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PS4 is the Fastest Selling Console in Australian History
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That's two - can you make it to three?
Can add that as a new Ozbrit I'm loving the low cost of games thanks to DS. I'm merrily converting the $55 games back to sterling & smiling about it.
SwiftDeath
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Yeah I saw something about this a while back. I think it was a different article though
Basically until we get confirmation otherwise I would assume Australia is something like PS4 > XB1 > Wii U, sales-wise so much like the rest of the world
Can't remember how well Wii U is doing there though
Basically until we get confirmation otherwise I would assume Australia is something like PS4 > XB1 > Wii U, sales-wise so much like the rest of the world
Can't remember how well Wii U is doing there though
Well Ironically I know 6 people who own Wii U's (I am one of them), 4 who own Xbox One's (Again I am part of this) and 2 people who own PS4`s. One of my best mates actually put a PS4 on hold last week but he too may yet buy an Xbox One instead due to the crazy deals going down here at the moment.
What's even weirder is that I was close to buying a PS4 earlier this year but bought an Xbox for Titanfall but will more than likely eventually trade it in for a PS4 anyway.
toddhunter
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The interesting thing is that in Australia? The PS4 is the expensive console.
How did this happen? Well Sony chose to price gouge an extra $50 at launch over the xbox one. Since then, price drops and bundles have consistently pushed the xbox one as the "cheaper option" (you have to sort of work out the game pricing, but the positioning is obvious).
While I hate that Sony did the extra goouging, you can't really argue with results...
How did this happen? Well Sony chose to price gouge an extra $50 at launch over the xbox one. Since then, price drops and bundles have consistently pushed the xbox one as the "cheaper option" (you have to sort of work out the game pricing, but the positioning is obvious).
While I hate that Sony did the extra goouging, you can't really argue with results...
PhantomZone
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Well done Australia 
Australia representing very well! However I still have not migrated over to either ps4 or xbo as yet. I hope to by christmas, but it could be christmas 2015-16
Australia representing very well! However I still have not migrated over to either ps4 or xbo as yet. I hope to by christmas, but it could be christmas 2015-16
Nightengale
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Until Dawn is early 2015?
Shieeeeeeeeet.
Shieeeeeeeeet.
It wasn't when the Bone included Kinect with all consoles for almost a year.
toddhunter
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The interesting thing is that in Australia? The PS4 is the expensive console.
How did this happen? Well Sony chose to price gouge an extra $50 at launch over the xbox one. Since then, price drops and bundles have consistently pushed the xbox one as the "cheaper option" (you have to sort of work out the game pricing, but the positioning is obvious).
While I hate that Sony did the extra goouging, you can't really argue with results...
Yeah but places like Dicksmith had crazy sales on PS4's. They'd have cheaper PS4's on their Ebay store when Ebay had a 20% off day. So they'd sell like 1000 of them in 24 hours.
I vaguely remember reptilescorpio saying they sold like 2500 in less than 24hrs or something on their eBay store alone. I could be wrong but i am right about Dick Smith killing in when it comes to PS4 stuff.
boredandlazy
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Why would someone wants to buy BOTH Ghosts and Advanced Warfare?The interesting thing is that in Australia? The PS4 is the expensive console.
How did this happen? Well Sony chose to price gouge an extra $50 at launch over the xbox one. Since then, price drops and bundles have consistently pushed the xbox one as the "cheaper option" (you have to sort of work out the game pricing, but the positioning is obvious).
While I hate that Sony did the extra goouging, you can't really argue with results...
If you're referring to how many times I've been suckered in this thread it's actually only one. The first one I knew what was going on, I just didn't express the intent with an emoticon.
SolidSnakex
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That's the first time i've heard about it being an early 2015 release as well. Sony's lineup early next year is looking very solid.
Hey guys, just out of curiosity:
when and where (link?) did this whole New Zealand thing start?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97140563&highlight=#post97140563
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97548653&postcount=570
Shpeshal Nick
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90% of those would have been sold by Dick Smith.
thankx... I remember THAT post...but I must've bailed that thread before El Torro worked his magic. Hilarious Gif.
Why would someone wants to buy BOTH Ghosts and Advanced Warfare?
If you're referring to how many times I've been suckered in this thread it's actually only one. The first one I knew what was going on, I just didn't express the intent with an emoticon.
Nah, how many people poimandres suckered before he buckled to confess
toddhunter
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You are right there. I couldn't pass up the $400 offer and the odd $20 game really helps.
Why would someone wants to buy BOTH Ghosts and Advanced Warfare?
Good point, but buying two Assassin's creed games is also a quick path to madness.
Poimandres
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Here's some data on other consoles: "The Wii sold 200,000 units in 50 weeks, beating the previous record holders--the Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS--which both took 55 weeks to reach that mark.... it took the Xbox 360 roughly 68 weeks (or 17 months) to reach 200,000 in sales"
Taken from here: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/wii-breaks-another-sales-record-in-australia/1100-6183318/
With some quick digging here's some interesting stuff -
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-au-boss-360-doing-better-than-ps2/1100-6165509/
PS2 at 45 weeks - 116K
360 at 45 weeks - 145K
According to vgsales wiki, there's a CNET article that says PS2 was at 200K at 55 weeks butI can't find an archived version of it I guess I don't need to now...
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-au-boss-360-doing-better-than-ps2/1100-6165509/
PS2 at 45 weeks - 116K
360 at 45 weeks - 145K
According to vgsales wiki, there's a CNET article that says PS2 was at 200K at 55 weeks but
Mohonky
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2?
The construction site I worked on was full of Kiwi's. It was more like spot the Aussie. The running joke was 'NZ has three Islands, North, South and Curtis.' (Curtis being where the construction was)
NZ might as well count for Australia though, we're basically sibling Nations.
This.
Wii sold embarrassingly huge figures in Australia for a console. I remember remotes were extremely rare and nunchuck attachments were on 6 month back order! The Wii was also $399 with a game where as PS4 is $599 with a game.
Come on NPD, where's the numbers.
Cthulhu_Steev
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That's amazing! Even with all those free PS4s that floated in from NZ, Sony still outsold the Nintendo Chuzzwazzer!
He was so utterly disappointed by the lackluster PS2 software library, that he just crashed into them.
panda-zebra
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AUD65, that's about 35GBP, the kind of money ps3 games settled down to here. Haven't really been into a Game or whatever recently, but I doubt we have much in the way of 35 quid day one prices on top current gen titles. Same kinds of prices for bone and wiiu day 1 titles there? They seem even cheaper than US prices, happy days for the aussies at last considering prices friends have had to put up with as little as a few months ago.
manipulate
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PS2 was astonishingly expensive when it launched. >700 from memory.
In Australia they just use them to build a wall around the country to prevent immigration.
flipswitch
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Wasn't it like 1k just like the ps3?
I have no Xbone bros in Australia, but a few PS4 bros.
The population has increased by over 20% since the year 2000, which might have something to do with it. Also, a higher percentage of people now have grown up with games. It's normal for a 40 year old to buy a console these days - not so much in the year 2000. A 40 year old typically has disposable income and PS4 launched at a good price point.
The population has increased by over 20% since the year 2000, which might have something to do with it. Also, a higher percentage of people now have grown up with games. It's normal for a 40 year old to buy a console these days - not so much in the year 2000. A 40 year old typically has disposable income and PS4 launched at a good price point.
Acquiescence
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This is the real news right here. I wasn't expecting the game to come out until fall next year, in time for Halloween or something like that. I wonder why they've been so tight-lipped on its release.
*puts up hand*
Bought my PS4 there thanks to Dick Smiths $400 Ebay sale. Have since returned to NZ with said console.
reptilescorpio
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Basically, yeah. Same reason we don't get details on US sales aside from the odd milestone from platform holders when they decide to.
Pretty sure it was one of the $55 posted pre-order deals from Dick Smith. Launch retail copies were $6x too.
Next round of retail deals are for the insane week of 13th to the 20th. Dick Smith has Assassins Creed Unity, GTA 5, WWE 2015, Far Cry 4 and Dragon Age Inquisition for $59 pickup each.
With the dropping AUD it's becoming a better and better deal to buy retail, at least while Dick Smith are keeping everyone competitive.
Nope. 700 or just under. I remember it well, getting one shortly after getting my first job.
Thx for the info rep, I don't have any physical PS4 games yet but at those prices I think I'm gonna start a collection.
Holy shit, thanks for this information. Next game I was getting was GTA5 so this helps me out heaps.
cheezcake
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The interesting thing is that in Australia? The PS4 is the expensive console.
How did this happen? Well Sony chose to price gouge an extra $50 at launch over the xbox one. Since then, price drops and bundles have consistently pushed the xbox one as the "cheaper option" (you have to sort of work out the game pricing, but the positioning is obvious).
While I hate that Sony did the extra goouging, you can't really argue with results...
PS4 has more margin on it for the retailer. I'm not sure why or who decides it but when I was working casual sales at one of the big electronics retailers XB1 had a cost price for the store of about $530, there was only $20 of profit in each console sale. PS4 had a cost price of about $520, and $80 of profit in the sale.
Whatever happened to that dude? Did he get lost among piles of PS4s?
reptilescorpio
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Which is super odd cheezcake as my local EB has been pimping the X1 super hard ever since it was announced last year! Always thought it would be better for them financially to push the PS4 harder due to the markup on the US price.
If only Dick Smith sold Vita games!
No probs! The dispatch from Dick Smith can be spotty, they post out day before release by Star Track courier who are fantastic and overnight but sometimes DSE don't get stock on time. I had to wait 5 days after release for my pre-order of Diablo 3, same with Driveclub which was a few days late.
Pick up instore is perfect though lol
I've gone all digital on Vita but the insanely cheap retail prices brought about by Dick Smith on PS4 games means it's usually a lot cheaper to buy retail.
If only Dick Smith sold Vita games!
No probs! The dispatch from Dick Smith can be spotty, they post out day before release by Star Track courier who are fantastic and overnight but sometimes DSE don't get stock on time. I had to wait 5 days after release for my pre-order of Diablo 3, same with Driveclub which was a few days late.
Pick up instore is perfect though lol
boredandlazy
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I had to wait for my Diablo 3 order too from Dick Smith, but my order for Driveclub shipped the day before release and I received it on launch day.Which is super odd cheezcake as my local EB has been pimping the X1 super hard ever since it was announced last year! Always thought it would be better for them financially to push the PS4 harder due to the markup on the US price.
I've gone all digital on Vita but the insanely cheap retail prices brought about by Dick Smith on PS4 games means it's usually a lot cheaper to buy retail.
If only Dick Smith sold Vita games!
No probs! The dispatch from Dick Smith can be spotty, they post out day before release by Star Track courier who are fantastic and overnight but sometimes DSE don't get stock on time. I had to wait 5 days after release for my pre-order of Diablo 3, same with Driveclub which was a few days late.
Pick up instore is perfect though lol
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