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[viveks86]

Geez. This is insane! And they haven't even had an official price cut yet

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

1.7 million in January and February.....that is insane.

Chances of 40 million by the end of this year if there's a price cut?

 

[Welfare]

Nice.

 

[Aquamarine]

can we create threads without sources now!?

Source is PR Newswire


We'll see it up on the SCEI PR website soon

 

[Zeyphersan]

I contributed last week!

Also contributed to a Vita

 

[JetSetRadio]

bone 10 and wiiu?

 

[Dynasty8]

Impressive...very impressive.

With further price drops, successful E3's, and once more games come out (1st and 3rd party like FFXV, MGSV, Bloodborne, and Uncharted 4)... It'll probably compete with PS2 numbers.

 

[ethomaz]

1.7m in two months?

DAT performance.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

This month is Bloodborne month. 5 million sales this month easily

God, I hope so. From Software looks like they made an amazing game.

 

[Aquamarine]

bone 10 and wiiu?

Wii U has shipped 9.20 million consoles as of December 31st, 2014.

 

[Suzushiiro]

Amazing shit. 25 million by E3?

Probably a little much considering that this is a traditionally slow time of year. Bloodborne will move some consoles, but not that many consoles- similar to a lot of other big exclusives, its audience is predominately people who probably already own the console.

 

[Heshinsi]

So probably around 400-450k for Jan/Feb in the US.
~1.3 million in the rest of the world. damn.

Which makes all the "sky is falling" posts in those NPD threads look funny. It's a damned tsunami wave outside of the USA.

 

[Einbroch]

What are Wii U and XBO at?

 

[Curufinwe]

Don't read too much into it.

 

[Son Of D]

How does this compare to the PS2 and Wii in the same timeframe?

 

[Dragonborn]

Probably a little much considering that this is a traditionally slow time of year. Bloodborne will move some consoles, but not that many consoles- similar to a lot of other big exclusives, its audience is predominately people who probably already own the console.

It just did 1.7 million in the slowest months of the year. Another 4.8 million in the next 4 months isn't entirely out of the question but it may be tough

 

[Loudninja]

1.7 million in January and February.....that is insane.

Chances of 40 million by the end of this year if there's a price cut?

Yeah I did not expect almost 2 million for these months,dont look like its slowing down.

 

[CriterionDog]

man, bloodborne, batman, mgsv and uncharted 4 are going to sell a TON of systems.

 

[Rogue_Ledr]

SOLD THROUGH NOT SHIPPED. I said DAMN

Whats that put shipped at? 20.5? 21?

Nahhhh man!

Way higher than that.

If there is over 20 million sold, its gotta be like 24 million shipped.

 

[ethomaz]

SOLD THROUGH NOT SHIPPED. I said DAMN

Whats that put shipped at? 20.5? 21?

More like over 21 million shipped.

 

[BriGuy]

I kind of expected the top-selling console of this generation to top out around 75-80 million (not because of market contraction so much as I expect this to be a relatively short generation), but at this rate they may crack 100.

 

[Culex]

Pretty damnpressive!

It's fun comparing it to the Wii too since they are tracking similarly WW.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

God damn.

 

[Bare Grills]

I imagine that Sony may not do it so soon because they may not be able to keep up with Demand

Not that they need to anyways, they are selling well enough without a price drop. I was hoping to snag one when it hit $350 but I can just wait for a deal to come up.

 

[ethomaz]

What are Wii U and XBO at?

Guesses are...

Wii U under 10 million
XBO over 10 million

 

[Carl]

Dec. 28, 2013: 4.2 million
Mar. 2, 2014: 6 million

Difference: 1.8 million (64 days)

Jan. 4, 2015: 18.5 million
Mar. 1, 2015: 20.2 million

Difference: 1.7 million (56 days)

Damn so roughly the same amount in the same period as last year

 

[SolidSnakex]

I'm always amused at how different the titles they list are between the English and Japanese release:



Persona 5, Street Fighter 5, MGS5, FFXV, Bloodborne, etc.

Most interesting is that P5 leads off the list. I think Sony is going to be giving it a lot of marketing support as its release nears.

 

[dmr87]

Printing money.

 

[Mpl90]

Chronological order of the sales (sold-through) announcements

December 3rd, 2013 - 2.1 millions (as of December 1st, 2013)
January 7th, 2014 - 4.2 millions (as of December 28th, 2013)
February 18th, 2014 - 5.3 millions (as of February 8th, 2014)
March 4th, 2014 - 6 millions (as of March 2nd, 2014)
April 16th, 2014 - 7 millions (as of April 6th, 2014)
August 12th, 2014 - 10 millions (as of August 10th, 2014)
January 5th, 2015 - 18.5 millions (as of January 3rd/4th, 2015)
March 4th, 2015 - 20.2 millions (as of February 28th/ March 1st, 2015)

 

[stryke]

How does this compare to the PS2 and Wii in the same timeframe?

I think Wii was 20.1m shipped by last quarter. Don't know PS2 off the top of my head

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

It's a good news story. Good console, launched at a good price, has some great games coming out etc...

So I am happy. I'd be happier if Nintendo was doing better as well but can't win em all. They shit that bed.

 

[FullMetaltech]

Good lord. Thats without a pricedrop. Great job Sony!

 

[kyser73]

It's an OK number, but I feel if Sony had their act together they could have hit 25mn by now.

 

[2thepoint]

Woah, woah, woah!!!

Andy, you are the new messiah.

Praise be to your melodic helium overtones.

 

[Neuromancer]

Don't read too much into it.

Ahahaha

 

[bananafactory]

It's an OK number, but I feel if Sony had their act together they could have hit 25mn by now.

Are you saying they failed to fully capitalize?

 

[Xando]

Damn so roughly the same amount in the same period as last year

To be fair, this time last year PS4 was sold out in a lot of places in europe.

 

[TimorousPanda]

That's pretty damn impressive.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Are you saying they failed to fully capitalize?

Im so having a dejavu moment.

 

[Flunkie]

I'm impressed.

 

[CambriaRising]

It's an OK number, but I feel if Sony had their act together they could have hit 25mn by now.

Yeah I personally know 10 people who are holding out for Suspend/Resume

 

[Loudninja]

Still didnt launch in China as well its gonna be huge!

 

[Mr Swine]

It's an OK number, but I feel if Sony had their act together they could have hit 25mn by now.

Wat, PS4 is probably more sold than Xbone and Wii U combined and you say that it's an ok number?

 

[Dragonborn]

Man, if Japan wasn't dead the PS4 would be beating even more

 

[paulogy]

I love the 0.2, just in case anyone thought they were rounding up or something

 

[Mpl90]

I think Wii was 20.1m shipped by last quarter. Don't know PS2 off the top of my head

PS2 can't be compared that fairly due to the very delayed Western launch compared to the Japanese one.

 

[chadskin]

7-10m diff

 

[Rogue_Ledr]

Probably a little much considering that this is a traditionally slow time of year. Bloodborne will move some consoles, but not that many consoles- similar to a lot of other big exclusives, its audience is predominately people who probably already own the console.

Yeah, but only a LITTLE too much.

I could definitely see 23-24 million by then.

 

[Riozaki]

 

[Trevelyan9999]

Are casuals buying the PS4 as well as the previous (very well treated by Sony)PS3 owners? It's just difficult for me personally to see what is so appealing about this console to be selling to the mass market. Nothing wrong with it selling great, congrats to Sony, I'm just not getting why.