The 5.3m figure was through February 8th, so the 700k sold since was for ~3 weeks, not a full month.
Yes, I think that's a reasonable estimate.
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PS4 surpasses 6 million units sold as of March 2nd
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Yes, I think that's a reasonable estimate.
true to that. but its been 5 months since the PS4 is out. and there is still no stock. the only systems that were like this ever i believe were the WII and the PS2. and both of them sold 100M+
David Lo Pan
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Very appropriate meme for the thread title.
Curious as hell to know where they are, sold-through, as of right now? 3.5ml low, 3.8ml high. They've probably shipped or will ship another million ahead of Titanfall. They'll probably announce 5 million (shipped) just before the 11th.
points for ps4 sellings like ps2
-great start and vibe
-an architecture which lends itself to price reductions and hence a long tail of sales
points
-mobile
-legit compeititon in xbox and pc
-differnt industry scenario
think ps4 will def surge ahead. dont expect ps2 numbers ... even the wii tailed off badly ps2 was sony being dominant back when console gaming was the top thing . dont see it never being achieved again but not in the full on console form .... maybe with vr/augmented realiality or ps now revenues etc . Can def see profits being matched or exceeded (even taking inflation into account) but on pure hardware sales etc ... not seeing it yet.
-great start and vibe
-an architecture which lends itself to price reductions and hence a long tail of sales
points
-mobile
-legit compeititon in xbox and pc
-differnt industry scenario
think ps4 will def surge ahead. dont expect ps2 numbers ... even the wii tailed off badly ps2 was sony being dominant back when console gaming was the top thing . dont see it never being achieved again but not in the full on console form .... maybe with vr/augmented realiality or ps now revenues etc . Can def see profits being matched or exceeded (even taking inflation into account) but on pure hardware sales etc ... not seeing it yet.
Ah, that explains more the theorised 330k shipped in the West, (700k - 370k from Japan launch). What are Sony's factories? One in China, one in Japan, then?
PS4 could come close to doubling XB1's total sales soon at this rate... Though March might impede that if Titanfall does what MS hopes.
Still, it's crazy we're even in the ballpark of that situation.
PS4 supply in Europe I think has definitely been hurt by the Japanese launch. I guess Fergal Gara wasn't kidding when he said it would be April before things balance out.
Still, it's crazy we're even in the ballpark of that situation.
PS4 supply in Europe I think has definitely been hurt by the Japanese launch. I guess Fergal Gara wasn't kidding when he said it would be April before things balance out.
Aquamarine
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3.9 million shipment as of December 31st.
Not really that many with at least 300k of that in Japan. It still adds up to about 1M/month, but it looks like Sony diverted substantially more units to Japan than have been sold.
pretty sure sell thrus arent that great. there are price drops on top of the price drops ms has given .... thats saying something. not that there arent for ps4 (uk and nz i think had some drops by retailers) but nothing as widespeard as xbone ..... def sell thru is not upto to par as of now ... lets see what titanfall and its 2 weeks of only xbone one hype and marketing brings it (btw know its a good game ... but given how its being positioned as a xbone only thing as far as pr is concerned will be an interesting march npd)
Is the shipment number on December 31st drastically different than the shipment number on January 1st to the point where you need to refute his claim about "the start of January"?
Aquamarine
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No need to be hostile, man.
I'm not refuting anything. I was just clarifying because here on NeoGAF it's good to be precise.
Not saying PS4 will definitely hit PS2 numbers but it won't have such a short tail like the Wii since it actually has third party support.
Wolves Evolve
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Microsoft must have planned TF to be a killing blow, instead it will be an equaliser. Still, while I'm happy with my PS4, I'll be even happier if both consoles go gangbusters. Incredible to think how much has changed in 13 months, though. Holy mother.
Canis lupus
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WIll be close to 7m sold trough by march 31, damn.
Why so salty?
Yeah I guess I read it in a different tone than intended. Sorry.
KoopaTheCasual
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I really cant tell whats sarcasm, and what's geniune salt on GAF anymore...
We haven't had an update from MS in a while but if we assume Europe is selling about the same as NA and we assume Feb was similar to Jan we'd be at about 3.6m for XB1 by start of March.
What's for sure is, MS isn't going to publicise a 3.x number when Sony's trumpeting 6.x. I think MS will at least wait until they can say 5.x, although by then who knows where Sony might be. I guess a lot depends on Titanfall.
...Hm.
zomgbbqftw
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I would not make that assumption.
GribbleGrunger
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Europe isn't selling as well as America.
EU is selling worse then NA. Whenever Xbone hits 5 million, PS4 is in 10 million area. I guess we wont hear any numbers for a long time. And I doubt that even Titanfall could change this. We might see a "sales doubled" or "sales increased 200%" or something.
SPACECADET
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xbox one is to cboat as ps4 is to csalt
PodcastFips
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Is this some kind of account suicide? I don't even...
gundamkyoukai
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If things keep up at this rate we could see Sony saying PS4 double X1 sales WW at E3 .
Crazy stuff to tell you the truth and would make E3 madness even more fun .
Unknown One
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I could tell this is sarcasm just by this statement alone.
KoopaTheCasual
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I mean, the Drakengard avi gave me a clue, but there have been weirder things said on GAF =/It wasn't obvious enough?
Psycho_Mantis
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We can consider it as the best scenario for MS which is pretty bad in comparison to PS4.
Yeah,that what gamespot said months ago
Its a ongoing joke.
I thought it was arstechnica...
Canis lupus
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I think at this point they'll just wait till their financial results. By your estimates(and they're very generous with EU) they haven't even gone through last year's shipments, I predict Q1 shipments to be about 1m, either way it'll be a number around 5.xm
Aquamarine
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Please understand, with the current state of Sony, PS4 is like a rocketship waiting to take off. It will indeed have a incredible speed but it'll skyrocket soon.
Celestial Mortal
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thepotatoman
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It's not really anymore crazy than the "marathon not a sprint" analogies. The idea that fast up front sales leads to slower sales later has been brought up plenty before, even though history has shown it's always been more of a snowball effect than anything else.
zomgbbqftw
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The best case scenario is NA taking two thirds of global sales IMO. A 2:1 ratio. RoW sales should be down as half those of US+Can.
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