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PS4 Thrives down under: 'Success reflects Aussie passion for PlayStation'
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BlackBuzzard
Banned
The big question, what about New Zeeland?
boredandlazy
Member
Free trade agreement.
MS have decided to conquer NZ market to erase PS4 worldwide lead and become top selling home console
Makes sense. A fresh batch of PS4's were delivered this week to many retailers, I believe for fulfilling existing pre-orders. At least, I don't expect to see any hit shelves.
Dick Smith had a 24hr 10% pre-order price on them earlier this week (~$490), some of those boxes ought to be shipping today from what OzB were saying. Everyone else won't see theirs until March. Fucking bonkers.
Dick Smith had a 24hr 10% pre-order price on them earlier this week (~$490), some of those boxes ought to be shipping today from what OzB were saying. Everyone else won't see theirs until March. Fucking bonkers.
TheRealTalker
Banned
Damn
Brother New Zealand is the only stronghold left in Oceanica
Brother New Zealand is the only stronghold left in Oceanica
I might be wrong but Mexico seems to be on the Xbone side.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
It's been selling out in Brazil too so I'm not sure about that.
speculawyer
Member
I think the New Zealand joke just died from over exposure.
They have Mexico in the bag.
Uhhh... No. Xbox One is destroying the PS4 here for obvious reasons.
Unless we're talking gray market. But if that's the case, then it's anyone's guess.
boredandlazy
Member
Nope.
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Well, it's been selling out, but how many ship there is another question, which is why I say 'I'm not sure about that'.
Jean Valjean
Member
Brazil? Not sure about that. Any possible margin XBOX ONE might have over the PS4 here in Brazil is not going to last. Sony will cut its abusive price in half, sooner or later. It's already happening in some unofficial channels
But how many units are "destruction"???
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Brazil has spoken.
As i have said before the PS4 got sold out at the pre-order stage in Australia at least 2 months before release. Retailers made you go on a waiting list for January stock, then February and now March, i can see it going longer. The Xbone on the other hand could of being bought day 1 without a pre-order, i could get one right now if i wanted to.
The PS4 thirst is real and the stock situation is worse than the Wii.
The PS4 thirst is real and the stock situation is worse than the Wii.
Haha! I know! At this point, it's just subliminal advertising for tourism!
NZ has always been sony land right?
but i wonder if ps4 sales where short of supply here ....every shipment was sold out with preorders, but a few stores i visted said they had actually sold more xbones simply due to the fact they had more of them to sell. but ps4 demand was alot higher.
more powerful and cheaper ..think it would be an oddity for Ps4 to be outsold all things being equal, anywhere..
but i wonder if ps4 sales where short of supply here ....every shipment was sold out with preorders, but a few stores i visted said they had actually sold more xbones simply due to the fact they had more of them to sell. but ps4 demand was alot higher.
more powerful and cheaper ..think it would be an oddity for Ps4 to be outsold all things being equal, anywhere..
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
I wonder how the PS4's Asian launch will effect supplies in the region.
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
PS3 being top selling console for the past 3 years makes me happy.
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
and the fastest advertised lol
Nomad Blue
Member
Never has been as far as I know, PS always seemed to be more popular.
Are people now actually thinking NZ is an xbox stronghold after all the jokes about shop sales staff begging people to buy PS4s?!
NZ is similar to Aus in that it seems to be sold out everywhere and you have to pre-order for the next shipment (or possibly the one after that), and lots of XBones are sitting on shelves in shops.
It was near nigh impossible to escape that Ryse commercial or related web/street advertisement.
reptilescorpio
Member
Yeah we got a very small stock allocation of PS4's.
Microsoft stuffed the channel comparatively, they expected higher pre-orders and higher sales.
toddhunter
Member
Price gouging justified :|
For those wondering, the $400 PS4 ended up at $550 and the $500 Xbox one $600.
But anyway, stock availability has been crazy (even if it is ~$100 cheaper to buy from Amazon...)
For those wondering, the $400 PS4 ended up at $550 and the $500 Xbox one $600.
But anyway, stock availability has been crazy (even if it is ~$100 cheaper to buy from Amazon...)
Maybe with the 360.
Both XBO and the PS4 are still kinda (very) expensive and most will keep their 360 and/or PS3 for a couple of years.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
New Zealander here. PlayStation is dominant but the margin is a lot closer than other countries.
PS4 is still sold out here though and stock drips in shipments that you have to preorder for.
PS4 is still sold out here though and stock drips in shipments that you have to preorder for.
Toothless Spoon
Member
I have both, but the Xbone disappoints me. These consoles should be 1080p @ 60fps for all games, especially FPSs. No up-scaling, no muddy textures. I know deeper into console cycles, dev's are able to unlock more power, but PS4 is already killing it. I'm no fanboy either way, but overall I'm disappointed in the release of both consoles and I guess I expected more. I'm more of a PC gamer, and maybe I've been spoiled - but I am losing interest in the hobby that I have loved for many years because of how things a lot of the time are been done in an half-arsed manner.
I always maintain the argument that this console launch was at least a year early - look at the lack of games and features that should be standard for launch, that are slowly making their way to the consumer - all it does it make less people jump on board, then dev's are spread thin by having to create games for older generation of consoles, which means we still don't get the proper development time and resources put in to 'new-gen' games.
I always maintain the argument that this console launch was at least a year early - look at the lack of games and features that should be standard for launch, that are slowly making their way to the consumer - all it does it make less people jump on board, then dev's are spread thin by having to create games for older generation of consoles, which means we still don't get the proper development time and resources put in to 'new-gen' games.
reptilescorpio
Member
Even worse was you could get the X1 for $578 at launch from Big W and a few other places!
Xbox Australia tried the best they could here, did a great job trying to sell it.
Compared to Playstation Australia who might as well not exist considering how poor they are.
toddhunter
Member
Well to be fair the whole server issue could have been handled just a little better. I wonder how many people considered that? Probably not many.
SwiftDeath
Member
Do we get NPD Australia numbers ever?
Still interesting to hear PS3 is still selling well in Australia and that PS4 has overtaken XB1
Now now everyone hustle along. We have a busy day planned.
2PM we see where The Lord of the Rings was filmed
3PM we visit a beautiful fishing village on the north coast
4PM we visit the cliff that our dear queen ordered all PS4's be thrown down. I know it's not a happy sight for many of you but never forget what happened there!
Still interesting to hear PS3 is still selling well in Australia and that PS4 has overtaken XB1
Now now everyone hustle along. We have a busy day planned.
2PM we see where The Lord of the Rings was filmed
3PM we visit a beautiful fishing village on the north coast
4PM we visit the cliff that our dear queen ordered all PS4's be thrown down. I know it's not a happy sight for many of you but never forget what happened there!
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