They have released only in 13 countries. Their rollout will span all of 2014 and we still don't know if they would launch everywhere by then
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Andrew House: PS4 sold through 2.1 million units worldwide as of 12/1, 700K in EU/AU
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They have released only in 13 countries. Their rollout will span all of 2014 and we still don't know if they would launch everywhere by then
hodayathink
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As of Sunday, not as of today. So that Europe allocation sold out in the first 24/48 hours, just like the US.
exactly, i guess they think that europe and other territories will favour them (not only sonyland, but also because xbo isn't launching everywhere this year) and they are focusing on terrtories they lost to XB past gent. Wise move as long they do not forget the territories that helped them stay relevant not so long ago.
Magic Mushroom
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Uncharted 3 was made in 2 years though. This will have had 3. Also, TLoU had its own team. If anything they can bring in a few people from that team to scale up the Uncharted 4 team when Druckmann and Straley are in pre-production for their new game. There's no way Sony is not gonna have a massive blockbuster for the holidays next year.
kenji_sama
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Supply constrain is totally insane and Sony's still confident about their stock.
Sony, you should expect more.
Sony, you should expect more.
SomeOneInaHat
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Great stuff, glad I own one as well.
WolfForager
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700k for the EU explains why I don't have one even though I pre-ordered in September, stocks must have been the bare minimum so that they could flood NA.
Let's hope I'm in Wave No.2!
Let's hope I'm in Wave No.2!
TheXfactor
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how much does latin america typically buy at launch?
Very nice indeed. They'll easily reach, if not surpass the 3 million mark in global sales this year, and provided the console launches in Japan early next year, that 5 million mark till March seems a bit too humble. If they can keep the production continuous, that number could very well be 6 or 6.5 million.
So, you are saying that there are too many new IPs, along with Uncharted and inFamous?
You don't need to go out on a limb,I'm not aware of the availability there.
Alright, thanks for the added info
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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Dunno bout the others but the UAE launch is going to be insane. Those people love to burn money.
When is the Xbox one launching there?
KingSunIsFree
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some of the salt in this thread
gundamkyoukai
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Yes MS not launching in those other countries till 2014 really does help them .
They can send a fewer units there and it being harder to get also helps marketing in some ways .
Honey Bunny
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Any guesses on how much the Asia launch will add to this?
Naked Snake
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Iwata is crying
educator
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Congrats man, that feeling must have been wonderful! I preordered mine in June but was still anxious on launch day even though I knew I was guaranteed one. The hype was killing me, I couldn't even sleep the night leading up to the 29th.
Sure, it might have sold more units during a couple of days because one system was sold out and the other was still going through launch stock from the previous week.
If SEGA were still making consoles, boy, where would we be then?
Probably more like 1.1 million after factoring in LatAm and that Canada place.
zeopower6
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Dude. Sales were 'poor' because there were like no PS4s available to buy...
Graphics Horse
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Sounds hugely undershipped for europe.
SwiftDeath
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Welp that's impressive
RedRedSuit
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A lot of speculation... a full-on ~95 Metacritic target game within a year of launch doesn't seem likely to me. Either they'll make a decent one like the first Uncharted, or it's not coming within a year. It's too tight given their likely ambitions.
Though, if anyone can do it, it's ND.
True... but it doesn't need to come from Sony themselves. Besides Sony often has trouble finding massive blockbusters from their first party. Their only one for like a decade was Gran Turismo. They still don't really have a "massive" one besides that. I guess Uncharted is almost there a-la Gears.
No problem. Here's the official list for reference:
And some countries that might be seeing it during the earlier half of 2014:
http://news.xbox.com/2013/08/xbox-one-confirmed-markets
bigboss370
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HOLY. SHIT.
This is huge
This is huge
RedRedSuit
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So, you are saying that there are too many new IPs, along with Uncharted and inFamous?
I am not saying new IPs are a bad thing.
I am saying they are unproven without traveling to the future. Sony's first-party year based on that list is a question mark -- neither good nor bad but unknown.
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These Asia countries are not going to sell that many, as much as we like it to be
Probably a few hundred thousand at most, capped at 400K to 500K. At least this is my prediction. The markets for these countries seems to be growing but still smaller than EU's markets.GoofsterStud
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They shipped the most to what were previously considered xbox stronghold's...and you find that weird why? They succeeded in gaining the heads up in their previously weakest markets as a result.
as long as they restock before christmas ....
The 2nd wave launch is about twice NA too. Anyways, there's no telling what they'll do after 3 months of console blue ball; Japan has a tendency to do whatever the hell it wants relative to the rest of the world.
IncandescentPrecept
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Forget Asia and Latin America - Australians have plenty of cash to burn so they should send more PS4s here. It's not cool that we have to wait 6 months to get a PS4.
Playboiz at gaf do all that sony heavy lifting.
This is a fun game,can we play it with titanfall, quantum break, sunset overdrive and halo? They'd fit almost exactly in some of your slots above
It's a variant of the Colonel Blotto game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blotto_games
When you have a high number of units, the best strategy is frequently to allocate a disproportionately higher number of them to the more contested markets in order to dominate.
DarkLiberator
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And its not even out in Asia yet.
bigboss370
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Man, this Playstation Awards Show is classy as fuck. Why can't VGAs be like this?
ThisWreckage
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List wars are stupid. One fact that won't change is that the Xbox One is 100 dollars more. Sony will dominate Microsoft worldwide. Microsoft may as well hang it up in Europe and Japan.
because america.