Didn't it come out that Gamestop was lying about that number though? And it was actually far less? I could have sworn I read that somewhere.
Sony: "over a million" PS4 preorders to date
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Didn't it come out that Gamestop was lying about that number though? And it was actually far less? I could have sworn I read that somewhere.
http://kotaku.com/5975869/how-gamestops-500000-wii-u-wait-list-number-became-320000-sales
500k people signed up for a mailing list.
Huge Fake. WII U did 400k first week in USA .
iamshadowlark
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It's going to be impossible to get one off the shelf. Especially where I live.
For preorders? I thought were quite good how numbers...of course, not means will sell equally but the hell it means is not that much?
Uno Venova
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So it took half a mil to sign up for a mailing list right before the launch of a console but we already have a mil actually pre-ordering this 3 months out.
Fuck the camera man.
Sony 1 million manufactured by November with no manufacturing issues = ??? Microsoft consoles manufactured in the same time. Hopefully more launch consoles are allotted for the PS4 as pretty much everywhere has stopped preorders (It's sold out). Guess we will see. That is the risk Sony runs launching in 32 countries as opposed to Microsoft's 13.
Right. Do we know how many of these 1 million preorders have a "financial commitment" behind? There are always scalpers and people that have multiple preorders and also people that preorder just because they are afraid they won't find the console on the shelves in case they wanted on the launch day. Unfortunately it is difficult to estimate the scalpers and the "fake" preorders.
Still, this a very healthy number. But far away from the crazy reports with hopes for 16 millions this year or so.
KillerMan91
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Yes. You really should reset your expectations. A million pre-orders with three months until launch and doesn't even include Japan is a lot.
Like the hat?
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Best buy has em for release date pickup. Preordered one. Might cancel before release though. Depends on my money situation. At least this way I have one guaranteed just in case.
Who the hell expected 16 million consoles sold by years end? The production rate alone for that sounds nearly impossible >2million consoles manufacturered/month?
That was never confirmed I think. Besides that the source of this said "annual shipment of 16 million". That doesn't sound to me that they are projecting to ship 16 million just in 2013.
I imagine if ps4 will sell 1 milion of copies the first day, is not that much considering a lot of people could to resell it the day after... Jeez what logic...
Don't really know how good that is without anything to compare it to, but it makes it seem their launch day allocation isn't that big if they're ready stopped guaranteeing them and they're only at a million. I could swear I read somewhere on gaf last week that they planned to manufacture 10 million units this year. edit: here
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130304PD221.html
Now reduced to 10 for the launch or something
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130814PD206.html
Uno Venova
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Right? You really thought that link was only for mailing list sign ups and thought it was relevant? It seemed like you were posting it because you thought it was actual pre-orders.
This is what I was thinking.
1 million worldwide? Seems low to me, which means Xbox One would be far lower if the rumours are true.
WTF do you want? Did I write that article? Am I the head of Gamestop? Is Joystiq a banned site?
"Sony to push for 16 million PS4 shipments in 2013, say sources"
O_O sources? Oh well sources, of course.
I don't remember there being any PS3 shortages at after a week or so after launch. There seemed some readily available in the stores through the holidays. First instance I can remember of that happening on a holiday launch.
Keep in mind that for the last 2 generations GameStop/EB were the only places you could pre-order consoles in the US. If you wanted to buy them at Best Buy, Walmart or any other big box retailer you had to line up & pray real hard that they wouldn't run out before your turn. With that said I wouldn't be surprised if in the past most pre-orders were around 100-200k max.
Numbers look completely wrong. If they had that many consoles preorders would never have been closed for PS4 or Xbox One (Both did); Also the Xbox One would be launching in more places than the "13 countries" at launch. Despite what they say about localization; many of the countries omitted use the same language(s) as countries that are included at launch.
Miles Quaritch
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1.000.000 preorders to date
This is who I was thinking of when they said 1 million pre-orders.
On a related note, doesn't this seem a bit on the low side?
Yeah, tell me about it.
Uno Venova
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Okay...that escalated quickly. Didn't mean to seem like I was prosecuting you.
Yes, I find them unreliable too, still these news got valid threads on here. To wrap it up, 1 million is a good number worldwide, it could be a great basis for the launch sales.
I posted it because I though it is relevant for the discussion about preorder numbers reported before the launch. I don't know why this made people edgy, it was not an attack on Sony or anything, just a basis for comparison/discussion.
Canis lupus
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How much did the PS3 have before its launch?
SenjutsuSage
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Certainly not a runaway hit by any stroke of the imagination, but you have to start somewhere, right? And what if Xbox One pre-orders worldwide aren't as bad as some thought, or even hoped?
KoopaTheCasual
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We're 3 months out from launch, and I've yet to hear of an example of another console in history reach over 1 million preorders this quickly, with this much time to go. Not to mention the pre-orders have been capped for weeks. Day 1 demand is much higher than this figure even lets on. How is that not impressive? Armchair analysts everywhere in this thread.
Uno Venova
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Not sure what comes off as edgy from me, just didn't see how a mailing list was that relevant when talking about actual pre-orders.
TheRagnCajun
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That sounds about right. Remember that console pre-orders are usually lower than AAA software because of supply constraints. Sony doesn't want to pre-sell far more than they can hope to deliver for launch, or close to launch. They've got quite the task in front of them to fill that 1 million order.
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