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Sony: PS4 Demand Will Outstrip Supply Into the Summer
- Thread starter ShogunDarius
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What's the most two consoles have combined to sell in a non-holiday month I wonder? The XB1 and PS4 should both do huge numbers in March.
Not in the UK. They're talking about worldwide y'know, not just where you live.
BlackBuzzard
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Why would you live there?
PS4's region free altogether, no matter where you get one from (unless you're talking about something like Apps).
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I was at my local Wal-Mart yesterday. Honestly you'd be convinced the PS4 never came out. No consoles, no controllers, barely any accessories in general and not even half a dozen games in stock at most behind the locked shelf.
The Vita section was pretty much the same thing. But for entirely different reasons.
The Vita section was pretty much the same thing. But for entirely different reasons.
I think his point is that they are readily available in Japan.
Hoho for breakfast
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At the moment in the US at least, it's only somewhat supply constrained. Not like it was the last couple months.
Amazon.com has had them in stock for a week or so, and many Gamestops received shipments last week and are still in stock.
Amazon.com has had them in stock for a week or so, and many Gamestops received shipments last week and are still in stock.
Yoda
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The only avenue it can win is NPD, no one is expecting them to sell more overall (globally) which determines how much money they rake in. I think Microsoft will edge out sony mainly because supply is still hit or miss + titanfall bundle.
anexanhume
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I'd have to find the Aquamarine post, but the Wii did multiple millions in non-holiday months in its peak of popularity.
Majmun
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Damn PS4 is so supply constrained it's starting to impact PS3 stock
fixed it
But yeah, no Ps4's to be found in the Netherlands. Belgium and Germany are dry as well. Sony has been understocking mainland Europe for months now...
Just in America?
I think they're probably overestimating this a bit to try to counteract that Microsoft will likely win this month due to Titanfall (sort of "look here, the crazy hype is still in our ballpark!" sort of comment). Sony has probably got at least a few more weeks of relative supply constraint in them, but I doubt it goes beyond that.
For the record, I think this only really happens when parents are scrambling for a Christmas gift. They can probably keep this up for as long as the price difference exists, and maybe even beyond then once people know their friends are playing [pick a game] on PS4.
Graphics Horse
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Nope, but this thread isn't just about America.
BlackBuzzard
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I think you are overestimating the impact of Titanfall.
Adam_Roman
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Sounds about right. My friend works at a Best Buy in Buffalo and he said they're just now finally keeping a few on shelves for more than the day they receive them.
Read
So all I'm saying is, while that may be true, if someone wanted to they could get one right now on Amazon
I was responding to someone mentioning potential NPD numbers for the month. I should have been more explicit in my question.
I wouldn't want to deal with the X vs. O thing though.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
If I had to wait 6 months for a PS4 at no stage would I cave and get a XBone.
Ditto
Night Angel
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Which is a fact. They are struggling to keep up with demand. Just because one store has stock, that doesn't mean they have met the demand for their product.
Read and think.
Uno Venova
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Me either, I wonder if I will see any at BB when I get infamous.
Graphics Horse
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Ah i see now, I'm not sure what the highest monthly sales are, someone should be able to find it.
PopcornMegaphone
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On amazon.com, but there are also other countrys in the world.
He is clearly speaking about worldwide stock situation and expects it to be low until summer. Doesn't mean that you can't find it already in some (online-)shops in some countrys.
Yes, but it's a leading indicator. I expect things to get a lot better before summer. People who want a PS4 can find one online with little effort.
OK, but...
Just go on amazon. They're there. They're pretty much always there now.
childplease
Banned
I wonder how long it will be before ps4s are served to all of the core and when the sales will drop dramatically once casuals fail to purchase the system.
The reports so far is that Microsoft was able to outpace PS4 comfortably during Titanfall week, in US and UK, if I recall correctly. So, no I don't think I am. I don't think the bump is going to carry over significantly into the following months though, so that is the bigger problem.
And everyone is buying online of course.
He's right, you should read the text. As long as they can't have it available in most stores, this means there is still stronger demand than they can ship. In some areas more than in others.
WooHooAlex
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I saw two on the shelf at Best Buy last night. That was just my second time seeing PS4 in-store.
Wonder what prevents them from opening more production lines for a few months. I am not familiar with the logistics behind that. Are contracts with suppliers not flexible enough? Or are there just not enough production capacities on parts like the 4Gb GDDR5 chips from Samsung? Are short-term reservations of production capacities impossible or just more expensive than "normal" reservations?
But it's never permanently in stock - it's always intermittent which is the main problem.
Umm I did not hear anything like that in the US.
UK maybe,but the PS4 got a boost as well.
PopcornMegaphone
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The point if if they are easy to find online, I expect stores to follow suit soon. As in, before summer.
Graphics Horse
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We have weekly percentage increase for both platforms in the UK but no clue what either was in the previous week, unless something changed.
My local Target always seems to have 1 or 2 PS4s in stock but they normally disappear within 2 days of me seeing them. Xbox Ones never seem to move
PS4 is in stock at amazon for 10 days now and dropped from #1 spot the first time when being available. So supply is > demand right now. Probably not much and probably because of increased supply. That will lead to increased sales #s for sure but should also lead to a supply > demand situation worldwide soon,
Chinese new year is through and the # of units needed for Japan willl be pretty small, so there will be a million+ units for the west every month. Cant see that much demand in the slow month ahead.
Chinese new year is through and the # of units needed for Japan willl be pretty small, so there will be a million+ units for the west every month. Cant see that much demand in the slow month ahead.
RedAssedApe
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Most of the Best Buys near me in West LA seem to have stock (based on online store pickup). Usually hard to tell how many they have in stock though because they tend to have them locked up in cages that aren't in the gaming section. Only saw two in a cage up by the register at the Culver City BB when I picked up MGS on Tuesday.
I think there were 5 Xbones in a separate cage. Not sure if that accounts for all stock though. Didn't bother asking.
I think there were 5 Xbones in a separate cage. Not sure if that accounts for all stock though. Didn't bother asking.
Canis lupus
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You're going to be wondering a loooooooooooong time so I suggest you stop wondering and worrying about failing demand because if there is one console that doesn't have the word bomba in its dictionary, it's the PS4.
anexanhume
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Not everyone shops at amazon.
That depends entirely on where you live. On Amazon UK, the standard console is sold out until 2nd April, the Second Son bundle is now unavailable and the Black Flag bundle only has one left in stock. It's not exactly readily available yet.
I could have swore I read it on a NeoGAF thread, but we shall see either way soon.
I don't think that you're getting what hawk's saying.
These posters do.
The Xbox beat the PS4 last week despite a supply boost for the latter, if I recall correctly. Clearly the XB1 is going to see a similar surge in America. I don't know of XB1 will outsell the PS4 in the March NPD, but I think it will at least be a lot closer than some people expect.