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Sony: 100 million sold (PS3/PS4/Vita)
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TheRealTalker
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I see. Always bet on aqua
theshape31
Member
Microsoft was reporting 84M sold (shipped) to retailers, not sold through to consumers. Realistically at this point, Sony could have sold 83M and possibly still be ahead.
My guess:
PS3: 83.7M
PSV: 8.4M
PS4: 8.8M
bananafactory
Banned
If PS4 is 9 million and we say Vita is no higher than 8 - that means PS3 did 3 million from Nov - July, seems far too high considering XB1 is at 4-5 million. Vita must be selling better than people think, it's the only thing I can think of.
Yoda
Member
Or they are citing the PS4 shipped number as opposed to sold to consumers?
Aquamarine
Member
I really don't think so.
See the following:
PS3 + PS4 shipments, October - December 2013: 7.8 million
---PS4 sales to consumers (shipments + sales are synonymous), December 28th, 2013: 4.2 million
Ergo:
PS3 Shipments, October - December 2013: 3.6 million
PS3 + PS4 Shipments, January - March 2014: 3.4 million
---PS4 sales to consumers (shipments + sales are close to each other), April 6th, 2014: 7.0 million
Ergo:
PS4, April 6th, 2014: 7.0 million
PS4, December 28th, 2013: 4.2 million
PS4, January - March 2014: 2.8 million
PS3 Shipments, January - March 2014: 0.6 million
And so:
PS3 Shipments, October - December 2013: 3.6 million
PS3 Shipments, January - March 2014: 0.6 million
PS3 Shipments, October 2013 - March 2014: 4.2 million
SDCowboy
Member
Then maybe the vita did higher, but I can't see the PS4 being below 9 with how long ago 7 was announced.
bananafactory
Banned
Damnnnn. Impressive numbers from PS3. I don't know why but I was under the impression it dropped off a cliff after PS4 launch.
Aquamarine
Member
Most likely sold to retailers (shipped)...like what Sony reports to its investors every quarter.
It's a much more precise metric they can keep track of, it shows a larger / more impressive results, and it disregards poorly-selling inventory.
Sony only estimates PS4 sell-through when they say "7 million sold to consumers," and that's because they know from countless retail reports that shipments and sales have been pretty synonymous with each other so far.
But they know shipments down to the exact number.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
If 360 did 84M, there's no reason for PS3 not do the pretty much the same.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
That giveths me some wiggle room.
So 8.35...plus 84 million...equals (at least) 7.65 million. Probably closer to 9 million?
They should hit 10 by the end of summer then. Good times.
iceatcs
Junior Member
If worldwide sales, likely sold-in to retailers. Tracking all the retail sales will be very difficult.
Hasn't it been proven that Wikipedia is no less accurate than any other encyclopedia? People shouldn't cite Wikipedia in papers not because it is inaccurate, but that, as an encyclopedia, it is a tertiary source of information when a paper should be filled with primary and secondary sources... which is the citations that Wikipedia uses for its own information.
The One and Done
Member
I feel like this is cheating
As for Mar. 31:
Wii: 101.06
3DS: 43.33
Wii U: 6.17
= 150.56 million shipped.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/hard_soft/index.html
The video should be in their Youtube channel any minute now.
Oh, and fuck Vita.
FlyStarJay
Member
we need to remember they said more than 100m sold. Cause people keep calculating 100 or am i missing something?
Eloquently put.
But good for the PS3. Sony's pretty much untouchable in the console space. 599? shit, if that didn't kill them, nothing else can.
Aquamarine
Member
Never mind.
CadetMahoney
Member
Pretty much, they dominated last gen, beating 360 worldwide and this gen too against a very underpowered bone.
Imru al-Qays
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Nobody knows what the numbers exactly are and the estimates seem to put the ps4 a lot lower than it might be. Or is that the joke?
DancinSwayze
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theshape31
Member
Your numbers are all way off.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
90M would be the next benchmark, 360 at 80mil something, X1 going toward 10mil. To be fair, Sony is including their last gen system, current gen, and handheld. MS only has last gen and current gen to add up towards a "family".
Edit: Nintendo is the same as Sony, but for some reason I didnt think they included Wii numbers in their stuff.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
That PSP 80 million, goddamn.
thehypocrite
Member
Dat failure. Lol.
biglittleps
Member
They've said over 100 million, so it could be minimum at
PS3 - 83+
PS4 - 8.5+
PSV - 8.5+
PS3 - 83+
PS4 - 8.5+
PSV - 8.5+
Bitanator
Member
Compared to a what? If anything they are embarrassing
Aquamarine
Member
It's only a couple of million away from surpassing the Dreamcast!
It's weird when you see this because it puts into perspective how much gaming has changed and how other electronics (other consoles and smart devices) have bitten into the console business. Sony, Sega and Nintendo all hit gold all around the same time and while the industry is still worth billions of dollars, I doubt we'll ever reach PS2 level of sales again.
GloriousBagel
Banned
Why? Because half of GAF wants the Vita dead.
SwiftDeath
Member
I am kind of curious how long it will take the Wii U to pass the Vita WW saleswise
Probably this holiday season?
Probably this holiday season?
Aquamarine
Member
Let's say I'm right and Vita has shipped 8.35 million units so far.
That would make it something like this:
Sega Dreamcast - 10.6 million units shipped
Sega Saturn - 9.5 million units shipped
PlayStation Vita - 8.35 million units shipped so far
Here is a Japanese sales comparison (Famitsu data):
Sega Saturn - 5,900,000 sold to consumers
PlayStation Vita - 2,936,556 units sold to consumers
Sega Dreamcast - 1,918,837 sold to consumers
And a USA sales comparison:
Sega Dreamcast - 4.0 million units sold to consumers
PlayStation Vita - 1.8-1.9 million units sold to consumers
Sega Saturn - 1.4 million units sold to consumers
Bitanator
Member
So it will at least pass the Saturn's overall LTD. I wonder if it can overpass the satun's Japanese sales.
Hawaii Jeff
Member
Yikes! That's a lot of plastic & silicon!!
Miles Quaritch
Member
RustyNails
Member
The word "million" is forever ruined for me by Tak Fuji. I simply cannot help but read any headline that says "x million" in his voice, even if it's non gaming related. He lives in my head. Fuck!
TMaakkonen
Member
This constant Vita hate/bad sales predictions is baffling. Even more so when people are too kind on Wii U.
These are taken from NPD and Media Create threads
WiiU USA + Japan Sales:
2.4 m + 1.82 m = 4,22 m
PSV USA + Japan Sales:
1.8 m + 2.93 m = 4.73 m
So that leaves Europe and rest of the world. And we know which system has gotten negative shipments.
Oh and any counter argument that PSV has been on sale for longer is bit stupid, because we are still comparing PS3 and X360, PS2 and GC&Xbox etc.
These are taken from NPD and Media Create threads
WiiU USA + Japan Sales:
2.4 m + 1.82 m = 4,22 m
PSV USA + Japan Sales:
1.8 m + 2.93 m = 4.73 m
So that leaves Europe and rest of the world. And we know which system has gotten negative shipments.
Oh and any counter argument that PSV has been on sale for longer is bit stupid, because we are still comparing PS3 and X360, PS2 and GC&Xbox etc.
Only half?
Between Nintendo, Sony home console and IOS owners i would say that most of GAF want Vita dead, ironically the only ones that don't want Vita dead(because they just don't care) are XBOX owners...
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