Only a million? I thought it was going to be at least 100 million the way that Gaf has been going about the preorder numbers game lately.
The salt is strong with this one.
Only a million? I thought it was going to be at least 100 million the way that Gaf has been going about the preorder numbers game lately.
That number might fall down by some. I know I'm cancelling my preorder after Amazon emailed me that I wont get my preorder until January. Sony must have a short supply if I preordered during E3 and still wouldn't get one from amazon until 2 months after launch.
I bet that that number will steadily decrease after today's show.
That number is going to roll back quite a bit after today's awful showing and dedicated server news out of MS camp.
Lol based on what exactly? Please enlighten me sonI bet that that number will steadily decrease after today's show.
That number is going to roll back quite a bit after today's awful showing and dedicated server news out of MS camp.
good? bad? we need comparisons
HahahaThat number is going to roll back quite a bit after today's awful showing and dedicated server news out of MS camp.
Ask MS for their numbers, but don't hold your breath waiting for a response.
Walmart starts their in store preorders for PS4 and Xbox One this Saturday for those still wanting launch day next gen consoles. So preorder numbers will continue to rise.
Also, do the casuals even preorder? That's where the war will be won.
One Microsoft representative said he'd pay anyone $1200 if they could find a store still accepting Xbox One pre-orders.
Ask MS for their numbers, but don't hold your breath waiting for a response.
It does seem low if you compare it to the lifetime sales of a console based product, but take this as a comparison.
The Xbox 360 came out on the 22nd of November 2005. By the end of the year it managed to shipped out 1.5 million consoles.
The PS2 sold 500,000 in its first day, and they planned to ship 1.3 million by the end of 2000.
The PS4 (and possibly the Xbox One) is on track to break these records.
It does seem low if you compare it to the lifetime sales of a console based product, but take this as a comparison.
The Xbox 360 came out on the 22nd of November 2005. By the end of the year it managed to shipped out 1.5 million consoles.
The PS2 sold 500,000 in its first day, and they planned to ship 1.3 million by the end of 2000.
The PS4 (and possibly the Xbox One) is on track to break these records.
One Microsoft representative said he'd pay anyone $1200 if they could find a store still accepting Xbox One pre-orders.
Gamestop is taking them today.
you sure those numbers aren't getting mixed up? the xbox 360 was a worldwide shipment in 2005, most likely. i think the 1.3m was either for the quarter or for the north american region. there were already a million ps2s in japan at that point.
PS2 sold 900,000 units in Japan only over the weekend.
Not sure about the PS2 one, since the source was from here:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/07/sony-pulls-in-over-250-million-at-launch
The Xbox 360 launch shipment details were from Microsoft themselves.
I'm not claiming the 'death of consoles' I just think a mixture of casual consumer apathy (most of the launch games are available for PS360), supply constraints and the fact they will be fighting with each other over sales will mean that they don't take off quite aswell as a lot of people on here think they will.
WiiU is on 3.6 million just now, I can't see PS4 and XBO being on any more than 4 million each* by this time next year but I'm sure they won't get anything like the ridicule WiiU gets for it's sales.
That number is going to roll back quite a bit after today's awful showing and dedicated server news out of MS camp.
I bet that that number will steadily decrease after today's show.
That number is going to roll back quite a bit after today's awful showing and dedicated server news out of MS camp.
I have a feeling a lot of people on here will look silly when PS4 and XBO fail to match the WiiU's 3 million consoles sold in it's first three months on the market and then we get sub 10k PS4 weekly sales in Japan and sub 50k console sales for each on NPD early next year.
This isn't 2005/6 for most people financially, people have Blu Ray & online gaming already and the graphical leap between generations is nothing like it was last time out.
yeah, 1.3m for the ps2 was just in north america by the end of the calendar year. worldwide it was probably closer to 4-5m at that point. it had been out in japan for several months though.
Yeah, it's a strong number. Sony wouldn't have disclosed it if it wasn't, either.If I was a CEO and saw 1m+ preorders for my product 3 months out, its champagne time.
That number is going to roll back quite a bit after today's awful showing and dedicated server news out of MS camp.
I have a feeling a lot of people on here will look silly when PS4 and XBO fail to match the WiiU's 3 million consoles sold in it's first three months on the market and then we get sub 10k PS4 weekly sales in Japan and sub 50k console sales for each on NPD early next year.
This isn't 2005/6 for most people financially, people have Blu Ray & online gaming already and the graphical leap between generations is nothing like it was last time out.
That number is going to roll back quite a bit after today's awful showing and dedicated server news out of MS camp.
I have a feeling a lot of people on here will look silly when PS4 and XBO fail to match the WiiU's 3 million consoles sold in it's first three months on the market and then we get sub 10k PS4 weekly sales in Japan and sub 50k console sales for each on NPD early next year.
This isn't 2005/6 for most people financially, people have Blu Ray & online gaming already and the graphical leap between generations is nothing like it was last time out.
One Microsoft representative said he'd pay anyone $1200 if they could find a store still accepting Xbox One pre-orders.