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Sony FY2015 Q2: PS4 shipment 4 million, cumulative sell in at 29.3 million
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The Artisan
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that would include people still on 360, though.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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those are some crazy numbers, great work.
DISSESHOWEDO
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Dr. Kitty Muffins
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I will bet it will start trending past the Wii once again when all those big 2016 games launch.
Uh, not really... At a certain point that division is going to have to start making money, otherwise it'll get the ax.
The Artisan
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not when it's compared to Ps4. being next to that just makes it look bad, but I thought as a product on its own, it has been doing well.
Sales its doing decently, but they are throwing tons of money away with those price cuts and deals. The division hasn't made a decent profit in a while outside of Live subscriptions
Neuromancer
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flurry of uppercuts etc etcCarefull, you might awake the dragon!
Yeah, PS4 is leading by a nose.
The Artisan
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indeed. when they were being really aggressive with sales last year it made me think that they care more about gaining ground/market share than they do making a profit.
I understood that reference
Mass_Pincup
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Carefull, you might awake the dragon!
Still the funniest post i've seen on Gaf.
Ultimately the only thing that matters is whether or not the division is making any money for MS, and so far it apparently has not. That alone will determine whether or not Xbox sticks around. If things continue as-is (and there's little reason to assume they won't), I doubt we'll see another Xbox. They've 15 years to start making money. They haven't.
That would be the beating where globally the PS3 outsold the 360 almost every month it was on sale and ended up level pegging for second place in the gen?
There is a world outside North America you know,
Bitch Pudding
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yurinka
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So still continues as the biggest PlayStation launch ever, almost at Wii levels but likely without the short live Wii had, some of the best selling exclusive IPs like Gran Turismo, Uncharted, God of War or The Last of Us still didn't debut this gen with brand new entries and its price still was $400, Nintendo flopped hard this gen and MS had a weak start... PS4 will sell a lot during its lifetime.
The Last One
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Definitely, here in my neighborhood everyone I know who play games got a Ps4 (and just some got a One). But that's 100% anecdotal =p
EdReedFan20
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Yeah. It's like PSP vs. DS. According to Wikipedia, PSP (sales include PSP 1000 (the original PSP), PSP 2000, PSP 3000, PSP Go, and PSP E1000) sold 82 million units (8th place among consoles and handhelds, third place when among only handhelds), which was a massive success. However, it paled in comparison with DS (sales include DS, DS Lite, DSi, and DSi XL) selling (according to Wikipedia) 154.01 million units (second place among consoles and handhelds, first place when among only handhelds).
EzekelRAGE
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The amirox post is sarcasm right?
Ask The Artisan
The Artisan comes off naive but I've never seen him insult or mock anyone. He's just a curious cat!
Omnistalgic
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it was when PS3 was hardly selling and everyone thought it was Sony's' goodbye song.
Not sarcasm at all, it was echoed throughout many forums.
joecanada
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I think xbox has been selling pretty good, but it's the direction that chart is heading that is a bit concerning.... it's not really on pace to keep up with 360 is it? Generally you don't really want to lose sales over time....
but it did have a good launch so that could sustain it perhaps.
I know right? The only thing Sony learned (potentially) last time around was don't be too expensive and don't use too much proprietary crap like the cell.... PS3 sold pretty good just not Wii levels. they ended on a major high note, ps plus killing it.
Why would it be sarcasm? I wouldn't read too much into these numbers, after all Xbox One is the working mans console with Halo the Star Wars of gaming.
it's only inevitable.
StarlordDial
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Kenzodielocke
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Could someone post the link to thread where people said Sony is doomed? It was a thread about something like 'who will not survive this gen'.
Yes please, it'd be a laugh!
You won.
Go Kaz! I knew he could do it.
The Artisan
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yep. like I said before, I've learned quite a few things just by talking with others here on the gaf.
EdReedFan20
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It's quite funny to me that in the 80's/90's when Ken Kutaragi suggested Sony get into gaming, he was sort of laughed off by the leadership of Sony and only really latched on to his notion of selling video games and building their own console after Nintendo pulled their (1992?) CES shenanigans. And now, after years of perceived floundering, Sony is being revived (as that Bloomberg article states) by Kaz Hirai, who rose the ranks in that very same video game division that was initially laughed at. I think that's cool!
Alebrije
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They can be around for decades since MS do not see Xbone / videogames division as a business to get proffit , is more a PR division , a pet company that no harms anyone and gives prsence to MS on an market where they was not before.
Got that far and burst out laughing. There should be a "Gaf's Greatest hits" thread just full of links to memorable quotes and threads.
GravityInsanity
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Off topic, that dog looks like Peyton Manning for some reason lol
Fattony12000
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They can be around for decades since MS do not see Xbone / videogames division as a business to get proffit , is more a PR division , a pet company that no harms anyone and gives prsence to MS on an market where they was not before.
That's not how a business works.
bigboss370
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Wish Sony was doing well in their mobile division as well, Xperia Z series phones are fucking amazing.
Boogalogist
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I agree with this. I find that the Xperia Z series is the best Android phone so far. But they always fuck it up during launch.
Sony must be hiding their unfavorable numbers!
Trogdor1123
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Yep, they are absolutely outstanding phones. Ive been rocking a Z1 for about 2 years now and its just bullet proof. Very good phones. Not sure why they never took off tbh.
Are you counting handhelds? Because even so, Sony likely has 3 of the 7 best selling game consoles of all time already. If you are just looking at home consoles, PS1-3 are all in the top 5 along with XB360 and Wii. The only handhelds that are higher than PS3 are the DS and Gameboy (if you count the Gameboy Color sales in with the OG model's sales).
PdotMichael
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They have already three of the best seven (random cut-off by the way) systems.
They will have 5 of the top 10 after this generation. I doubt 3DS will hit PSP's final numbers. The other 5 will be Wii, 360, Nintendo DS, Gameboy, and the Gameboy Advance.
PdotMichael
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Well, comparing handheld vs consoles doesn't really make that much sense.
Consoles are often household items while handhelds are user bounded - also visible on the pretty low software to hardware ratio of handheld systems.
Consoles are often household items while handhelds are user bounded - also visible on the pretty low software to hardware ratio of handheld systems.
So at the end of this fiscal year they expect to ship 17.5 mil up from 14 or so mil previous
Year, who thinks that next fiscal year could be 20 plus million shipped, It is a stellar line up next year with PlayStation vr and all
and that's all with Japan not really taking off yet
Year, who thinks that next fiscal year could be 20 plus million shipped, It is a stellar line up next year with PlayStation vr and all
and that's all with Japan not really taking off yet
I sort of wonder whether the PS3 ended up finishing above the 360. If so, Sony will likely hold 4 of the top 5 best selling home console spots by the end of the generation.
In grade 6 or 7, my friends and I laughed at the articles talking about Sony entering the console race in the coming year. Who would buy a Playstation with its weird shape buttons over a Sega or Nintendo? Now Sega's gone and we have a thread celebrating the Wii U passing the numbers of the system(s) that made Sega exit the console business.
Japan will never take off. Best case scenario is probably a bit under PS3 numbers.
Portugeezer
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Last year they said about half of PS4 owners are PS+ subscribers.
13.5 million consoles were sold around this time last and Sony had 7.9 million subs, so PS4 was responsible for 85% of PS+ subs.
So today, if that ratio remains the same it would mean about ~14.5 million PS4 owners are PS+ subscribers
PS+ would have about ~16.5 total subscribers across all platforms.
Although I expect there is some overlap coming to PS4; maybe a solid 15.5 - 16 million subs in the end.
All speculation based on last years figures. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-plus-reaches-7-9-million-subscribers/1100-6423306/