lol
bioshock infinite is a decent game nothing more as far as i am concerned
i actually did see that post before i wrote my comment lol
Context is important.
Early last gen was when many western developers came into prominence. It was also the start of Japanese developers shifting most of their resources toward handhelds.
Both of those scenarios acted heavily in favour of Microsoft (and against Sony), and to be frank, sudden shifts like those (in favour of MS) are not likely to occur again.
BibiMaghoo
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It is a great console, but most importantly for me is that it doesn't seem to break. Every other Sony console I have owned has been replaced by this point, for PS3 multiple times. This seems like it will live forever, which I am really grateful for. PS2 was shite as well, disc read errors every year. If other people have the same then this 50 million is probably actually that, not 30 million with people buying replacements.
You really thought Tlou 2 wasn't gonna be made?
Clearly, it would have been 75 million by now.
I mean, we've come to a year where Mark Cerny is introduced as The Creator of Knack
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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sony has been spot on with their bundles and promos, i thought they were going to do it closer to christmas but i see they did it early. btw, amazon has 15% cashback with sony products promo right now with the Chase bank CC, so if you wait a bit for this promo to kick in (currently 269$ at amazon) you could save a lot.
you are so wrong, it was the Yakuza-a-palooza at PSX
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