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[Garrett 2U]

Damn, great sales Sony

 

[graywolf323]

Wait it hasn't already?

I thought Wii U was at 4.5m before the holidays?

 

[Dinjooh]

Avatar time.

 

[A_Gorilla]

Xbone still sold faster. Sorry Sony, maybe next time.

Nice to see you Nelson.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

But people told me consoles are dead....

Unless both of PS4/X1 sell an extra 50 million units each (at least 130 million units) the market is going to contract. And most projections seem to place the contraction as far larger than this.

Most projections are saying the market will be smaller this generation than the PS2 generation. I don't know if that means doomed, but it definitely doesn't mean thriving.

 

[Queen of Hunting]

It's a lot more than MS but let's not forget that MS launched in 13 countries while Sony launched in way more.

and ms launched in there main country while sony hasnt

 

[xxracerxx]

Amazing numbers just like XBO.

 

[pswii60]

Wasn't their target 5 million by end of March? If so, Mr House will be getting a rather large bonus.

 

[DrM]

Make more of them! Still nowhere to be seen here in Sweden.

You should be getting some in next three weeks.

Wasn't their target 5 million by end of March? If so, Mr House will be getting a rather large bonus.

I think it was. That will be hefty reward

 

[GalacticaN7]

Wow. Wasn't the goal to sell through 5 million by something like March or April?

4.2 in a month and a half. Crazy.

 

[Tsundere]

But was it the fastest selling console of last year?

Who knows! It's missing 3 days of 2013!

 

[Gskyace]

How many countries has Sony launched PS4 for now?

 

[gtj1092]

And still sold out. But hey MS are the king of supply. Wonder what that makes Sony.

 

[Damaniel]

So, between PS4 and Xbox One (and their ~8m combined unit sales in 2 months), next gen is officially saved. Can we finally place the blame for Wii U's failure squarely on Nintendo where it belongs, instead of the nebulous 'softer market demand for game consoles'? Obviously there are still gamers out there and they still want new consoles - just not Nintendo's.

(And just wait until Sony runs up the score in Japan - they may not buy consoles like they used to there, but there's still going to be plenty of demand.)

 

[The Last One]

It's a lot more than MS but let's not forget that MS launched in 13 countries while Sony launched in way more.

But Sony is usually stronger in those countries than M$, or am I wrong?

 

[Infinite_Daremo]

So aligned launches. How is it comparing to PS2?

Good to see the two next gen consoles doing well. Was not expecting both of them to over take Wii U so quickly.

 

[Lynn616]

For perspective, PS4's sold almost 40% more than Xbox One. If this continues this year, MS will definitely drop price sooner than later.

Edit: Damn my math.

They dont need to keep up with the PS4. They just need to make a profit.

 

[zruben]

Really?

nah, just kidding, I just find it really funny that people can't avoid mentioning MS or Nintendo in this thread.

I'm a nintendo/sony guy since the N64 era, don't really care who sells more.

 

[Dead Prince]

How many countries has Sony launched PS4 for now?

like 40 something. i want to say 46 or so.

 

[OldAsUrSock]

So where are the folks who insisted that the WiiU flopped because console gaming was dying and that the PS4/One were to have the same fate?

Probably playing games on their Wii U...oh wait.

 

[purpletentacle]

 

[SolidSnakex]

So, why did Sony only expect to sell 5m by March? Underestimated demand? Didn't think they could meet the demand?

 

[Edge_Maverick]

Insane. Congrats, Sony.

 

[Kalamari]

Incredible numbers, seems like consumers were really hungry for next-gen hardware after spending so much time with previous-gen.

 

[diffusionx]

Can we finally place the blame for Wii U's failure squarely on Nintendo where it belongs, instead of the nebulous 'softer market demand for game consoles'?

Anyone with a clue knew this a long time ago.

These consoles launched way too late. The market was "soft" because everybody who wanted one already owned and were happy with a PS3 or 360. Nobody who was happy with a PS3 or 360 wanted a Wii U.

 

[Jonboy]

HOLY WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

Omg. Beautiful.

 

[lastflowers]

very impressive start for both twins. Now they both need to get the content that the amount of content the WiiU has (right now).

 

[zoobler3]

impressive

 

[Otakumegane]

More JRPGs plz

 

[Phades]

So what's the guess for the missing 3 days....

Whatever figure they shipped by the 29th.

Stuff is still selling out, but I don't think it is still selling out before they make it to the shelves universally everywhere(IE handing them out to folks lined up outside the store on shipment day).

 

[Into]

It's a lot more than MS but let's not forget that MS launched in 13 countries while Sony launched in way more.

Japan, Denmark, Holland etc are not going to help Xbox One as much as Japan alone will help the PS4. PS4 will sell more in Japan alone than Xbox One will in all those tier 2 european countries + Japan

 

[coldfoot]

Thats 40% more than Xbone ..

Obligatory:

Seriously? There is no way we’re giving up a 30%+ advantage to Sony.

 

[Oriel]

Nice. More than 7 million next gen consoles sold in like a month and a half. Can't wait to see what the future holds.

But, but, but, consoles were supposed to be dead.

 

[kahi]

PS4 to outpace Wii U by end of this month? haha

 

[No Love]

Holy shit. Sony stomped everyone else AND they're way past where even I suspected they'd be by now. This console will have 20+ mill sold by end of the year.

 

[KaYotiX]

Once the ps4 gets some first party games im on board also.

Great start for both consoles

 

[Prine]

Really is an amazing number, well done Sony. God Damn that's toppled WiiU?

 

[McHuj]

I'm going to guess that Sony to Dec NPD then.

 

[FyreWulff]

The best thing about this is it puts next gen install base at 7.2 million + making next gen only titles more likely.

Nope. This is still only 2.6%, roughly, of the previous gen's install base.

You're still better off releasing cross-gen for quite some time.

 

[Alchemy]

So, why did Sony only expect to sell 5m by March? Underestimated demand? Didn't think they could meet the demand?

5M by March is still a fucking crazy number for a new console. 4.2M in this time frame is just batshit insane.

 

[ThatNaiveCube]

Jesus fucking Christ.

Chills down my spine with this news.

Youre not serious. Right? Take a break from gaming if you are.

 

[Loudninja]

Wow they sold alot of them in December to go from 2.1 to 4.1.

 

[NotLiquid]

Wii U am cry. Nice job Sony.

Still can't say I want one though.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

*console gaming is dead*

:lol

Grats Sony. Extremely amazing. Just to think that combined there are over 7 million next gen consoles out in the wild already... just wow. Hopefully now with this already impressive install base, more devs start to focus purely on this gen and not back-gen compatible

 

[NoirVisage]

Obligatory:

When is Albert going to apologize to us?

 

[Miles X]

and ms launched in there main country while sony hasnt

Yes they have?? PS3 sold 25m+ in US last gen, and hasn't reached 10m in Japan yet.

But it doesn't matter, PS4 was destined to do better. It's only a matter of time before it overtakes WiiU now!

 

[Cheesemeister]

PS4 Japan isn't even out yet. Wow

To be fair, the XB1 isn't out in Japan yet, either.

 

[jcracken]

I'm predicting that for at least until E3, Sony will sell more PS4's but make less money due to a slight loss vs MS's slight profit.

 

[dripdripsplash]

WAIT A SECOND.

AS OF.

As in 4.2 million units FROM the date of December 28th 2013 ?!

 

[Clarkus Darkus]

Well I came over from Xbox so I added a measly one console to that 4.2 million, I love what the ps4 was targeted as, A gamer console for gamers by gamers, They messed up bigtime at the start of the ps3 so it's good to see them getting there shizz together and I for one am glad to be part of playstation again.