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PS4 sales have surpassed 5.3 million units according to Sony (As of Feb 8)
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Dragonborn
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I'm not writing it off. Titanfall will review well and sell a lot, likely with a very high attach ratio on X1; however, outside of a 1 or 2 week boost it won't be turning X1 hardware sales around.
Justice_dp
Member
Can someone give me a real source for this please?
Saint Gregory
Member
So instead of comparing a supply constrained device to another supply constrained device it would be better to compare it to an even more supply constrained device? LOL
Congrats to Sony, they delivered a great product and did an even better job marketing it. They deserve this success.
Dragonborn
Member
Respawn was doing it timed, but MS outright paid to keep off PlayStation completely, see Zampella's tweet. The game would have come out regardless of MS paying or not
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
You would give XB1 maybe another extra...50k sales WW for February 1st until the 8th . Or is even that too much?
So maybe 5.2 v 3.35 up until the same period.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Wii didn't have the same manufacturing problems the PS2 did. Wii was supply constrained due to popularity much like the PS4 is. PS2 manufacturing was dog slow and many units had defects for the first year of life, and it was a massive undertaking.
Justice_dp
Member
The numbers are insane. Sony for good or worse will dominate this generation once again. But this time they will have the strongest console too (HW wise). I have no idea when we had this kind of scenario before.
serversurfer
Member
Now you're being generous.
They shipped 3.9M in 2013, and as you say, about 1M of those went unsold. They probably sold another 200K worldwide in January, which would put them at 800K unsold, but Pacther said they're building 1M/mo, so you need to add in January's production, which would give them about 1800K unsold at the end of January. Probably ~2600K unsold by the end of February.
Of course, this assumes they haven't cut production yet, but we haven't heard of them doing so AFAIK. It's also possible they haven't actually shipped any of the ~1.5M units built in 2014, in which case you'd be right again.
They will say the it was the fastest selling console* in history.
*includes both XBOX ONE and XBOX 360 consoles.
Nightengale
Member
So you think Titanfall will shift* more Xboxes than Halo 3?
*shift = average % increase in sales for 2 months vs regular monthly average.
There was arguably something that shifted a shit-ton of Xboxes once upon a time, more than Halo 3 and Gears.
It was the original Kinect
Justice_dp
Member
Sorry, but the tweets I know from him don't say that MS paid them to shelf a existing PS4 version.
Now you're being generous.
They shipped 3.9M in 2013, and as you say, about 1M of those went unsold. They probably sold another 200K worldwide in January, which would put them at 800K unsold, but Pacther said they're building 1M/mo, so you need to add in January's production, which would give them about 1800K unsold at the end of January. Probably ~2600K unsold by the end of February.
Of course, this assumes they haven't cut production yet, but we haven't heard of them doing so AFAIK. It's also possible they haven't actually shipped any of the ~1.5M units built in 2014, in which case you'd be right again.
You're also assuming that Pachter's prediction of 1 million a month is correct.
digoutyoursoul
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I see. Well we shall see what the future holds. I'm not dismissing anything.
AstroNut325
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I'm getting flashbacks of when some website conducted a developer poll. And almost everyone unanimously picked the Durango as the leader out the gate and throughout the generation. I wish I could find the link.
Thats because the publisher (EA) did it behind the developers (Respawn) back
Dragonborn
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I don't see why it wouldn't They're obviously not having supply issues and I doubt they expected to plummet like they did.
Jealousy? What do you mean
enanogrande
Member
Not outright, but if you can read between the lines, it's quite obvious that's what he's getting at.
"Always exclusive at the beginning, EA made a deal for the rest" followed by "Only the first game" (was included in that deal).
Whether or not they were already working on other versions is another matter entirely, but that those tweets make it quite clear they were at the very least considering releasing elsewhere.
digoutyoursoul
Member
I don't see what there is to be jealous of. You mean non PS4 owners ?
Nightengale
Member
Whenever Respawn was asked about Titanfall coming to other platforms during E3 : "we would love to be at every platform, but reasons, etcetc, focusing on XB1 first, no plans for other platform, small team."
Translation: we're timed exclusive for a longer period of time compared to Peggle2/Garden Warfare. Long enough that we're denying that it's coming to other platforms, but still waggle around and say stuff like 'we want to be everywhere.'
Was there a PS4 version in development? Who knows? Maybe yes, maybe no.
I've always believed that MS bought the timed exclusivity for only one reason. MS didn't like Respawn fidgeting around the question of it possibly coming to other platforms. MS wanted to establish it as an exclusive, and stop any narrative that it may come to other platforms eventually.
velvet_nitemare
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Justice_dp
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Found in PC version. Notice mention of PS4 and PS3.
That's cool and a bit sad - Thx!
Netherscourge
Banned
AWESOME!!!
...now, unleash the High Production Value games!
...now, unleash the High Production Value games!
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Found in PC version. Notice mention of PS4 and PS3.
Wow, so they really "canned" ps3 and ps4 versions? Have fun watching Activision eat your lunch yet again EA.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
This is really the PlayStation 2 + 2. Sony domination has returned. People initially projected the Xbox to win because if the 360s success, but MS just made the same damn mistakes that Sony did with the PS3 and worse.
I think you meant palpable.
Considering this was 10 days ago and with the launch of Japan on the 22nd I see 6m to 6.3m.
Someone posted a article that showed 65% of PS4's booked already for the launch in japan (not sure if accurate or not). So if Sony is stocks japan with 500k at launch that's 325k already booked before day 1. I think they are going to have a amazing launch in japan.
Found in PC version. Notice mention of PS4 and PS3.
Damn EA is some cunts for not letting this game be given to the masses. Game looks fun as hell, but ugly as shit. I still want to play it though
Nubian Star
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It taste OK
I wowed
Yup. Though I guess both work, in a really weird way.
RealityPales
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It'll pass the WiiU this month after launching in Japan.
Well since Titanfall is MP only expect the engine development to be used to create Titanfall 2 on Sony platforms with the maps of Titanfall 1 as DLC. It won't be scrapped, a studio the size of respawn can't afford to do that. (afford as in man hours of development not just EA cash)
batman2million
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Great news!! Can't wait to get mine next month!
I really wanna get it from newegg.com cause they don't charge tax in my area, but they're still pressing on those stupid bundles!!
I really wanna get it from newegg.com cause they don't charge tax in my area, but they're still pressing on those stupid bundles!!
dude..... I guarantee MS got a fucking steal on TitanFall given how the install bases are turning out. Hopefully the whole fiasco will signal the end of selling third party exclusivity.
This needs a new thread.Found in PC version. Notice mention of PS4 and PS3.
I also think Sony has been withholding February shipments for Japan's launch and not January. Just saying this based on our shipments for our store (and district) for this month. Substantially smaller then January shipments so far.
Does this number make the 1.4 million production estimate incorrect? I would put it closer to 1 million
Does this number make the 1.4 million production estimate incorrect? I would put it closer to 1 million
ShogunDarius
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I want that to be true, that only messes with gamers on other systems. I have no issue if a dev decides to make an exclusive on their own accord or if a one of the big 3 funds a game that was never going to be made in the first place (Dead Riaing 3, Bayonetta 2) but paying to stop a game from going to a rival system is just wrong.
Last we heard was 2.1 (Dec '13).
ReplacementPelican
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Oh wow, well Zampella did say "Of course we will, just not the first Titanfall". I'm assuming the second one will be on PS4 if Microsoft doesn't pay way too much money to secure the franchise, I'm sure EA is kicking themselves about this enough right now.Found in PC version. Notice mention of PS4 and PS3.
Still, it's unfortunate that it isn't just that it wasn't made but that it just got canned, lost out on a 1080p console release, didn't we?
Oh and my post before this was sarcastic, yes.
Version 3.0
Member
Pedigree. It's a no-brainer that most of the best games over the next several years. No one else has Playstation's legacy of uninterrupted game support.
Found in PC version. Notice mention of PS4 and PS3.
Maybe a timed exclusive.
0ptimusPayne
Member
Im glad Sony is proving that A. Console gaming isn't "dead" and B. Forcing MS to be more competitive, and hopefully drop the X1 price in time for the next Halo launch *Crosses Fingers
Goodacre0081
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medi pretty much came out and bragged about MS moneyhatting the game after the EA/MS deal in october. if that wasn't a big "fuck you" to PS fans I don't know what is.
