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PS4 sells through 1 million units on Day 1 in NA, best start in PS / console history
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sleeping_dragon
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There is no single console this gen or before that which SOLD 1 million unit in a day. So pretty much the console war is OVER. Learn to live with it.
This is what happens when your company has extreme customer goodwill and loyalty bundled with good prices. Word of mouth spreads and people will spend money on it.
That is the thing MS so royally fucked up. I was on the 360 train but am not putting any money toward MS for the xbone for the foreseeable future. I dont trust them, i dont like them. Fuck em
What Sony now needs to do is get ahead of any potential console OS and bricking issues and make sure people know it will be fixed or replaced. I imagine since everyone is so damn connected these days the problems could seem worse than they are but we will see.
That is the thing MS so royally fucked up. I was on the 360 train but am not putting any money toward MS for the xbone for the foreseeable future. I dont trust them, i dont like them. Fuck em
What Sony now needs to do is get ahead of any potential console OS and bricking issues and make sure people know it will be fixed or replaced. I imagine since everyone is so damn connected these days the problems could seem worse than they are but we will see.
Hoho for breakfast
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According to this IGN article, the US day one sold through units for PS2 were just over 500,000. So I believe no console even came close to these numbers aside from the Japanese launch of the PS2 at 980k.
Ephemeris
Member
lol, for those who still doubt it. don't blame em though, this is mighty impressive.
Next stop: Europe
What was the advertising like in the States, btw? Like in terms of how salient it was. Admittedly, I don't watch the channels that Sony would advertise the PS4 on, but I haven't seen a single advertisement here in New Zealand. Not a print ad or even an ad before a YouTube video. It's almost like Sony know they're going to sell out so they don't even need to bother!
I know in Aus, ive only seen that xbox one ad, but thats probably due to it launching first before the ps4. I expect ps4 ads to roll out sometime within the next week.
zomgbbqftw
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It also explains the inordinate amount of failures too. With over 1m sold through even a 1% DOA rate is 10,000 complainers! With a more realistic 3-5% DOA rate (which is true for modern electronics made at third party assembly companies and poor QC) that would be 30-50k people who have dead PS4s, a massive number of angry people venting on forums or review sections.
I did my part. The best start to what will be the best generation yet.
lol..
Thunder Monkey
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Can't really say this yet.
PS4 really was the right option for the enthusiast console gamer though. Reasonable price, compelling featureset, takes the crown in "power". There's no guarantee it will translate into mass market acceptance... but it rarely hurts to be seen as a powerhouse of any given market.
Could start the same thing that brought Wii and PS2 to success.
Unknown One
Member
Next month, there will be tons of new PS+ subscribers.
If you want, count PS2 launch in Japan which sold in 980 000 units in 24 hours.
Yeah, I'm sure Apple pushes far more iPhones than that in a single day.
Although, they've been very quiet about the latest iPad which has led some to believe this may have been a weak launch for them.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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I do find it funny, that the two posters in the WiiU threads that were venomously asserting that the WiiUs sales were a reflection of the general publics disinterest in consoles are the same two downplaying this news as "well lets wait past launch"
Jesus guys, hang it up.
That said, now is not the time for compliancy for Sony. They have had a good start, but the easily can lose it and fall behind. They need to keep the momentum going with kickass first and second party software and intelligent marketing. Rest for a minute and they could be back where were 7 years ago.
Jesus guys, hang it up.
That said, now is not the time for compliancy for Sony. They have had a good start, but the easily can lose it and fall behind. They need to keep the momentum going with kickass first and second party software and intelligent marketing. Rest for a minute and they could be back where were 7 years ago.
Starsunder
Member
Amazing job by Sony. Love my PS4.
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Matarese171
Member
Yep. Puts things in perspective a bit. Can also explain Psn issues. 1 million+ hitting Psn servers heavily downloading games etc all at the same time is a massive strain.
TacticalFox88
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Damn. Apple STILL in a whole nother league.
Blame Microsoft for intentionally ignoring the Xbox heritage of "power." Microsoft "intentionally not targeting the highest end graphics" for the Xbox One means they threw all those things the OG Xbox and Xbox 360 were about out the window to focus on something.
Anyway, congrats to Sony for their successful launch. Hopefully I'll be a PCPS4 user in the near future.
quoted for truth and logic.
I was expecting somewhere around 500-600k for ONE month to be honest...
CONGRATS SONY!
Canis lupus
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So pretty confirmed PS4 just had the biggest console launch in NA.
Im very happy because this means good news for us: videogame fans.
The industry isn't dieing after all. This is also good news for the other manufacturers. Even if they don't end up on top the can live to try another day.
Ps4 has the potential to be great. Launch games ain't there for me but great things will come.
The industry isn't dieing after all. This is also good news for the other manufacturers. Even if they don't end up on top the can live to try another day.
Ps4 has the potential to be great. Launch games ain't there for me but great things will come.
revolverjgw
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Hoho for breakfast
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Nightengale
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In 9 countries.
But still a poor comparison. The console companies could only dream of their consoles selling iPhone numbers.
Thanks. I know it's about as relevant as comparing the PS4 to new car sales but I was just wondering what sort of figures we were talking about.
PrimaNocta
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Congrats Sony. I love my system.
TacticalFox88
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Not an attack on you, but I find the idea that Sony getting complacent NOW is pretty absurd. Their humble attitude has worked TREMENDOUSLY in their favor.
They'd have to be fools to give up the goodwill MS practically HANDED them on a silver platter.
dreamer3kx
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Very curious which console will do better in NA, very curious.
Sentenza
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While the result is without any doubt very good, I think it should also be pointed that there is a "culture of the preorder" in place these days which wasn't really that widespread back then, so having a far stronger start doesn't necessarily mean it's going to have also stronger sales in the entire console's life cycle.To clarify, the article is comparing to its second best launch (PS2).
PS2 took 3 days to reach 1M units, which was released in Japan only.
Kudos goes to Sony and NA market
Thunder Monkey
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I was certain Sony could sell what they stocked shelves with... but I honestly thought if they hit a million units it would be for the month (the thing hasn't even seen Black Friday!) not first day.
Playstation can only sell the units they have available to manufacture, as unlikely as it maybe, whos to say if Sony didnt have 9 million units worldwide on launch day that they wouldnt sell them all ?
5000 is just 0.5%