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PS4 surpasses 6 million units sold as of March 2nd
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Canis lupus
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Yes in its first two days and then they said that it sold 370k till March 2nd. That means that PS4 sold around 50-70k in its 2nd week.
If the Xbone NPD for February were to be 159k (141k for January), then by my estimate they'll be at 3.5m worldwide.
all about momentum now. Can Sony transition from early adopters to mass market without demand dropping off too much, through solid word of mouth etc. They're launched in all their markets pretty much now.
MS clearly have softer demand in their tier 1 markets, but they still have the potential for some fast sales from launching in more markets. That could sustain them to decent overall numbers for 2014 and help prop things up if demand remains soft in their core markets - but still tracking below PS4
MS clearly have softer demand in their tier 1 markets, but they still have the potential for some fast sales from launching in more markets. That could sustain them to decent overall numbers for 2014 and help prop things up if demand remains soft in their core markets - but still tracking below PS4
Don't forget the last number came out on Feb 8th which I'm assuming wasn't part of the January NPD.
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this. Titanfall truly is Microsoft's best hope. I imagine MS will pack the game in with the console in every country they launch in going forward. Every new country they launch in should give them a nice little bump to help close the gap.
I can't see the PS4 keeping momentum up after the early adopters all get their hands on it. Just not easy to do with a $400 system and few, if any, killer apps on the horizon.
LegendofDragoonLives
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Imagine if it sells 7.5 million by the end of March. 
Imagine if it sells 7.5 million by the end of March.
How could they sell 1,5 million systems in 28 days when they could only produce around a million?
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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How does that fare historically?
moltonasty
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Soo...Officially past wii u at this point?
DenogginizerOS
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Feels good to see a company like Sony reaping the benefits of being humbled, listening to their consumers, and giving gamers lots of reasons to be excited about the future. This first year for them is looking so good.
Crimson_Gold
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Canis lupus
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Lol the gap is not gonna close, the gap is gonna widen. Those 13 markets the Xbone launched in will make up >80% of total sales. I'm from Tier 2 and many xbox fans I know either got/waits for the PS4 or imported the Xbone from Germany/UK, pretty much every Mediamarkt I went to had imported consoles in stores and they aren't moving.
When do they plan to release in Tier 2? Is it still gonna be Q2, or is it towards the end of the year? Packed in Titanfall bundle will lose relevance if so, especially when people are able get it on their PC or 360 months ago. The longer MS waits, the more they miss opportunities to profit from PS4's supply shortages.
Yep. I saw a stack of Xbox Ones in the local Mediamarkt too. PS4 was sold out, imported Xbox Ones were easily available but nobody was buying. Enough said.
Hoho for breakfast
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Congrats again to Sony. Figured this is about where they'd be by now.
Pretty great considering the stand alone console has been completely sold out online in the US for 2/3 of the last month.
Pretty great considering the stand alone console has been completely sold out online in the US for 2/3 of the last month.
Giant Panda
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It's going to be a weak Feb NPD. Infamous its up to you for March!
Pharaoh 117
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Congrats Sony!
LegendofDragoonLives
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Didn't Sony sell less than a million in Feb? Also, did Patcher say they're making a million/month or 1.3?
By sparing units until the launch of inFamous to counter the TitanFall effect?
Believe.
If they sell everything they make then 10m would be around E3.
I didn't see one on a store shelf until September 2008.
Kazuma Kiryu
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Jack Tretton walks on stage: "First to 10M wins".
LegendofDragoonLives
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Exactly there we go. If they didn't sell more than 1 million, then they could realistically have 1.5 million up on shelves. Would be pretty nice.
I am more concerned with Japanese sales than anything else.
DirtyLarry
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As a gamer who owns every major console out there and has no allegiance to any corporate entity this is fantastic news. We the gamer win here as it means there is incentive for MS to step things up, which in turn makes Sony to continue to step things up, and the cycle continues.
Competition is a very good thing when all is said and done. It forces companies to bring their A game to the table.
Nice.
Competition is a very good thing when all is said and done. It forces companies to bring their A game to the table.
Nice.
And still you quote the whole thing....
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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I am sure this will force Microsoft will do things previously thought unimaginable then at E3.
Patcher believes many things and is basically never right. We hear from Sony, that whatever they produce is selling out. So, I doubt they could do 1.5 million in a bit more than 3 weeks. 1 million is doable and I believe they hit the 7 million mark on March 31st.
They were sparing out units for Japan. I doubt that Infamous could sell that many more systems. The franchise isnt such a huge seller until now.eXeál;103112993 said:
Lord Carnarvon
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I still don't get all dat preference, but that's a story for another thread I think.
Congrats, it's good for the industry anyway!
Congrats, it's good for the industry anyway!
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/189003/us-360-beats-wiips3-to-10-million/
Despite frequent news of Wii's global sales domination, the Xbox 360 has managed to hit the 10 million sales mark in the US ahead of its competition, according to Microsoft.
Reaching the milestone before both the Wii and PS3 in the States should secure the long-term current-gen victory for the 360, MS senior vice president, Don Mattrick, told Reuters.
"History has shown us that the first company to reach ten million in console sales wins the generation battle," stated Mattrick in a statement yesterday. Interesting fact there trivia fans.
NPD figures currently puts Wii on 8.8 million sales (and closing) in the US, while PS3 is sits on 4.1 million.
If only he was still there.
Bluekaveli
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The war is over
Agreed, assuming MS decides to go hard and compete. They're doing ok on the games front so far so I guess E3 will hold the rest of the cards. I just hope they don't try to use a gimmick like putting out a twerk video or something. I like Larry but I don't want to see him pop dat pussy, I want more games.
PS3 was at 4.1 million when 360 was at 10 million?
Damn, Sony did one heck of a job catching up.
To be fair, 360 had a year had start, better price, software, online. Still amazing that Wii closed the 10 million gap in more or less a year.
There's been additional shipments in Japan.
3.5m in 4 months is very strong, in isolation.
That followed by his shit eating grin lol.
The videogame industry is so unpredictable. That said, Sony really did take great steps to turn it all around and they continued to make the right decisions going into the reveal/launch of the PS4. Hats off to them, they deserve these sales.
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