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[hohoXD123]

Maths, how does it work?

Also, that number isn't from November.

Shipped =/= Sold-through, he was estimating. But yeah, not from November.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

18.5 sold through?!

Nice. Shipped to retailers is probably over 20 Mil right?

 

[xxracerxx]

So with all the hullabaloo about xb1 catching up, does this bring any figures to light of how the situation looks for NA and the UK?

XBO could be close to evening the playing field in both NA and UK, but they are well behind in the WW market.

 

[ASIS]

That's very very very unlikely. For 40 mil at the end of this year, they'll have to sell 21.5 mil this year which 50% more than last year sales (14.3 mil).

I think it's possible actually. This is the year where they release the "big hits" so to speak. If they also drop the price then I could see it hitting 40 mil in the next 12 months.

But then again, dropping the price with such a great momentum is not a wise thing to do. So who knows.

 

[shadowsdarknes]

Hot damn.

The last time we had a sold through figure was mid august around Gamescom at 10 million. Fast forward one quarter and we get over 8 million more sold.

Godstation 4.

 

[Omnistalgic]

Who knows? Both companies are being weird with their PR lately. For Nov NPD I expected MS to shout from the hills that they had won the month. Instead their PR was so subdued that you almost would have thought they'd lost again...

They gave away a free kidney with every X1. it was really nothing to celebrate...They were forced to close the gap somewhat through crazy promotions and taking losses, not ideal or cause for a party. MS is dumb rich, but still, it's about that profit.

 

[biteren]

A $400 hypebox with barely any games fueled on the hopes and dreams of millions?

Wunderbar, indeed.

why you gotta rain on our parade?

 

[Bunta]

LMAO! What's the source of the gif?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9g4U57A1bY

 

[EmptySpace]

Ah, have to agree to disagree tho, I think MS will do enough to push it to around 50m when all is said and done. Sitting at 10 - 12m shipped after 1 years isn't bad.

like cutting the price by almost 100 dollars every holiday?

 

[mdubs]

Cool, hopefully they invest some of that money in new IP (new JRPG pls Shuhei)

 

[jholmes]

So is the idea here that over half of people with a PS4 do not have PlayStation Plus? I'm sorry but I just don't believe that.

If that sounds right to someone, by all means correct me on this.

 

[Corto]

They should have dropped the price just a bit. They would have hit 20 mil and that looks like a much better number.

They will hit 20 million at 399$ in no time. Why would they lose money just to hit that arbitrary number a few months earlier?

 

[quickwhips]

Now fix Psn sony.

 

[LastNac]

In celebration of this news,

1st come first serve for whoever wants 1 month of free PS+

G7B7-2HNT-G6NG

Damn it.

Thing I've been looking for and I missed it.

 

[Faustek]

A $400 hypebox with barely any games fueled on the hopes and dreams of millions?

Wunderbar, indeed.

Joking?

wait for Xb1 sales first, it won't be.
btw of the two, is the Wii U who's selling really bad, xb1 is doing good compared to the previous generations

In two countries.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

A $400 hypebox with barely any games fueled on the hopes and dreams of millions?

Wunderbar, indeed.

 

[slapnuts]

PS4 really is a beast outside of the US.

It's a beast in the US...

It's a beast everywhere!

Amazing Numbers, Sony! Cannot wait for these 1st party exclusives taking advantage of PS4's extra horsepower under its hood. 2015 is gonna be great for PS4 owners!

 

[Mr Swine]

i'm starting to think it's possible that Sony may sell 100 million PS4 at the current price in the next 4 years without needing to drop the price

 

[XxRampage07xX]

It prints money!

 

[breakfuss]

Really can't believe this thing is selling so well lol. How? Don't get me wrong, I have one and gifted another to a friend but goddamn. Nearing 20 million in a little over a year?? Congrats, Sony.

 

[everyday math]

Lol

 

[Toki767]

So is the idea here that over half of people with a PS4 do not have PlayStation Plus? I'm sorry but I just don't believe that.

If that sounds right to someone, by all means correct me on this.

Wouldn't be surprised. If I recall, Xbox Live Gold subscribers don't even hit half of the install base.

 

[One-Shot]

Where are the Sony it prints money gifs?

edit: lol nvm

 

[NateDrake]

It's a beast everywhere!

Amazing Numbers, Sony! Cannot wait for these 1st party exclusives taking advantage of PS4's extra horsepower under its hood. 2015 is gonna be great for PS4 owners!

It's not a beast in Japan. EU/North America are the big drivers for the PS4 right now.

Great numbers for Sony.

 

[Xando]

How big are the holiday sales in Asia and Latin America?

 

[Chobel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9g4U57A1bY

Thanks! Really weird commercial, I love it.

 

[Cynn]

Thank god we can bury the "consoles are dead" crowd now. This will probably be a banner generation for console install bases.

 

[ASIS]

Ah, have to agree to disagree tho, I think MS will do enough to push it to around 50m when all is said and done. Sitting at 10 - 12m shipped after 1 years isn't bad.

There is nothing to agree or disagree about. These are sales, hard numbers. We are just predicting. sooner or later one of us will be right and the other wrong. I hope you are right though

 

[Mass Effect]

Is it me or is Verendus' Knack avatar multiplying?

 

[PdotMichael]

i'm gonna be honest with this one, most of the success is coming from people just want to upgrade. ps4 has great games though, it's just they are available on every console.

That's a non argument though. After all you still need a console to play multiplattform titles, so why not playing them on the fastest console in the best possible looking form on consoles?

 

[shadowsdarknes]

How many unit of Xbone sold?

I couldn't imagine more than 10 million.
Even with MS closing the gap in NA, the gap still widened WW.

 

[CheDominik]

So is the idea here that over half of people with a PS4 do not have PlayStation Plus? I'm sorry but I just don't believe that.

If that sounds right to someone, by all means correct me on this.

If I take this numbers at face value it shows that offline gaming is not dead yet and a lot of people don't care for all the implemented social stuff.

 

[Sylverstone14]

Joking?

Nah, not really. Just filling a niche.

Breaking kayfabe, it's pretty astounding how the PS4's sold so far. 2015 is filled with promise, so long as Sony keeps the momentum going.

Literally just said yeah. Everyone's already roasting me, so there's that.

Love ya too, GAF!

 

[Donthizz#]

without a price cut. PS4 is just beasting.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

PS+ will soon be a billion dollar business for them.

Yikes.

 

[KiefbladeMaster]

Is it me or is Verendus' Knack avatar multiplying?

I thought it was the same person for a second.

 

[BokehKing]

Thank god we can bury the "consoles are dead" crowd now. This will probably be a banner generation for condole install bases.

Yeah, now we just have to bury the 'ps4 has no gamez' crowd

 

[Road]

How does it compare to the Wii?

Someone find that chart.

Wii shipment by December was 20.13 million. It's already been posted. We don't have Wii sold to consumers estimates, although it is generally accepted they are very close to the shipments due to the constant sell-out (probably over 19 million).

PS4 shipment is likely between 19 and 20 million. We'll know PS4's number around Feb 5.

 

[Anth0ny]

Holy fucking shit that is some number.

 

[Mpl90]

Thank god we can bury the "consoles are dead" crowd now. This will probably be a banner generation for condole install bases.

If we suppose Wii never existed, we can say that. Otherwise, not that much. Nothing against PS4, which will easily sell 80 millions when the gen is done, and it has a chance of selling 100 millions.

 

[LetoAtreides82]

And that's without a price drop.

 

[Miles X]

So from late October to now it sold 5m units (impressive). XB1 must have put up a good fight then, it's gonna be around 2.3 - 2.8m US alone, UK was like 500k at least as well.

 

[Guymelef]

Thanks to dat country called Europe.

 

[Phediuk]

Will be over 30 million by the end of 2015.

 

[Kuni]

%!"£ me! That's one impressive number! Never imagined it would perform this well. Many congrats Sony. Now for the rest of the business!

 

[shinra-bansho]

I'd guess that shipments are just below 20M then, as if they had surpassed I'd have thought that would be the better number to announce.

50%+ attach rate for PS+ seems like a solid money maker. Curious if it has had any/will have any impact on tie ratio current or long term.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

holy wow

 

[Bluekaveli]

War is over

 

[Verendus]

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

That's the shipment number from the end of September. The sell-through was lower than that figure. And SCE did sell-through another 6 million units worldwide in the last 3 months to give you an idea of where that sell-through figure was sitting.

Do you even spin?

No one even tries anymore. I'm always rounding numbers. It's a fact of life. I was taught this when I was, like, six years old or something. So if you round to the nearest ten, is it really a lie? They can outright lie about software numbers when there is no software to sell, but they can't do this because it'd be going too far.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Holy moly