GameStop: "the flood gates are open for PS4 system reserves"
- Thread starter LiK
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Someone tweet/email this to yosp/boyes/kaz/etc! Do it GAF!Only thing Sony got wrong was the box design.
Should have called me Sony!
#BruceLeeRoyPS4BoxDesign
Unknown Soldier
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Sony: "We are only killing the 180 by a 3:1 ratio on preorders! Hurry up, make more! MORE!"
Calavera520
Member
What the hell are you talking about? That makes no sense. Amazon will have enough..
smh
zomgbbqftw
Banned
If you want to tweet someone, get it to John Koller, he is SCEA head of Hardware Marketing.
anexanhume
Member
Those don't sit on a shelf. Models sit in a glass case. Not the same.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Sony have just allowed pre-orders in India which suggests to me they CAN produce far more consoles than MS: http://www.game4u.com/index.php?id_category=101&controller=categoryproductlist&aid=92
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
As long as the early preorders get priority, I really don't care. I preordered mine the morning after the E3 presentations so if I get somehow screwed out of mine on day one, I would then be pissed.
spookyfish
Member
Smelled blood in the water.
Ramped up that production.
Ramped up that production.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Woah. They are selling to developing nations out of the gate. They must be on track for a massive launch then.
Digitimes got good info for the first time ever it looks like.
In an era where Apple can sell 20m iPhones in a month, I think Sony, if they go for a WW launch, could do 5-7m in the first month if they advertised it right.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Yeah, if I get screwed on this then Sony and Gamestop are dead to me.
ThatStupidLion
Member
doesnt guarantee launch day though right??
does amazon still have those launch day bundles??
does amazon still have those launch day bundles??
Whoa, that seems pretty huge no?
Wow, they must be more than ready for this if they're allowing pre-orders in India.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
You guys are forgetting the other PS2 boxes.
Only thing Sony got wrong was the box design.
Should have called me Sony!
Perfect.
But they have to put posters or something to show how the actual product looks like. Times change I guess.
Thats when the PS2 is already crowned King.
Only thing Sony got wrong was the box design.
Should have called me Sony!
nice.
with gradient?
Only thing Sony got wrong was the box design.
Should have called me Sony!
Looks nice to us who know what the PS4 looks like/is, but the Sony design is more for the average store-goer
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
nice.
with gradient?
Naa ... It needs to be bold as in the original for that free advertising. A big, bold blue box is going to turn heads.
I believe Sony's targets have been a little misinterpreted. It's most likely Sony's fiscal 2013 and not calendar 2013. That means Sony would like to hit those big numbers by March 31st 2014.
With Foxconn manufacturing them, I can't really come up with a reason why it wouldn't be possible.
ShogunDarius
Member
so that 16M may not just be a pipe dream after all?
BlackClouds
Member
Gotta break some eggs to make an omelette. If folks think they are getting launch units and have to wait until May 2014, that's good for Sony. Sony is in control of the relationship. Folks may bitch, feelings may get hurt, but they'll be clamoring for the system even more.
Some crazy numbers being thrown around in this thread. If the amount of demand shown by the pre-order data continues, I would potentially expect initial shortages. Though, it shouldn't last too long hopefully. It will still be SCE's biggest launch ever though. It's looking really good right now on that front.
It doesn't quite work like that. Launch expectations are pretty much set now. Whether MS announce it or not, SCE is going to announce for when they've planned.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Yeah mine is a solid color. The gradient is just to give a idea of lighting.
Your team did the costing for it, there's nothing in it that is complicated to produce right? 28nm is mature, TSMC typically achieve 80% yields on the process. GDDR5 chips of the correct density might be the only impediment?
If that's the case I don't see any problems with them aiming for stellar numbers out of the gate....or am I missing something?
Only thing Sony got wrong was the box design.
Should have called me Sony!
Clean, elegant, simple. That's the kind of box you don't throw away.
maybe in 2010. sorry. </design snob>
i'm just in love with that dark blue->white hot lightbar on the front of the ps4... so sexy.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Probably an amazon bundle.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
If production is really going this well, shouldn't they have no problem launching around the world this year and not just in U.S. and Europe?
ProfessorMoran
Member
Have the announced the Japan launch yet? I doubt they would miss the holiday season for Japan, probably aiming for December.
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thepotatoman
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But why would they do something like that for Sony but not for Microsoft?
The reason it's a golden rule is because very few electronic devices have iconic imaging. For example, when you think of Xbox hardware, you think of the color green. There's nothing iconic about a color in isolation. The Xbox brand certainly has iconic characters (Master Chief and Marcus Fenix), but the Xbox hardware doesn't have a unique identifier that the mass market is aware of. The only thing that comes close is the red ring of death lights, but I strongly doubt Microsoft would ever put those four lights on their Xbox packaging.
It's the opposite with PlayStation. When you think of PlayStation hardware, you think of square, circle, triangle and X. Sony can put the four symbols on the front of their box and you would immediately know what they were selling. It's iconic.
They've done this in the past (used the four symbols on their console packaging). I believe they did it with the PAL PSone box:
In the above image, you'll notice the absence of the PSone hardware on the front of the box, however, the box designer included the things that are associated with the PlayStation 1 (white and gray color + DualShock buttons + PlayStation logo). Note that the hardware not appearing on the front of the box doesn't mean it's excluded from the other areas of the box.
For the PS4, Sony could have definitely gone with a box design similar to what Bruce has created. The PS4 brand colors are blue, black and white. Also, the iconic face buttons are present on the new DualShock, so all in all, the PS4 box could have had quite a few different looks.
Alebrije
Member
That seems extrange , the only reason Gamestop can be so confident about the "open the flood gates" policy is that Sony really have or will have enough stock at launch , maybe this time Sony started production so much time before than last generations , since the console looks well planed I think this could be possible.
PeakPointMatrix
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Only thing Sony got wrong was the box design.
Should have called me Sony!
*drool*
Seriously, THAT is a box.
Can we tweet this to them? I'm being serious, let's use the power of GAf one last time to change that hideous confetti box they have going on right now.
Roland1979
Junior Member
Let's be honest, at this moment this would still sell crazy amounts:
Terrible Majesty
Member
I went to my EB/Gamestop today to preorder the PS4. The rep told me I was #73. He thought this would be chaotic and that Sony had promised that they would deliver the amount of consoles needed. He also mentioned that they had already started production and should be ready to launch as early as September.
I have never purchased a PS console at launch, my only concern is hardware malfunctioning. Their track record is that their 2nd revision is much more reliable and even sleeker/practical in design.
I have never purchased a PS console at launch, my only concern is hardware malfunctioning. Their track record is that their 2nd revision is much more reliable and even sleeker/practical in design.