Support NeoGAF

[Cyborg]

Lock if old

Having high hopes on its Playstation 4 (PS4) game console, Sony internally expects the machine's annual shipments to reach 16 million units in 2013 with the supply chain expected to start mass shipments in August, according to sources from PS4 component makers. For more info, read the website

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130304PD221.html

 

[BocoDragon]

Isn't that, like, crazy? Wasn't PS2 shipment half a million?

 

[Valnen]

I hope they're not banking on that number.

 

[Tunavi]

Thats not going to happen.

 

[doniewhalberg]

How far does 16 mill extend eg. Is that enough to do one region, two, all at launch? I really want this in Europe before next year haha

 

[nhlducks35]

You know the Vita also had that expectation as well

I think now it's Vita/PSP at 10 million expected

 

[vivftp]

Time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and Sony's all out of gum

 

[Zaventem]

Shipments, not sales right?

 

[Vexxan]

No way they'll sell that many in such a short time.

 

[rockman zx]

Does this mean that the console will be launch this year in Europe?, 16 million only for USA and Japan seems too much in my opinion.

 

[burnfout]

16 million in 5 months? Or do they mean fiscal 2013?

Seems high either way.

 

[Fistwell]

If that means I can walk into a store on launch day in the middle of the afternoon and nonchalantly pick one up off of a shelf then I'm all for it.

expected to start mass shipments in August

But they say:

component shipments are unlikely to start until August

So assembly takes no time at all?

 

[aganu]

EU 2013 release confirmed?

 

[davepoobond]

its okay guys, that means everyone that wants one will get one.

Shipments, not sales right?

no, they're going to eject them into the core

 

[IHaveCandy]

If true, worldwide release confirmed?

 

[shinra-bansho]

That would probably mean a global launch.

 

[Chittagong]

EU launch confirmed?

EDIT: beaten like a PAL release date

 

[michaelius]

PS4 299$ confirmed?

 

[pswii60]

That will leave around 10m sitting on shelves... At least! Not happening.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Isnt that alot for even just shipments? They only gonna have like 2-3 months in 2013.

 

[Wolves Evolve]

What is Sony's financial year ending - May 2014?

 

[disco]

This is insane. This cannot be true.

 

[Cyborg]

If true, worldwide release confirmed?

If true, they can only pull it with a world wide launch

 

[TEH-CJ]

Omg its happening guys.

 

[AOC83]

This is madness.

 

[Aquamarine]

16 million? Oh god. Sony....stop trying to shoot for the sun.

That's a LOT of launch units. If the retailers even demand that much, we'll see a lot sitting on store shelves come January.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

16 million in 5 months? Or do they mean fiscal 2013?

Seems high either way.

Fiscal seems slightly more realistic. I agree though, seems high for either and will undoubtedly fall short.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

EU launch confirmed?

EDIT: beaten like a PAL release date

Don't get my hopes up. Stupid article ;-;

 

[Hanmik]

Sony internally expects the machine's annual shipments to reach 16 million units in 2013 with the supply chain expected to start mass shipments in August, according to sources from PS4 component makers.

so is it 16 million a year (the annual comment)..? or 16 million in 2013..?

 

[PSGames]

Ummmm there's no way they have 16 million at launch folks. That wouldn't even make sense.

perhaps they mean fiscal yeah which would still be absolutely insane.

Although I predict if the specs hold up the ps4 handily outselling Durango.

 

[Quasar]

No way they'll sell that many in such a short time.

I have doubts they could make that many. And given the aren't even talking about a worldwide release in November it would seem impossible. At least if its calendar and not fiscal 2013.

 

[IonicSnake]

This makes me hope for a global launch.

 

[Aquamarine]

What is Sony's financial year ending - May 2014?

March 31st, 2014----earnings release in May.

 

[alundra]

worldwide release confirmed if true.
come to me ps4.

 

[mrklaw]

Sony's fiscal 2013 runs from November 2013 to November 2014 right?


seriously though, if this is in a financial report from the company, that makes them confident of decent supply, which makes me more confident of a European launch this year.

 

[JaxJag]

Sony trying to put themselves out of business or something?

 

[daxgame]

199$ launch confirmed then, right? Or someone at Sony will be disappointed

 

[Aquamarine]

Sony's fiscal 2013 runs from November 2013 to November 2014 right?


seriously though, if this is in a financial report from the company, that makes them confident of decent supply, which makes me more confident of a European launch this year.

No. Their FYs run from April 1st to March 31st of every year.

 

[1st Course]

You know the Vita also had that expectation as well

I think now it's Vita/PSP at 10 million expected

7m actually.

 

[PSGames]

March 31st, 2014----earnings release in May.

Perhaps they plan on launching earlier than any of us could have anticipated? August launch?

 

[Striek]

Doubt thats accurate, even if they "sources" mean component shipments only until April 2014.

 

[Alpende]

That is...


a lot.

 

[Bronetta]

They won't even sell 6 million. Something tells me the low hardware sales issue won't be relegated to the Wii U this year.

 

[Averon]

That's gotta mean FY 2013, because shipping 16 million consoles at launch is impossible.

 

[michaelius]

Ahh wait - they are reporting shipments for all consoles together now

So probably it's a mistake beetween 16 milions PS3+PS4 vs PS4 only ?

 

[Perkel]

Looks like they will be doing wordwide release

 

[Baconsammy]

Something is off about this story. There's no way they'll build 16 million of them that fast, and no way they'll ship or sell that many worldwide by the end of fiscal year 2013 if they somehow managed to construct that many.

 

[Dirtyshubb]

As others have said, this makes me slightly hopeful that we will get a world wide launch which means the UK wont get screwed as always.

Please let this happen!

 

[gofreak]

First of all, it should be clarified this isn't a Sony forecast.

Having high hopes on its Playstation 4 (PS4) game console, Sony internally expects the machine's annual shipments to reach 16 million units in 2013

Second, I would read this to mean that someone has looked at expected supply rate for launch and extrapolated what that would mean in terms of annual shipments. For example, if Sony wants a supply rate of 1-1.3m units a month in the run up to launch, that would suggest an annual shipment rate of 12-16m units per year if you used a straight extrapolation. But it would mean, for 2013, something like 3-4m units.

So it's not very useful as a number, if that's the case...since supply rate will vary after the launch months and will depend on demand. Sony's own demand forecasts will be something different.

 

[AOC83]

They won't even sell 6 million. Something tells me the low hardware sales issue won't be relegated to the Wii U this year.

There is basically zero chance that the PS4 comes even close to the abysmal WiiU sales.