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Sony has sold more than 70 million PlayStation 4
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GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
I think Sony's projection was 79m wasn't it?
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Just crazy, good for them. I guess no ps5 for at least a few more years then
Unknown?
Member
Yes but they have been ahead of their projections so I bet it will reach 80M.
michaelius
Banned
100 milions should be posssible in 2019. Then depending on speed of transition to ps5 it might start seriously closing on ps2.
JordanN
Banned
PS1 was still selling until 2006 and PS2 until 2012.
Their consoles have no problem selling when their successors are on shelves. It's also not like the games are going to stop.
We'll probably see cross-gen games again until next gen gets a storng installbase.
MasterOfShadows
Neo Member
impressive
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
No, please.
Norse
Member
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
It was at 1 million in June, that's quite the bump (price cut).
BebopMcJigglypuff
Member
How many accessories that cost as much as the console itself do you realistically expect them to sell in a year?
Unknown?
Member
They were more expensive than the system by $100. Same as the Pro most of the year AND sold out for the first few months of 2017.
EverydayBeast
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Should have been the first post.
Toni
Member
This will never stop being funny 😂😂
EtherMagic
Member
Congrats to Sony! I was a huge PS fanboy at one time (1995-2006), until they decided not to evolve their controller along with the evolusion of the gaming industry, but that's another topic all together. Again, competition is great, happy they are doing good.
They took the right lessons after PS3.
MS needs to survive. Competition is best for the consumers.
MS needs to survive. Competition is best for the consumers.
koji kabuto
Member
I agree that competition is healthy for the consumers but i don't think Microsoft will keep pumping money into non-profitable division for ever, Something has to change.
thelastword
Banned
That's a brutal divide between PS and XBOX and this holiday should expand it even more...
Sosokrates
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Sonys strategy was simple, make a console with a decent leap and continue there quality exclusive line up.
They did not masterfully 4d chess Microsoft with an amazing strategy.
Even yoshi said they dont know why the PS4 is seeing such great success.
They saw great success because of Microsofts blunders and sonys superior PR and marketing campaign.
In terms of progressing the medium sony have not done much this gen, so without MS blunders they woulf not be seeing the lead they are seeing this gen.
However if MS dont increase there exclusive line up, sony will continue there impressive lead but on many other fronts MS are starting to outshine sony.
Xbox division is unprofitable?
I thought they were in profit since 2011
JareBear: Remastered
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Sosokrates
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Now you seem like them but on the other side.
WaterAstro
Member
Can it reach PS2 numbers in its life?
JaxBriggs
Member
I think there was more to it than that. Sony corrected the main major mistakes they made with the PS3. They launched in a timely manner relative to the compeition instead of being a year late, and an affordable price and with hardware that was much easier (relative to CELL) for third party dev's to work with.
They made all the right moves and deserve the success they're seeing.
Sorry but I don't agree with this assessment at all. Firstly, things like PS Now and PSVR very much are new initiatives within the gaming industry and Sony are are the forefront in those areas. Secondly they have been top dog 3 out of their 4 generations, with the only hiccup being the PS3 and even then they still managed to sell almost 90 million consoles. Surely you don't believe that all of their many successes are simply down to the competition making blunders? I hope not.
I don't think you quite understand what a strong global brand that Playstation is.
Sosokrates
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Yes they caught up to xbox in these areas
While sony have brought these new initiatives to PlayStation they have not changed the medium in a big way, like XBL did or 3d gaming.
Its apparent people still want to play on a local system and not a paid monthly cloud service like ps now. With Microsofts azure and there game pass im sure they could have full cloud gaming if the market demanded it.
As for PSVR,I dont doubht it will be a big part of gaming in the future but as it stands now it is an unknown varible for sony and weather it will be successful venture for them is still up in the air.
JaxBriggs
Member
That's subjective then I guess because IMO those things are progressing the medium, especially PSVR. Being the first to market with console ready VR is pretty huge I think.
You've ignored the rest of my post so I guess we agree on the other points made.
Sosokrates
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PSVR has not progressed the medium the same way as 3d gaming or XBL did and this is not subjective.
There has been no hardware moving software on PSVR yet and the hardware itself has not been enough to move units going by successful hardware sales going by past impressive hardware sales metrics.
Also Im not talking about previous gens Im adressing the reason why the ps4 has sold 70million and xbox has sold 30-35million.
Yes I agree sonys brand power and reputation contributed to there sales, however they are not the reason why the sales gap is so back.
Do you think the landscape would be the same if xbox one launched at $399 had its focus was on gaming,was the same power, could sell used games and was not always online?
JaxBriggs
Member
It by definition has progressed the medium. You could not play VR games on a home console. Now you can. What else are we calling that??
It may have not progressed gaming to the scale that things like online gaming did, but it's still progression none the less. You feel all of that means little, I feel otherwise. It's subjective.
No hardware moving software? What are the 2 million people doing with the PSVR's that they've bought? Why the hell did they buy them if not to play the games available?
And what past sales metrics are we talking about? VR related or some other convenient arbitrary metric? Isn't PSVR the biggest selling VR device on the market currently?
You're just shifting the goal posts now.
Sosokrates
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What I meant in my intial post was that sony have not progressed the medium enough that, that was a reason for there success.sorry I was not more clear about this.
So again to explain in more detail, PSVR is not the reason why the PS4 is such a success.
And I said it was console sales metric, if you know a more appropriate metric please tell.
So to avoid further confusion the PS4'S big lead over XBOX is mainly due to Microsofts blunders.
If you disagree, fine.lets leave it at that.
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
So you're American?
JaxBriggs
Member
I couldn't disagree more and I've already explained in detail as to why, but you've completely ignored all of those points.
PS1 = Sales monster
PS2 = Sales monster
PS3 = Disaster... but still almost 90M sold!
PS4 = Sales monster... *but only due to MS making blunders.
*According to Sosokrates.
Sosokrates
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So if the xbox one launched with
*Being able to sell used games
*No always online requirement
*No kinect or at least a seperate kinect
*same price
* Gaming being there main focus
You think the PS4 would still have such a big lead?
Lol, ok now your just making stuff up , not once did,I say or insinuate this.
I said the PS4"S huge lead is mainly due to xbox's mistakes. I dont know how anyone can think the lead would not be smaller if MS did not get it so wrong at the start of this gen.
JaxBriggs
Member
To be fair, the XB1 did actually launch with at least half those things. To answer your question though, I think the race in areas like the US and UK would have been closer, but globally I doubt much would have changed.
Sosokrates
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Well us and uk markets effect the global install base. They are 2 of the biggest markets afterall, but yes japan and much Europe would not be much better.