• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

PS4 LTD reaches ~2x/3x that of PS2/PS3 in Asia over same time period

S

stryke

Member
ib2KmTTg2BdA82.png


edit - Cleaner pic, thanks jediyoshi

6hJRysI.jpg
 
G

GaimeGuy

Volunteer Deputy Campaign Director, Obama for America '16
Well yeah, PS2 was supply constrained because of DVD, PS3 was supply constrained because of Blu-Ray.

PS4 isn't supply constrained.
 
S

SmokyDave

Member
It's too early in the morning for this. I just sat there thinking 'well, no shit, who's buying a PS2 nowadays?!'. Took me a minute to figure out they meant 'in' the same time rather than 'at'.

I need a coffee. Well done PS4.
 
D

Deadstar

Member
Does this mean we will see a return of the greats like Time Splitters and Bloody Roar? I want a PS2 like library with such a huge install base.
 
MistaPropella

MistaPropella

Member
SmokyDave said:
It's too early in the morning for this. I just sat there thinking 'well, no shit, who's buying a PS2 nowadays?!'. Took me a minute to figure out they meant 'in' the same time rather than 'at'.

I need a coffee. Well done PS4.
Click to expand...

haha, that gave me a good laugh. and yeah, congrats to Sony for their success with the Playstation 4.
 
B

BocoDragon

or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
But how much console buying at all did Asia do in eras past?
 
B

bobbytkc

ADD New Gen Gamer
Deadstar said:
Does this mean we will see a return of the greats like Time Splitters and Bloody Roar? I want a PS2 like library with such a huge install base.
Click to expand...

Maybe if games start buying mid tier games and not base their purchase decisions on production values.

Otherwise, I don't see anything changing.
 
N

Nightengale

Member
GaimeGuy said:
Well yeah, PS2 was supply constrained because of DVD, PS3 was supply constrained because of Blu-Ray.

PS4 isn't supply constrained.
Click to expand...

Complete fallacy. You don't know how difficult it was to get a PS4 at a non scalping price in Asia for the first few months.
 
T

Trust me. I'm a PhD

Member
It is definitely easier (and cheaper) to find a PS4 here than a PS2/3 was back in their day. I am really curious about how they are performing actual numbers wise. Outside of myself I only know one guy (my brother in law) that has one, but I might just be running with too senior a crowd^^
 
A

andrerobot

Member
When did Sony release the PS2 in Asia? If I recall correctly they took ages to release the console outside of Japan, USA and Europe.
 
N

Nightengale

Member
Renekton said:
Asia ex-Japan are normally slow adopters IINM.
Click to expand...

My anecdotal experience was that for the PS3, many friends were holding off waiting for the consoles to be jailbroken first.

However, they have since given up hope on that and have embraced that in console space, the era of jailbroken games is gone.
 
B

bobbytkc

ADD New Gen Gamer
Nightengale said:
My anecdotal experience was that for the PS3, many friends were holding off waiting for the consoles to be jailbroken first.

However, they have since given up hope on that and have embraced that in console space, the era of jailbroken games is gone.
Click to expand...

good riddance. Platform holders will never take asia seriously until that mindset goes away.
 
S

scytherage

Member
Tsk tsk Microsoft. I don't know why they continue to ignore Asia or treat it as bottom tier. Just look at all the sales you lost [to Sony] here.
 
R

Renekton

Member
Nightengale said:
My anecdotal experience was that for the PS3, many friends were holding off waiting for the consoles to be jailbroken first.

However, they have since given up hope on that and have embraced that in console space, the era of jailbroken games is gone.
Click to expand...
I was surprised X360 wasn't more prolific in the region, since it along with Wii were quickly and painlessly jailbroken.
 
M

mrklaw

MrArseFace
I'm starting to wonder if PS4 is going to have a sharp rise/fall in numbers - I.e reach saturation point much more quickly than previous generations. Which might mean it is difficult to sustain a long generation compared to last time around. I also wonder about PS3 vs 360 conversion rates. 360 owners seem to be still buying software - more so than PS3. So are there more 360 owners still to convert, and could that affect the PS4:XB1 ratios later on?
 
O

One4U

Banned
Congrats to Sony & PS4. Hope X1 will get some good sales as well (although not on par with PS4...) when it is launched in Asia.
 
NekoFever

NekoFever

Member
GaimeGuy said:
Well yeah, PS2 was supply constrained because of DVD, PS3 was supply constrained because of Blu-Ray.

PS4 isn't supply constrained.
Click to expand...
Did DVD ever affect the PS2 supply? It was a completely different situation to Blu-ray because it was already a mature technology that had been on the market for a couple of years at that point. It wasn't brand new and essentially being carried by the console like Blu-ray was with the PS3.
 
R

RalchAC

Member
SPE said:
Hey genius, what continent is Japan in?
Click to expand...

Japan is an island :p. Yeah, I know its Asia, but people usually diferenciates them from mainland Asia just like they sometimes do with UK and mainland Europe. The fact that both countries have different spending habits (for what I've read) compared to the rest of the continent should be the reason why this happens.

On topic, I think the Ps4 launched in Asia on December.
 
T

tokyobanana

Banned
Can anyone fill this with Japan data launch aligned numbers for PS4 vs. PS3/PS2?

That gives us an idea how much more Asia excluding Japan has grown.
 
K

klee123

Member
Not surprised there considering how much Chinese and Korean language support Sony is giving on a lot of their major titles.

Compared to the old PS1 and PS2 days where an Asian release of a Japanese game is basically identical to the JPN version, but with an extra English/Chinese slip detailing the controls and etc.
 
S

stryke

Member
tokyobanana said:
Can anyone fill this with Japan data launch aligned numbers for PS4 vs. PS3/PS2?

That gives us an idea how much more Asia excluding Japan has grown.
Click to expand...

I'm having trouble being convinced that this graph is including Japan (since for a long time, SCE Asia and SCE Japan were separate).

PS2 opened with 1 million in Japan and I don't think it released in other Asia countries until over a year later.

If this graph did include Japan, does that mean Sony sold 2 million consoles in Asia right off the bat?

edit - hmm maybe it's not so ridiculous since they sold 4.2 million by the end of 2013....
 
D

Daviii

Member
mrklaw said:
I'm starting to wonder if PS4 is going to have a sharp rise/fall in numbers - I.e reach saturation point much more quickly than previous generations. Which might mean it is difficult to sustain a long generation compared to last time around. I also wonder about PS3 vs 360 conversion rates. 360 owners seem to be still buying software - more so than PS3. So are there more 360 owners still to convert, and could that affect the PS4:XB1 ratios later on?
Click to expand...

Reaching saturation point is good. That only means price drops for everybody :)
 
T

Trust me. I'm a PhD

Member
stryke said:
I'm having trouble being convinced that this graph is including Japan (since for a long time, SCE Asia and SCE Japan were separate).

PS2 opened with 1 million in Japan and I don't think it released in other Asia countries until over a year later.

If this graph did include Japan, does that mean Sony sold 2 million consoles in Asia right off the bat?
Click to expand...

Most of us got it in December and in fairly small amounts because systems were still needed to fulfill North America and European demand. I am 95% sure these charts are for everyone in Asia excluding Japan.
 
1

1st Course

Member
Worth mentioning that lots of APAC economies grown significantly since the early 2000s. Indonesia economy for example grown 10X since 2000. Purchasing power in lots of countries there now >>> PS2 days.
 
S

stryke

Member
Trust me said:
Most of us got it in December and in fairly small amounts because systems were still needed to fulfill North America and European demand. I am 95% sure these charts are for everyone in Asia excluding Japan.
Click to expand...

Yeah. If this chart did include Japan, we would see the considerable upswing of 300k units 2 months post launch.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

European video game sales dip by over 7% in January | EA Sports FC 24 is No.1, TLOU2R No. 2, Hellblade re-enters the Top Ten and PS5 sales up
Business Sales-Age
18
2K
Brucey replied
Gran Turismo is 25 years old, series total sales over 90 million
News 2
94
5K
Markio128 replied
Ken Kutaragi is the Greatest 'emperor' Of All Time and remains SIE's only true visionary
Opinion 2
73
4K
consoul replied
Did the OS footprint on PS4 and XB1 ever get reduced over the course of the generation?
12
1K
Three replied
PS5 hits 2m UK sales, making it the fourth fastest-selling games console of all time
2 3
105
8K
Robb replied
Top Bottom