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PS4 Thrives down under: 'Success reflects Aussie passion for PlayStation'
- Thread starter Loudninja
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Don't lie Blowny fanboy!
toddhunter
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We never get much. The most we seem to get is a yearly "The top games were skylanders, Fifa and COD... again"
zerodeefex
Member
How is extremely protectionist import law Sony's fault? You have to make the darn thing in Brazil to avoid ridiculous duty on the product. It's not abusive at all. They don't have manufacturing on the ground in Brazil for the PS4 and so there is ridiculous amounts of duty on the product on import.
SwiftDeath
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Ah thanks for the input. That's too bad. I love to see numbers
Wait... Most 1 hour television shows last 45 minutes, that leaves 15 minutes for commercial so that's around 30 commercials per hour and if the Xbox one commercials were almost impossible to escape that means they occupied most of those 15 commercial minutes... That could only mean...
Yes SMOk3Y it was in fact the fastest advertised next generation console!
According to occonomiyaki it stil is. Managers have to beg people to buy their unsold PS4 stocks, which are now probably thrown off the cliff or shipped to Australia.
Jean Valjean
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No. The taxes are abusive, but so is Sony's price. No amount of taxes alone would make the US$ 400 PS4 cost approx. US$ 1850 in Brazil.
IMO, Sony is doing that to 1) guarantee the Ps4 launch in Brazil in 2013; shipping as few consoles as possible 2) raise awareness to the ridiculous Brazilian tax laws.
But this will not last for long. They will half the PS4 price here in a few months, believe it.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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BlackBuzzard
Banned
But were the Pokemon centers empty? Because then you know shit hit the fan.
Well the One did almost 70k in its first 3 weeks and has been selling very consistently since then.
So safe to say both consoles at this stage are getting close to 100k each. Especially if the PS4 has taken over.
Michael F. Assbender
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Probably a stupid question, but what's with all the New Zealand comments when it comes to PS4? I understand it's not selling well there, but how did that turn into a mini-meme?
Nomad Blue
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On the contrary, it's selling very well in NZ (when they're actually available!).
Basically occonomiyaki pretty much equated one store in Wellington still having a few PS4s available a day or two after a shipment arrived to there being no demand for the PS4.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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How is the Wii U down under?
Indeed (it's under the 'more' column). I'm sure the official sale numbers aren't great, either.
Delusibeta
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Selling about as well as GAF will have you believe the PS4 is selling in New Zealand, I'm guessing.
Gordon Shumway
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Geezuz..LOL!
Neuromancer
Member
Maybe a dingo ate all the Xbones
Hey guys......New Zealand hahahaha!
You people are something
You people are something
The numbers are down under?
Let's just say in most game stores, the Wii has a bigger presence than the Wii U.
BlackBuzzard
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TAZ DINGO!
First NZ then onto Middle Earth.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
One Wii is bigger than the other? <coughs>
CadetMahoney
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Unknown Soldier
Member
PS4 launched in Asia ex-Japan a few months ago.
As for Japan launch, it's safe to assume Sony already has that region's stockpile ready to go.
reptilescorpio
Member
Some retailers did a firesale last year, others have done nothing to shift stock. Just waiting for some kind of catalyst I guess.
Yeah this could be a real shitshow once Titanfall hits.
Most probably won't notice though. Sucks that other countries get a competitive advantage but the popularity of console MP over the years shows some people don't notice host advantage, lag, etc.
I've only heard some retailer whispers, one that suggested that the "big" pre-Christmas shipment was ~70K for Sony...
The XBOX did 65K inside 3 days of launch, we don't know what Sony shipped here, but even if it was a 'modest' 30-40K? Then it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for both consoles to be +100K prior to Christmas.
Well before Christmas, the 2 big stores (EB Games & JB HiFi), had their January allocation for Sony sold out, February allocation wasn't that far behind, both are now taking orders for March. I know one guy got his PS4 this week from a JB HiFi and it seems there have been a another 1, maybe 2 smaller shipments hitting shores since Christmas.
Honestly, it wouldn't be surprising if the PS4 was >150K at the moment.
The XBOX did 65K inside 3 days of launch, we don't know what Sony shipped here, but even if it was a 'modest' 30-40K? Then it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for both consoles to be +100K prior to Christmas.
Well before Christmas, the 2 big stores (EB Games & JB HiFi), had their January allocation for Sony sold out, February allocation wasn't that far behind, both are now taking orders for March. I know one guy got his PS4 this week from a JB HiFi and it seems there have been a another 1, maybe 2 smaller shipments hitting shores since Christmas.
Honestly, it wouldn't be surprising if the PS4 was >150K at the moment.
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
I think problem with ours (presumption) as with the PS3 our price was based off the exchange rate of our money to the EURO not the dollar so I wouldn't be surprised if the PS4 is the same
ya I reckon I seen 1 to 2 PS4 ads a day & 40+ Bone ones
Unlike the UK the Wii U seems to have decent shelf space in most stores. Even in stores like Big W. Not sure about how well it's selling though. I've brought up Wii U sales up to the nearby local EB Games clerk but they don't seem to think it's anything unusual for a new console. But of course they'd never bad mouth a product I suppose. The Vita is all but dead retail wise here however.
Also by best selling console are they not including the 3DS or is the PS3 outselling that over here as well?
Also by best selling console are they not including the 3DS or is the PS3 outselling that over here as well?
SwiftDeath
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I would think that includes the 3DS so PS3 YTD in Australia > 3DS YTD but not sure
This beautiful island just a couple miles southeast of Australia
Brazil. All right maybe I'm bad at geography
Probably Brazil, but I can't imagine either selling any kind of significant number because both are extremely expensive. The Xbox One is just slightly less expensive.
Ctrl-F "Banned"
*phew*
I mean, there's not much to say on the topic. Yay for Australia?
toddhunter
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Lets just say the price cut that didn't really work in the rest of the world? Australia didn't even get that to help.
When you add in the region locking and lack of shelf presence I can't imagine it is all too good.
That is generally the problem (so we get the double hit in conversion). But in this case you have the direct comparison with the xbox one, so you would think Sony would have adjusted it to be in line with that. But apparently they made the smart move, because it is still sold out just about everywhere.
ethomaz
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WOW no country for One.
Brazil is a weird case... I guess official consoles PS4 didn't outsold Xbone due the price (4000 vs 2000) but in the informal or gray market PS4 is selling way more than Xbone (eg. Santa Efigênia).
There are more guys with PS4 at hands than Xbone... Sony shipped a new batch of consoles too while MS just the initial shipment (to be fair the initial shipment for Xbone was really way more than PS4 initial shipment).
So if you use only official sales then Xbone is ahead in Brazil.
Edit - Most official stores in Brazil had the PS4 SOLD OUT at R$4000... this is crazy with this price... I just found it in Walmart, Submarino and Americanas.... Fnac, PontoFrio, MagazineLuiza and SonyStyle are SOLD OUT (or less than 2 units in stock).
Brazil is a weird case... I guess official consoles PS4 didn't outsold Xbone due the price (4000 vs 2000) but in the informal or gray market PS4 is selling way more than Xbone (eg. Santa Efigênia).
There are more guys with PS4 at hands than Xbone... Sony shipped a new batch of consoles too while MS just the initial shipment (to be fair the initial shipment for Xbone was really way more than PS4 initial shipment).
So if you use only official sales then Xbone is ahead in Brazil.
Edit - Most official stores in Brazil had the PS4 SOLD OUT at R$4000... this is crazy with this price... I just found it in Walmart, Submarino and Americanas.... Fnac, PontoFrio, MagazineLuiza and SonyStyle are SOLD OUT (or less than 2 units in stock).
So MS is Sauron and Xbone is Saruman?
reptilescorpio
Member
Microsoft Australia fire back
It also topped launch because it launched before PS4 lol
This is lolworthy though
Must have had a bad January for PS4 to overtake.
It also topped launch because it launched before PS4 lol
This is lolworthy though
lololol
Nice use of the word 'exclusive' too lol
Freeman
Banned
PS4 is probably way behind in Brazil. Its hard to measure since most PS4 sales are unofficial, If I was to guess(based on gamertag list on forums and general observation) I would say close to a 2:1 advantage for Xbox One right now, with a lot of people(like me) waiting for prices to settle in the grey market(prices for PS4 are already less expensive than the Xone in some places).
PS4 has close to no presence on stores. At this point our market is pretty much irrelevant sales wise, even the XOne is still to expensive to sell well.
PS4 has close to no presence on stores. At this point our market is pretty much irrelevant sales wise, even the XOne is still to expensive to sell well.
Deader than a goth party. The Wii U sections of JB and EB are shrinking more and more as time goes buy, Wii U is hidden from the main EB webpage and i would imagine the sales are much worse than the UK and the UK Wii U sales are abyssal. Considering Australia is smaller in population compared to the UK it must be doing mega bad.
bigboss370
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soo...xbox one number of consoles sold + number of games sold + number of accessories sold VS. PS4 number of consoles sold only? and yeah, "exclusives"...
Galactic Barret
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Australia has good taste.
Indeed (it's under the 'more' column). I'm sure the official sale numbers aren't great, either.
Still in the main column in Canada, so there's that.
Sad thing that it got to the point of being removed from there though. :/
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