Sony announces 18.5 million PlayStation 4 consoles sold WW
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Miles Quaritch
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For whatever reason, they felt the need in the UK. The PS4 bundles on offer put some of the X1 bundles to shame.
Omnistalgic
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PS2 had long-legs after PS3 was released. GOW2 released at the end of PS2's life, and many yearly titles remained on the platform. It truly was SNES reborn under a different company. Had a ton of great games across genres.
If PS4 is 3/4 as good as PS2 in variety and bringing Japanese development back to the spotlight I will be a happy camper.
They just mean it's not going to be as one-sided as PS2 era.
FleetingFlowAir
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And this is all without dropping the price.
Mr_Antimatter
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I'm dualy shocked. 18.5 million is a pretty impressive number.
I wonder how the others are standing WW now, as well as what this means for any price drops/etc.
I wonder how the others are standing WW now, as well as what this means for any price drops/etc.
Absolutely. They almost did, too.
freakzilla3000
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Crazy stuff!!
ChanDangle
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Chobel
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Yeah, they are so aggressive in pricing lately.
I never understood that at all. It was like those people were ignoring what made the Wii U an unattractive product -- even in comparison to the Xbox 360 and the PS3.
Wii as per this wiki page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_sales
That uses Nintendo own data says that Wii had 20.13 million units shipped from the 31st of december 2006 to 31st of december 2007.
cm osi
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i think everyone is waiting for the big names to boost the ps4 in japan so they can have a larger userbase, maybe they fear the game is going to bomb if it's ps4 only. well, we have disgaea 5, but it's not gonna move hardware
Sony clearly trying to cover up they lost NPD, omfg give it up Soony.
Oh yeah it was insane. The thing sold over 1.5 billion pieces of software.
Omnistalgic
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I'm not sure it would have done anything. If Ps4 price-dropped to match X1, I think both just would have sold very well, wouldn't have hindered X1 sales boost at all IMO.
There is a loyal fanbase for Xbox in U.S. It sold like double what PS3 did over here.
XxRampage07xX
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Wow, that's insane!
Congratulations, Sony! 2015 is going to be an even more impressive year of PS4
Congratulations, Sony! 2015 is going to be an even more impressive year of PS4
That too in "prime time" only
I suspect that Japanese press releasee doesn't deal with the whole shipped/sold fiasco that we go through whenever Microsoft make a thread.
Sony had shipped 13.5m in November, so I think it is quite unlikely they have sold another 6 million units since.
PS4 Anniversary by PlayStation.Blog, on Flickr
Sony had shipped 13.5m in November, so I think it is quite unlikely they have sold another 6 million units since.
PS4 Anniversary by PlayStation.Blog, on FlickrThe really aggressive UK bundles seemed to vary greatly by retailer so far as I noted so they were probably retailer driven using popularity of PS4 to draw consumers to their store/site vs others. Either that or Sony should consider swapping SECA and UK staff for a bit during holiday trading.
Or any of the "bigger" exclusives on shelves.
yurinka
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Google translate uses terms like "sales" or "actual sales".
The OP menitons 'sold'.
In their IR docs Sony mentions sell-through numbers instead of shipped numbers since 2007.
TheKastorian
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Damn.... I wonder what the numbers will be like after Bloodborne is released. A lot of people consider that game as the final push for old-gen users to new-gen consoles (PS4 in this case)
Shpeshal Nick
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Holy crap. That's massive.
funkystudent
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ninjablade
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there ' tons and tons of great games already on 360/ps3, people want that console hardware upgrade that has taken nearly a decade to come out.
Sylverstone14
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A $400 hypebox with barely any games fueled on the hopes and dreams of millions?
Wunderbar, indeed.
1st Course
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I suspect that Japanese press releasee doesn't deal with the whole shipped/sold fiasco that we go through whenever Microsoft make a thread.
Sony had shipped 13.5m in November, so I think it is quite unlikely they have sold another 6 million units since.
The 13.5m figure is as of September 30, 2014
neogaffer1
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I suspect that Japanese press releasee doesn't deal with the whole shipped/sold fiasco that we go through whenever Microsoft make a thread.
Sony had shipped 13.5m in November, so I think it is quite unlikely they have sold another 6 million units since.
Wait, if they sold 4 mil during holidays and had only reached 13.5m in Nov, where did the other 1 mil come from?
The Return of the King
PS4 about to be second on that gif already...damn
'Murica = world
SimpleGamer
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damn, I was expecting 20 million by the end of 2015 but it is already at 18.5 and its just the beginning.
Wii was heavily supply costrained, though. If it had bigger shipments, it would've done quite better. PS4 isn't in that situation (I know it has been mentioned Europe could have suffered shortages problems, but Wii was suffering WW). Still, even if it's now behind the Wii, this is a very good result, hardware wise.
Do we have a good recap of tie-ratios for consoles at the same time after the release?
The Return of the King
This makes me want to buy another PS2. Like seriously. I have a launch unit that's still kicking, but maybe I should get a new one for back-up down the road. That whole era was golden.