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PS4 surpasses 6 million units sold as of March 2nd
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All next gen discussions lead to Titanfall. :|
rofl
I thought when you have 3.5M vs. 6M sales, exclusivity contract for something on the lesser selling platform could be a valid discussion topic. But I'll stop if that's OT.
NuclearSpy
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Been wondering that myself.
You wouldn't be asking if you had seen it.
As a console discussion grows longer, the probability of discussing Titanfall approaches 1.
I blame Major Nelson personally. I mean he did say "Have YOU seen Titanfall?"
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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So when are the red and blue PS4 controllers coming out in NA? You would think they talk a bit about that. Didn't the EU get them at launch or am I wrong?
Night Angel
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Nice.
NuclearSpy
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That is going to take a while. IIRC, it took at least a couple of years before we saw different color DS3 controllers. Can anyone confirm when?
Yep available at EU launch.
You can likely get them shipped to US but you'd have to pay EU prices which are much higher than US.
Yes, EU got them at launch but I don't think they have been restocked since then. I was in the UK and Germany last month trying to buy a blue one and every store said they had not been restocked since launch and had no idea when new shipments were coming in.
You're on a roll today.
Great sales hopefully they get more on shelves soon. I wonder if Sony is certain supply will stabilize in April because they only contracted for "x" amount for the fiscal year and would incur fees from Foxconn if they wanted more. Does anyone have any knowledge on how this works? I expect starting in April is when they will get an increase in production.
Goodacre0081
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it's the nature of the forum now, PS4 sales threads always mutate into XB1 sales talk then EA's lost sales on titanfall.
CurlySaysX
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What is neogaf without having at least 2 titan fall topics on the front page at any given time?
There is currently only one, so this is officially the 2nd one - scratch that. Someone bumped up an old TF thread. This thread can continue to be about ps4 sales.
This is why I entered the topic!
Well, currently it is a blizzard, so clearly the snowballs may follow. We will have a better picture around this time next year though.
It's possible that they could increase production but the more likely answer is the 2013 demand was so high that a lot of units were air freighted to UK/US as well as doing the Japan launch in Feb Left Sony with only around 600k Units freely available for shipping per month in Jan/Feb and they expect to be back t 1.4m units shipping wherever demand is from April onwards.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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I'd kill to have a blue one. If it is only ten bucks more, I'd probably buy one if they work well with NA machines (don't see why they wouldn't). Anything more than 10 bucks difference and I'll wait.
Too bad I can't get Amazon UK to ship to my house.lol I'm a US prime member.
It's how the conversation naturally progressed, money different facets to this conversation.
badcrumble
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Probably a combination of people pinning XB1 sales hopes on it and not-so-stealthy port begging.
Fox Mulder
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the ps4 is doing great, which has been the situation and narrative for months.
forums like negatives anyways, from doomed Nintendo talk to the shitstorm that was the Xbox one reveal and DRM. The ps4 numbers are just another way to laugh at EA.
BibiMaghoo
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You are going to be waiting
At current conversion of GBP to USD, they will cost you $91.
Without shipping.
Welcome to the UK.
They're sold out on amazon.co.uk and there is still a notice up that those that preordered blue DS4's before launch might not receive their deliveries at launch which suggests to me that they are back ordered since last year and even Amazon has not received a second shipment yet.
Spottiettiedop
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Congrats! I wonder if there was anything that didn't go according to plan for Sony. Seems like all the right moves thus far.
They're probably wishing their original production contract was a little larger, but that's a great problem to have.
This months figures are boosted by the Japanese launch of 300K+. Post launch shipments to Japan will be reduced and so they can divert those to the rest of the world. So even without an increase in production you could find supply/demand is stabilized.
What are they going to do about it aside from delay and hide the 360 version, force people to buy Xbox Ones at gunpoint?
AyaisMUsikWhore
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While this is all good and dandy (Congrats Sony). Let's get the ball moving on these updates. I needs my MP3 playback so I can finally be at peace.
derExperte
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I got a red one from Amazon.de in early January and that could very well have been the last shipment until now. Can't even preorder red or blue.
AstroNut325
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Eh... I'd rather see DNLA, 3D Blu-Ray, and 5GHz Wifi before MP3. Heck... my 2011 iPad 2 has 5GHz wifi!
LiquidNarwhal
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I just think that they really made a terrible decision leaving the PS4/PS3 out of the equation, I'm not a particular Titanfall fan but I think it would have probably gone a long way to helping sales for them. Anyways back on topic, I really think the PS4 will have sold at least 12 million by the end of this year.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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Dang. Well, all I can hope for is an E3 annoucement and possibly more colors. A Yellow/Black combo would look sweet IMO.
Even if (and it is a big if) Titanfall did move 3M consoles, that would still be the investment part. Microsoft is losing money with every sold console, and now they are even giving Titanfall away for free. For which they also paid a pretty penny, I would wager.
At some point they should start looking into the return, and I don't see there being much.
It would be cool to hear the discussions that are going on in Sony headquarters about the production capacity of PS4. A million a month sounds small in this situation, but how long can this trend continue? And should they already prepare for next holiday season?
There's just something insane about this.
Neuromancer
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What is the gap? What are the last WW numbers we got for The One?
Citizen_Insane
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CriterionDog
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Congrats to Sony! : )
metalslimer
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Are they ever going to make another commercial lol? Awesome news to see though.Sony is doing pretty much everything right here.
SolidSnakex
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They've been running that Share commercial lately. Shows inFamous, NBA, AC4 etc. footage.
I keep seeing the Plus commercial.
I heard the new Infamous ad was shown during WWE Raw last night...Can't confirm though.
Based on the last news and last months NPD the current estimates are around 3.5 million.
With PS4 at 6 million plus ........ it's not very far from 2:1.
Also whoever is predicting 3m X1 sales between March and April because of Titanfall needs their meds adjusted.
Oppo
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I know you are a dour sort, but those numbers are not really comparable.
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