Fair point.
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PS4 sells through 6.2 million units worldwide during the 2016 holiday season
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Fair point.
hanspampel
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the installbase?
holiday tie ratio in 2015 = 0.97
holiday tie ratio in 2016 = 0.94
that are yearly sold through numbers
you can get yearly shipped numbers for the fiscal year form sonys investor relations website
Obliterator
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Fair play but even still it's really impressive, because by all accounts Q4 titles were down YoY. That means there must have been a ton of back catalog purchases
Edit: Fuzzy math
SDCowboy
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More consoles = more games sold.
gundamkyoukai
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Great hardware sales.
Also UC4 bundle but that is still great sales .
TLOUP2 going to be crazy .
Also UC4 bundle but that is still great sales .
TLOUP2 going to be crazy .
Chuck Norris
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Man it wasn't all that long ago that Uncharted was considered a B tier franchise compared to the sales of Halo and Gears
Times have certainly changed
Times have certainly changed
Zombie James
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[2013]Consoles are dead, just look at the Wii U.[/2013]
As we all know, NPD threads are ONLY about the US of A. November sales were down on 2015, so December will be more important to see if holiday sales across both month are down, flat or up YoY in NA.
Obliterator
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I know but again Q4 titles are down YoY. So those new owners must be making a pretty large purchase of back catalog games I'm guessing
BlackBuzzard
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Yep and that is a mistake because i think it only accounts to 30ish% of the market for Sony unlike Microsoft.
OrbitalBeard
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Well yes, because it will be bundled with every PS4 within months of its release.
And of course it will sell great at launch
fluffydelusions
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Those things were sold out all through the holidays...at least at bestbuy. I wonder this too
Would have expected better given Slim and Pro, but at least it's not a decline. Also stronger competiton from Xbox this year.
And it seems digital is now a serious chunk of the sales, those are healthier software numbers than the retail reports would suggest.
MassiveNights
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So are people buying slims or pros?
Think I heard here on GAF somewhere, they were expecting to be able to supply much more units, but some last minute issue in manufacturing the screens, cut their supplies drastically. So maybe its selling less than they forcasted. Not sure how accurate that info is.
Welfare
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Those are the sell through numbers so I can only do shipment numbers by FY.
April 2013 to March 2014 Sold In: 7.5M
April 2014 to March 2015 Sold In: 14.8M
April 2015 to March 2016 Sold In: 17.7M
April 2016 to March 2017 Sold In is incomplete as we only have 2 quarters, but that equals 7.4M
Not necessarily, maybe software sales were more spread around this year instead of concentrating on the top 5 like last year, kinda like the PS1 and 2 days. That, alongside a much bigger catalog and a bigger digital share should explain it.
Kaz did say it's selling well during the conference. Will expand beyond gaming which was expected for it
Even if somebody did not want to keep it longer term for monthly games and multiplayer, getting one of the bundles that were available and buying discounted PSN games with PS+ could net you a system and half a dozen games without breaking the bank. I am glad everything is hitting mainstream pricing way faster this generation. Best bundle in 2009 was $299.99 with inFamous and Killzone 2. Even accounting for an $18 temp subscription, the remaining $32 can get you great stuff on PSN. It isn't exactly Steam, but it is still a big improvement.
God of War III is still bigger than all Naughty Dog launches.
God of War III is still bigger than all Naughty Dog launches.
God of War, Spider-Man and TLOU2 will all three do exceptionally well.
yeah, just found it a bit strange, because right before the mention of PSVR they announced these PS4 numbers during the conference.
The point is that those 'terrible decisions' take into account the whole world and the profit on the company, even if the result is a few hundred K less consoles sold in a country, as big at it is.
The Mad Draklor
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The influx of Knack 1 sales from the Knack 2 announcement :^)
gundamkyoukai
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A lot of games have been bundle and they don't get close to that number .
Plus NA is the only place that only had one bundle .
KillerMan91
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From far bigger active userbase compared to last year?
Kenzodielocke
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So they need to ship 7m until the 31st of March.
I think GTS should also do well.
That's because people were only looking at sales from one part of the world. Uncharted sales were only b-tier for the first game.
Aizen.S.Kennedy
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Yep I remember those days. I wonder what the latest gears/halo sold. I don't remember any solid #s. Halo is probably still killing it but gears thooo. I'm curious.
hanspampel
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launch God of War
overall sales The Last of Us 2
God of War is more Playstation hardcore fanbase stuff
The Last of Us is "causal hardcore gamer" stuff
just my personal opinion on that matter
Thanks Welfare, much appreciated.
Do you think they'll meet the 20mn shipped target for FY 16/17?
Death Stranding too.
PS4 is beyond future-proofed with all these guarenteed huge-sellers.
Only in North America.
No, I believe that 53 million number is sold-through
They'll fall short of that 60 million, but that could have possibly been the high end estimate anyway. Either way. They are hitting 70million plus this year. PS4 will be had for 200 around the holiday. This year should be good for the Industry.