Yabberwocky
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Uncharted 4 pulling it's weight damn.
Oh my god, we've gone full circle with that gif. Amazing.
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PS4 sells through 6.2 million units worldwide during the 2016 holiday season
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Oh my god, we've gone full circle with that gif. Amazing.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Ohhh, for sure.
Just the rise of services like Plus and the digital storefront and DLC.
PS2 will have sold more consoles, but PS4 will make Sony way more money. WAAAAY more.
OrbitalBeard
Member
That article's headline isn't wrong, at least. It'll apply when the Switch releases as well, regardless of how it fares long-term. Most consoles have a strong launch.
Neuromancer
Member
Kyle Orland is never going to live that one down.
Unknown?
Member
Sure but with western media you'd see that for all consoles except you'd never see that same article for anything Xbox brand.
spazchicken
Member
How much has XboxOne sold so far?
Were Wii threads like this? I'm as happy as anyone that consoles are doing well but the amount of celebration is a little ridiculous. I guess our team won though guys.
If nothing else I hope things continue to improve in Japan. I would hate to see them completely abandon consoles.
If nothing else I hope things continue to improve in Japan. I would hate to see them completely abandon consoles.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Maybe half of that.
Unknown?
Member
Not even. They weren't even half last year.
hanspampel
Banned
we don't know
ask microsoft
estimates put xbox one at about half of ps4 installbase
give or take 10% and you will be fine
so anything between 24 and 29m
Obliterator
Member
Yeah PS4 hardware really hasn't been a terrible issue really. It's keeping pace with the PS3, which while that wasn't a sales monster either in Japan, it's respectable.
Software has been where things have been pretty iffy for PS4 there
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Last year wasn't there a rumor they sold 19million? Its fun because Microsoft does not give us solid numbers at all.
Poimandres
Member
Above PS2 is mighty impressive, but has it got the legs needed to really take on the king? I think 120 million when all is said and done.
RocknRola
Member
Wait, wait, wait. 150!? When? Where? Seriously, didn't see any of this where I live. Got any links or something? Was it some crazy German deal as per usual?
Not really, some series are down from their previous installments but the whole software sales are bigger than they were on ps3, because the full catalogue is much more attractive
Obliterator
Member
Ah really? Cumulative software is up gen over gen there? I thought it was still under (with some games obviously up)
To be fair though I focus the least on Japan sales out of all the major markets
Pretty sure ps4 software in japan is up a lot over ps3 also even though the larger games are doing worse on ps4. Ps4 is just seeing more large titles than ps3 ever did.
Neuromancer
Member
Doesn't matter, all that matters is how many monthly active users they have (which they won't tell us either).
hanspampel
Banned
japan tie ratio is always low, but i do agree
i find the hardware very impressive and don't know what the people in japan do with their console.
we still need to wait for the yearly software sales, tho
ps4 worldwide tie ratio was 7.4 early december
japan will be much lower
YES!
https://www.mydealz.de/deals/lokal-...-slim-500gb-fur-16400-euro-nur-am-2712-921600 (some locations were even below 164€. some more expensive, tho)but thanks to the nosediving Pound, the £149 Ps4 deal in UK was pretty much also 150€
I think they'll ship less than 5m for the whole October-December quarter, they said they expect a decline both in shipments and revenues compared to last year.
And here instead we're talking just about actual sell-through from November 20 to December 31.
So worldwide there's not even a contest, their problem as usual is that they're mainly selling consoles to the US and UK so if sales aren't huge in one of these markets (like they weren't in November) they don't have other markets to make up for it. Sony for example had a really great year in Japan in 2016 that definetly contributed into offsetting the lower sales in the US.
Unknown?
Member
Oh I was thinking he meant quarterly. Lol LTD I'd guess anywhere from 23-27.
Obliterator
Member
Good to hear. Japan market isn't my forte I must have just been noticing the trend of big games being down and it threw off my observations
LastMinuteHero
Member
People forgot that playstation is a worldwide brand
orthodoxy1095
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If you read the article, it's full of some pretty poor overall analysis. Selling more consoles on the first day than any other console in the West is a notable figure, and one that deserved more insightful analysis than the bizarre comparisons made to the Wii U, PS2 and Gamecube. A better piece might have focused on something meaningful like pent-up demand and marketing, not that "all consoles launch well."
KillerMan91
Member
Even comparing only retail SW sales PS4 is actually ahead of PS3 launches aligned in Japan. With digital that gap is even bigger. It's just that those software sales are more spread between titles than they were on PS3.
Welfare
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No. They will miss it by 1M to 2M units. Shipped right now is probably somewhere between 55M and 55.5M and I don't see them being able to ship over 3M next quarter. I predict shipped in will be ~58M. Still more units shipped than last FY but below 20M shipped.
It's going to be interesting to see what Dec NPD looks like, because if the US numbers are around 1.1M, you've got a situation where WW sales are 3:1 against US sales. Just shows how insanely dominate outside the US Sony is.
RocknRola
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YES!
but thanks to the nosediving Pound, the £149 Ps4 deal in UK was pretty much also 150
Dammit! I too want 150 consoles >.>
Microsoft has transcended the earthly concept you call "sales" and embraced the One True Metric: MAU.
Moon Presence
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LifeBrandRobot
Member
Can't be that far behind, I saw a commercial that said it's the best-selling console in America!
LastMinuteHero
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SinCityAssassin
Member
Finally getting to that 55 Million mark.
To be fair, Europe was doing most of the heavy lifting sales wise for Sony first party games then. Throw in the European sales numbers, and that should nullify the "WOW" lol
But will it fade in the next few years or keep pushing & pass the Wii?
I think it will unless Scorpio is cheap & force a PS5 before 2020 . Other than that 100 million is pretty much in the bag for PS4.
Poimandres
Member
Optimists will tell you it's outpacing the 360, but that is based on data that's pretty old by now right?
Does anyone know how much the 360 had sold at this stage of its life?
They are ahead in NA and the UK as well, they are winning in every territory, yeah it's close in NA and the UK, but not even that close, they are like 1.5 Million ahead in NA. Worldwide is something else, People estimating the Xbone being 29 million are crazy, that's way too high.
The Mad Draklor
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Best number I have is the 360 shipping 28.5 million units after its 13th quarter.
That's a new one to me. Nice
Poimandres
Member
Thanks. I guess that explains where the 29 million estimates are coming from!
Unknown?
Member
I think we know it isn't above the 360 at this point. They don't mention it in their PR anymore and haven't for awhile.
Poimandres
Member
I guess we don't really "know" because Microsoft isn't spilling the beans.
I agree that it's pretty unlikely, but I still see it presented as evidence of the Xbox One's success. When did Microsoft last mention it?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Hell yeah, I contributed with a Pro purchase on launch day.