Graphics Horse
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They said millions of preorders (ww) so I was expecting something like this as long as they could meet them.
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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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They said millions of preorders (ww) so I was expecting something like this as long as they could meet them.
Tricky I Shadow
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Microsoft is probably nervous as hell at the moment....
MrBambinoDent
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deputyspade
Member
Yeah, no kidding! The install base looks like it will be highly in favor of the PS4 worldwide. I hope EA got their moneys worth. Michael Pachter expects Microsoft to strip kinect out and lower the price to match the PS4 1 year after their launch. I don't think they'll even wait that long.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Oh definitely.
I actually think this will be one of Sony's biggest successes, Nothing esoteric about the core tech inside meaning easy to get manufacturing costs down, a price that makes the choice between One/PS4 pretty easy, and a lot of goodwill. This launch will only add to Sony's momentum.
EA cares about establishing the IP and additional revenue (if there would be) that the PS4 could offer. No gaming company let alone EA would be happy with just covering dev costs when theres other money on the table.
So Sony having to shut down a fundamentally unprofitable studio is "a clear message of where they see the future of gaming"?
What are you on about? Sony's first-party studio's have been upping the ante the entire generation and there's no sign of them slowing down. Compared to Microsoft, this comparison gets even more laughable, and Nintendo's vision of the future of gaming also seems to sink like a rock. I'm not sure if i'm reading your post correctly here.
Now you make me look bad. This is what I came up with! :'(
Sir, yes, sir!
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
GribbleGrunger
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Majmun
Member
They're going to miss out a lot of revenue, though.
Thank god for JB, otherwise I would be waiting until 2014 :|
boredandlazy
Member
Yeah, I walked past an EB yesterday and they were still advertising day-one stock for XBOne too. Wonder what the supply is going to be though.
Lagspike_exe
Member
Again. It's a new world record for day 1. Period.
Even better.
I thought I read that MS bought the IP outright and they own Titanfall now. Was that debunked?
Is it possible?
I'd be surprised if places like Brazil go to the PS4. With Xbones being assembled there and in turn not being taxed as high, they're way more affordable than the PS4.
I'd imagine there's other countries as well that the XB would maintain dominance. Granted, with the PS4 selling as it did in NA, I'd be worried about the EU too if I were microsoft.
EA is not funding development of Titanfall. They have 1 game deal for publishing, and they have decided to publish only on one platform.
boredandlazy
Member
It was Polygon.
I've generally found that the Playstation consoles tend to have the largest and most diverse libraries. I'm a little puzzled at your critique. Are you only judging them by the top ten best sellers or something?
So in a space of a day they sold 5 times as much as their previous console did during its launch month. Wow.
SymbiantXenos
Member
Europe should be able match 1M
Unknown One
Member
EA is a company that bleeds money. They care, if they didn't then they would had taken MS moneyhats.
It wasn't debunked, but it was torn to shreds. It makes no sense that MS would buy an IP and still let EA publish it. If this were true, MS would be screaming it from the top of every building by now.
boredandlazy
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shikamaroooo
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I've also seen a couple EB Games stores still taking day one pre orders.
sleeping_dragon
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Yeah just went to my local Harvey Norman store and their allotment for the PS4 is sold out til next year and they don't even bother to have a demo unit set up for it, however I do see an Xbox One demo unit setup. Lol
May as we'll be the same thing given the size of the other markets
-Plasma Reus-
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I really doubt they'll last as long as consoles have though. The thing I see for tablets is improved processing power/storage/graphics. They're also obviously going to keep getting thinner. But I just think the novelty of tablets might very well wear off for most people. The amount of things you can do on a tablet is limited to the device's touch-based nature. And that will not be changing any time soon.
Yeah, by Vince himeslf. Polygon screwed up.
MS deal would cover lost profits that would be had on PS4. Unless the game fails, development would be covered by X % of X1 sales alone.
maquiladora
Member
Thats what the money covers. MS pays for the projected sales the copies of the PS4 version would make.
Now that we know that a lot of PS4's are being sold, projections may have to increase and future moneyhatting for other games will get more expensive.
Good point.
Nightengale
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The bought product lifetime exclusivity of the first Titanfall game.
Basically they extended their one-year exclusivity period to... two years. ( assuming Titanfall 2 comes in in 2016 )
Honestly, it was a complete waste of money. There was very little to gain from that deal, since one year's exclusivity is more than enough to lock in adopters.
IMO, MS did it simply to spite Sony as a competitive move to destroy rumours and speculation that Titanfall will eventually come to PS4.
Which backfired because Vince Zampella tweeted immediately after clarifying that the exclusivity deal was only for one game.
TheVanillaGorilla
Neo Member
Very impressive. Definitely a demonstration of learning from your past mistakes.
SwiftDeath
Member
Ok what exactly is Puppeteer and Tearaway then?
What games are they trying to clone?
How are those games made to be cookie-cutter and vanilla as you said?
Those are about as niche as you can get
also i think EA etc will be breathing a sigh of relief that the console market still exists in this way.
Nintendo may have had them worried (and ipad etc)
All of it xD
I expect Europe to be 2million in 24h
oconnomiyaki
Member
You've completely missed the point. It's about the games produced. The ones that are profitable aren't making games that are universally loved by all. They're obviously loved by a large number of people because their profitable, but it's disingenuous to say that such a direction is good for gamers as a whole. That's why I have trouble with some people saying a knockout punch is something we should all be celebrating.
Microsoft's first-party offerings have been limited and/or lacklustre, a downward spiral since the launch of the Kinect. As I said earlier, I'd love to see a kick in the balls be the kind of motivation that gets them trying something new to distinguish themselves, especially as their machine is weaker than the PS4. However, given Microsoft's recent woes, I can't help but see the Xbox brand being severed if it fails to perform adequately in the first couple of years.
At least Nintendo can still support its machine, but the problem is they move at a glacial pace.
I don't begrudge Sony it's success, but I do see it as perhaps a warning sign that my time with big budget gaming is coming to a close.
EDIT: Console gaming has become increasingly homogenised over the past decade. Again, it's not about new IPs but the types of new experiences. At the very least the indie market should be a light in the darkness, and it is great to see Sony making it easy for those studios.
shinra-bansho
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Those are US numbers. Typically Canada's sales are about 10% those of the US sales apparently, so it may be more like 910K US, 90K Canada. Although, with limited supply I don't know whether the ratio would be more stacked in the favor of the US much more. And their phrasing is actually "over 1 million."
Although, given this is just a day, I can easily see this being the best launch month for a console ever (at least for the systems I have info on).
toddhunter
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I've seen similar stories around the place. "Sorry no PS4's till next year. But can I interest you in an xbox one?"
I'm glad to see it doing well so early. The sooner both consoles get to that "sold enough millions that sales don't really matter" point the better off we'll all be.
