GalacticaN7
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Thanks man. I thought someone might know.
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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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Thanks man. I thought someone might know.
CaptainTiptop
Member
From Europe, maybe. 1 million in the UK alone would be kind of insane, lol.
Manmademan
Member
if by UK you mean the entire EU, sure.
Sony isn't shipping a million consoles just to the UK, come on now. they didn't make THAT many.
That's kinda what I meant.
Compare this lineup to others though. This launch has 3 huge franchise releases (COD, BF4, AC4) along with Killzone, Need for speed, 2k14, and a whole lot more. This launch is not as anemic as people make it out to be. Perfect? No. Satisfying? Definitely
Supermarket. Though we sell a lot of consoles/games as we're much cheaper.
We had very little preorders so the day one stock may reflect that.
Yeah sorry that was my bad :/
shinra-bansho
Member
I think it's typically ~10%, but it would depend on how Sony allocated shipments. Also this is one day remember, there's still another 14 days in the tracking period, including Black Friday shopping; the PS4 should end up quite a bit over a million in NPD quite easily.
I think it will actually, if December at least matches November - we get 2M+. I'm only really expecting the Wii U to do something like 600K November/December.
I don't really think consumers are going to go out two weeks in a row and spend $400M+, as noted by some before, the success of this launch will impact negatively on the XB1.
It's 2013, why can't we just have an app that alerts you when it's in stock at online and B&M stores?
http://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/consoles/ps4/
It would've been very valuable to me if I could afford one right now lol. Been blowing my phone up with updates for in stock systems since Friday.
I am pretty confident in my bold prediction of "healthier than wii u"
yes, i think everyone who predicted that can definitely mark gold stars on their calendars
1m just for UK? :O
That would be completely insane....probably they have stock ready for 1m at launch day for the whole european market.
Unknown One
Member
It is. Launch titles is just something to play while waiting for the big games. Most launch titles are crap, who would play 400-500 just for launch titles? I bought my PS4 for future games and something to play while waiting.
Sorry meant EU
Ok this is the first time I've been worried about picking up my PS4 from Tesco, ordered in June so should be ok...Really surprised any supermarket is only getting 2 xb1's though...
After the talk of certain german retailers have 450x more PS4 stock than XB1 I kind of assumed the UK and US would be flooded with stock.
Absolutely. And as someone already noted on another thread. Buying a console you are also implicitly committing to another extra yearly expense in order to play online. That will make many hold on on buying a second very similar featured box, but $100 more expensive so close to buying a PS4.
Ah ok, that is reasonable and probably happening. Still with these numbers I'm amazed at how their forecast was a conservative joke/lie.
Launch lineups really don't matter to most of the general public especially if parents are buying one for Christmas they all know what Call of Duty and FIFA are.
Most of our pre-orders have been for Ghosts, ACIV, Battlefield and FIFA. People just want nex-gen on their favourite franchise and obviously Killzone and Forza for exclusives etc.
1st Course
Member
From GI.Biz
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sonys-psp-smashes-uk-records-with-185k-sales-at-launch
I don't think it will be very hard for the PS4 to dethrone it. 1m is way too much though.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sonys-psp-smashes-uk-records-with-185k-sales-at-launch
I don't think it will be very hard for the PS4 to dethrone it. 1m is way too much though.
Wow, so many caveats. Why can't this simply be a good launch?
- Flipping consoles - you think it'll impact the number that much?
- making preemptive speculative statements about how MS could sell more, they're just likely to gone supply constrained? Nicely downplaying the PS4 launch
- Sony might be delaying Japan for a couple of months! but they are still launching in 31 countries by nov 29th Vs 13 for Xbox. Which company (if any) do you think is more likely to be biasing stock for a NA launch?
- oh and even if all those don't work, the launch is irrelevant anyway.
Nice work.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
World domination is ours. Lol
Seriously, if a forum member purchases the first Xbox One it will big.
But at any rate, he came across as a extremely cool guy and represented us very well on TV.
http://new.livestream.com/polygon/ps4-live-stream/videos/34739965
Just started this and I can't believe what I'm hearing LOL
Are these guys for real? Holy fuck.
Final Boss
Banned
Is it going to be impossible to walk into a best buy and get a PS4 before Christmas?
Unknown One
Member
They will get it eventually. The thing about launch titles is that it's always rushed. I wouldn't want my favorite franchise to be rushed. I did pick up BF4 to play, it would be nice if they fixed the servers. I'll just play Resogun in the meantime. Fantastic game.
Exclusive games are nice, but I agree most people buy consoles for multi platform games and the variety of games a system will get.
I don't know what the best estimation is for the UK. It has been constantly high on Amazon and preorders are strong. Being conservative 250,000 units?
PS4 is a must have in UK this year, on amazon, it's only behind GTA in yearly sales, meaning it's ahead of CoD, TLoU, Fifa, AC, BF etc.
they will sell whatever is shipped, I'd guess 500k.
Crimsonsky
Member
Well done Sony, this is an amazing machine. I've had it on the entire day downloading, streaming, and gaming. It doesn't make any noticeable noise and I haven't had a single issue. Also this thing is damn sexy.
Jack Tretton will give you $1200 if you can find one in stores.
Ah! Memories... Time flies indeed.
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Deleted member 80556
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A Gaffer got the first PS4? Awesome! I knew I liked Joey for a reason.
The people behind him seemed so jealous haha.
The people behind him seemed so jealous haha.
No way UK does 500k on 1/5th the population of the US. 250k is a nice round number, so Sony might ship in 300k to give them a nice headline. 1m across all markets?
nikos
Member
I could have sworn the first thing he said on camera was "Sup NeoGAF" or something like that. It just wasn't clear because the mic wasn't right up to his mouth, or the hostess was speaking, I forget.
EDIT: Around 1:09:57 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIRfRPTGBgE
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
I honestly don't understand why people are not more blown away by this. This remind me of "only a million preorders?" but this time with buttloads of comparative statistics and stats to prove its an all-time high, and still some people find a way to downplay it. The latest excuse? Resellers.
Remarkable.
That's a pretty big reminder to people that launch weekends don't matter on a large scale.
Pound_lb003
Member
I suspect there's around 200k for the UK in the first shipment.
They're aiming 5 mil by March, so their production is aiming maybe 1 mil up of that?
In the first allotment I imagine it will be about 200k, specfically looking at the precedent PSP set, with another before Christmas of the same amount?
They're aiming 5 mil by March, so their production is aiming maybe 1 mil up of that?
In the first allotment I imagine it will be about 200k, specfically looking at the precedent PSP set, with another before Christmas of the same amount?
Unknown One
Member
When I was lining up for a PS4, a lot of people didn't even know it was launching. I doubt a lot of resellers would know. Most people asked if we were lining up for Black Friday.
When I picked up my preorder at Best Buy the manager implied that he was expecting a restock before Black Friday but he wouldn't just come out and say it
Yeah he definitely was saying something about neogaf before he was drowned out by the cheering.
Thats like ... BOX-OFFICE
Final Boss
Banned
Yeah but unlike Wii u and vita, everyone knows ps4 will be getting a consistent stream of games, so I don't think it's exactly a good comparison.
I think everyone here knew both the vita and Wii u were not going to get good third party support.
The future shop near where I live, said they'd get another shipment within two weeks. So maybe call everyday or try and get an employee to let you know when their next shipment is due. Sony will definitely restock heavily the weeks leading up to Christmas.
nikos
Member
Just edited with the link. He definitely says Hi NeoGAF. Wonder who it is. He actually looks familiar too, I'm from NY.
IAmRandom31
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lmao. yeah resellers. All maybe 2,000 of em are just hiking those numbers up. The thing they forget to mention, those resellers are .. RESELLING. They are not hording consoles lol. They are putting em back into use.
Some people just can't enjoy the moment I guess. Everything has to be smothered with negativity. Pretty old if you ask me. Sit back, enjoy the fact that Sony has been doing and saying all the right things, and get ready for an incredible next generation of gaming. Simple as that. This is just the start, it all gets better from here.
I don't know that I agree. I think it's not like, hugely important or some kind of leading indicator, but it clearly correlates very well with long term health. The PSP was very successful, of course. And before the PSP, the DS was the record holder, which became massively successful.
It seems like a necessary condition to not have a bomba.
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