Sony to push for 16 million PS4 shipments in 2013
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its brand new. Sony are able to switch to 8GB because they can buy chips with twice as much ram per chip than before. So the same number of chips, same motherboard etc, gets them twice as much ram.
dragonflys545
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Sounds good!
Sure. I was referring to the thought some had about a deflated PC market meaning GDDR5 manufacturers might have capacity they didn't expect to be able to make most use of, if that makes sense. Not a glut exactly though, I'll grant you.
I don't think Wii U's poor launch window has anything to do with a market crash.
Sure. I was referring to the thought some had about a deflated PC market meaning GDDR5 manufacturers might have capacity they didn't expect to be able to make most use of, if that makes sense. Not a glut exactly though, I'll grant you.
ah, maybe. GPU sales are pretty depressed this year, although standard ram on them is likely to start increasing.
I'm sure any manufacturer will cut a decent deal for someone wanting 250m chips a year
(16m consoles per year @16 chips per console)we.are.the.armada
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Whoa! Somebody's confident... 16 million is the new $599. Best of luck Sony.
Appollowexx
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Well I can hope for a 2013 launch in the UK if there is even a shred of truth to this. Which is nice.
LiquidMetal14
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Well no kidding. Of course they are doing the standard R&D on this. This isn't their first HW launch.
Calamari41
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Yes I am sure Sony is going to ship out almost as many PS4s during the launch window as there were Gamecubes/Xboxes sold lifetime.
And I'm sure they'll more than quadruple Vita's LTD sales in a matter of eight weeks.
Pachterballs
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WANT WANT WANT WANT
Acquiescence
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One of those 16 million units will be mine... for the right price of course.
http://www.digitimes.com.tw/tw/dt/n...0000324811_CL57GQP52MY5L40A0U2EX&ct=1&wpidx=1
It is 16 million in the original article.
I don't know Chinese and sadly it seems the article is behind a pay wall, but from the little available, with Google translate, it seems that the English version posted is not a great translation.
EDIT:
I think I found a copy of the article: http://www.dram.com.cn/home/newsintron.asp?id=84668
If anyone knows Chinese and can translate, thanks!
No, you're thinking of PS5.
$399 minimum.PS4 299$ confirmed?
Baconsammy
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Fiscal year 2013 won't be 12 months long by the time it releases.
Goldenroad
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And I'm hoping to make a billion dollars this year.
not gonna happen though.
For how far away the launch is, they are pretty aggressive with the online marketing so far. So while I don't see them shipping 16 million systems, I do see them being very aggressive with their early shipments. These numbers leads me to believe they'll do a WW launch and at a good price. Wonder how much they plan to lose on each unit.
By "say these things" you mean "are rumoured to have said these things internally by anonymous third party component makers".
Come on guys, it's not like this is from an E3 keynote or anything.
Nizz
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This would be pretty awesome. Only console launches I've been there day one were for the Dreamcast and when I got a Gamecube for my nephew and both times were kind of crazy.
But when I picked up a 360 then a PS3 both times I walked in about March of the following year they released and calmly walked over and grabbed one. No tons of people fighting for a console.
This go-round I'm anticipating pre-ordering the PS4 from Amazon.
Where did Sony say this?
You people are putting way too much credence into an obviously incorrect report from a sketchy source.
Digitimes doesn't have a god track record, period.
Giant Panda
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Digitimes doesn't have a good track record for PS4. Didn't they claim Sony was making 20 million PS4s for 2012?
I don't see how MS can do that given that there is no such market.
I don't think it's referring to 2013 (unless you want to start throwing in PS3 sales), I think it's referring to fiscal 2014, ie. they'll be up to a production rate of 16M consoles per year, or thereabouts, by the end of fiscal 2013.
I'm not saying I'm right, just trying to make sense of this nonsense.
CadetMahoney
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Reminds me of the projections that kept lowering for Vita.
We'll get no calrification on these numbers either way (fiscal year etc).
Gamer @ Heart
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There has to be a decimal missing.
That number is impossible.
That number is impossible.
SloaneRisette
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That can't be possible... can it?
Like, really?
How long would they have to be producing these things for that to even be possible!?
Like, really?
How long would they have to be producing these things for that to even be possible!?
I don't think the Wii U failing to differentiate itself in an already fatigued console market is a sign of the industry as a whole, that's just Nintendo.
Iacobellis
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Sony is getting real serious in being relevant again.
vivftp
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I guess this all depends. What else will the PS4 do that we don't know about? For example, will it have cable box/PVR functions like the next Xbox is rumoured to have? I know Sony has DVR functionality with their Nasne device in Japan, so maybe they could be planning to port this tech into the PS4? I imagine things like that will drive up the mainstream appeal and if it's also got cable box functionality, there'll be a lot more sales than just to gamers.
That's just random guesswork though, but I suppose my point is we've only gotten a limited glimpse of what the PS4 can do so far, so maybe they do have some super duper killer feature that they're banking on pushing a ton of units... or maybe this is an untrue rumor... or it could just be a gross overestimation on Sonys part of this rumor is true... who knows
That's just random guesswork though, but I suppose my point is we've only gotten a limited glimpse of what the PS4 can do so far, so maybe they do have some super duper killer feature that they're banking on pushing a ton of units... or maybe this is an untrue rumor... or it could just be a gross overestimation on Sonys part of this rumor is true... who knows
dream431ca
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My guess is they are talking about the fiscal year 2013, which is until end of March 2014. So..... 16 million in 5-6 months? I don't know.....
Yeah, this thread has to be the biggest example of that people don't actually read the OP or the linked article. So much misunderstanding in here. And people should listen to gofreak here as well.
andthebeatgoeson
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So, close to three times as many Wiis sold at launch? Seems legit.
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