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Sony: "over a million" PS4 preorders to date
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googleplex
Member
What is the Wii U's LTD?
So you just wanted to make it clear you have no clue about console preorder numbers.
Zombie James
Banned
Less than 4M, iirc.
Over one million preorders is a lot for a day1 sales. Demand for PS4 is evidently very high, they will sell a SHITTON before year's end, possibly 4-5 million if they can create and ship that many in time.
Zok310
Banned
1 freaking million ww?!? 2 months away from launch, and without Asia.
That's huge, 1 million of anything is a lot. Lol at folks not impressed.
For Sony this might be their biggest product launch in 13 years.
Look at it this way, most games launched today dont break 1 million ww lifetime. This is huge for indies that are still sitting on the fence. For bigger pubs (ea,ubi,acti) it tells them at least with the ps4 they will have a big enough install base for their bigger titles.
That's huge, 1 million of anything is a lot. Lol at folks not impressed.
For Sony this might be their biggest product launch in 13 years.
Look at it this way, most games launched today dont break 1 million ww lifetime. This is huge for indies that are still sitting on the fence. For bigger pubs (ea,ubi,acti) it tells them at least with the ps4 they will have a big enough install base for their bigger titles.
The One and Done
Member
Beastly
Console launch preorders are some of the most meaningless metrics to gauge anything on. Scalpers end up being a big chunk of preorders. The months following launch is what matters
Apophis2036
Banned
I have a feeling a lot of people on here will look silly when PS4 and XBO fail to match the WiiU's 3 million consoles sold in it's first three months on the market and then we get sub 10k PS4 weekly sales in Japan and sub 50k console sales for each on NPD early next year.
This isn't 2005/6 for most people financially, people have Blu Ray & online gaming already and the graphical leap between generations is nothing like it was last time out.
3.6 million.
Initial sales do have to be pretty strong for the PS4 though with this many launch titles. The Dreamcast was the fastest selling console ever at its launch (500k within two weeks in the US) while the PS1 (and PS2?) had a much slower start.
TheRagnCajun
Member
That would have resulted in 99 million dissapointed consumers on launch day. Like I said, 1 million is about what Sony can hope to produce and ship in time for launch.
Lets say I believe you when you say Scalpers end up being a big chunk of pre-orders. If/when they sell the consoles they pre-ordered, what's the difference?
1 Million seems fucking low. After all the talk about pre orders being massive.
Admiral Bone to Pick
Banned
But it's going to bomb like the Wii U! Something something smartphones!
Zombie James
Banned
It might even snow.
Over 1 million preorders seems like a lot considering they cut off day one preorders pretty quickly.
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
Are you serious? PS4 will probably beat the WiiU's first 3 months by the end of the year.
3rdamention
Member
Walmart starts their in store preorders for PS4 and Xbox One this Saturday for those still wanting launch day next gen consoles. So preorder numbers will continue to rise.
Also, do the casuals even preorder? That's where the war will be won.
Also, do the casuals even preorder? That's where the war will be won.
Lagspike_exe
Member
Worst post in a while. Just because Wii U is a gigantic failure doesn't mean that everyone is doomed. The amount of hype for PS4/Xbone is much higher than for Wii U and they will actually get decent 3rd party support.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
1 million thus far.
There will be plenty more to come as the hype hits.
There will be plenty more to come as the hype hits.
rain elbows
Member
I just wonder how supply constrained they will be post-launch. 1 million is a significant amount of hardware for launch.
3rdamention
Member
What's with people thinking scalpers somehow screw up the preorder numbers? Who cares if they scalp/sell it, they still have to buy it to sell it which means a big plus 1 sale for Sony!
Many think that they can produce 1 million units per month. Their holiday and Q1 2014 sales will depend much on how soon can they ramp up that kind of production.
you can cancel your preorder at any time if you don't think you're going to make a profit off of it. you can even return it once you buy it and can't sell it like a lot of people did with wii us. it's really easy nowadays to preorder and you don't even need money down on places like Amazon.
Uno Venova
Banned
I'm wondering if they are even that much of a factor in the numbers anyway, people talk about them like they're a 1/10th of the pre-orders.
Chinpoko_Master
Member
I have a feeling we're going to be looking back at posts like this in a year and laughing our asses off.
Shit, I'm already laughing.
We still have 2 months to go till launch, not to mention that soon, they finalize everything, start stocking demo units in stores and get the advertising going. 1 million pre orders for a $400 console is somewhat good I'd say. Coupled with launch day purchases and the holiday season, you could easily see PS4 sell quite a bit.
XbOne must've been even less pre orders especially in Europe so they through in one of the most hyped games for free FIFA 14.
NavyPharaoh
Member
Now wonder FIFA is a preorder pack in. at least Microsoft is learning the casuals dont preorder, the casuals aren't early adopters.
lionkitten
Banned
The downside of having 30-whateverish games for each console in the first month or so is there are going to be some very big losers, sales-wise. How many titles do people buy when they just shelled out $600-700 for consoles and controllers and blah blah blah.
Or doesn't it matter since they are multi-gen titles for the most part and the big pubs (Ubi, EA, Activision) are willing to eat some money to get the next gen pushed? Seems like some of the smaller titles are gonna get passed over really easily.
Or doesn't it matter since they are multi-gen titles for the most part and the big pubs (Ubi, EA, Activision) are willing to eat some money to get the next gen pushed? Seems like some of the smaller titles are gonna get passed over really easily.
It's just another example of internet reactions not at all being equal to real world sales. Many things can be popular amongst hardcore gamers but that never means that it will apply to real world sales. Now since there is only a certain allotment of consoles and it did sell out fast, 1 million is pretty damn good.
Microsoft could sell more XB1's than PS4s based off the fact that MS Store and Walmart still allow pre-orders. If the yield issue rumors are true than there is a problem. Either way, both consoles have a large amount of demand considering their prices.
I think it's obvious that come launch both Microsoft and Sony will sell every single unit they produced.
Over 1m preorders 3 months away from release, the console has been sold out just about everywhere for the past 2 months, and people still aren't impressed? Way to keep expectations realistic...
That's more than a quarter of all Wii U sales and more than half of all MS Surface sales and we're still a quarter of a year away from release. What could you have possibly been expecting? Or does Dr Evil just have six dozen gaf accounts on standby
That's more than a quarter of all Wii U sales and more than half of all MS Surface sales and we're still a quarter of a year away from release. What could you have possibly been expecting? Or does Dr Evil just have six dozen gaf accounts on standby
Dragonborn
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The Wii U has so many issues that it's isn't even funny. Name confusion, the price is too high, Nintendo's incompetent handling of first party games and constant delays, lack of advertising, almost complete lack of third party support... the list goes on. Comparing it to the PS4/X1 is absurd.
I can agree with people who say tablets/phones/etc have eaten up Handheld marketshare, but people have been claiming the death of consoles for so many years now, it's getting old. There's no reason to believe either the PS4/X1 will do as bad as the Wii U
TheLaughingStock
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The Xbox One can sell every single unit produced and can exceed sales of the PS4 because Walmart and the Microsoft Store are still taking pre-orders....what?
Preorder or even launch numbers don't matter. What matters is what these consoles sell in summer 2014.
X360 was selling ~230K a month in the US last gen in it's first summer. Can either the PS4 or XBOne match that? I don't think anyone can predict what will happen once the initial hardcore demand is satisfied.
X360 was selling ~230K a month in the US last gen in it's first summer. Can either the PS4 or XBOne match that? I don't think anyone can predict what will happen once the initial hardcore demand is satisfied.
You can not deny the high demand for both consoles. If Gamestop, Amazon, and Bestbuy believed they would get more XB1s and PS4s they would sell preorders for those too.
We have no official numbers of how many Xboxs or PS4s will be produced for holiday. Despite rumors of a potential yield issue with Microsoft, nothing has been confirmed. There is a chance that Microsoft will have more of these produced than Sony. The fact that XB1 is sold out everywhere but Walmart (biggest US retailer) and the official Microsoft Store is taking preorders could mean that there may be more systems than PS4. Walmart is the biggest US retailer and it makes sense for them to be given more units than other retailers, and Microsoft Store is the company's official store so it would make sense they would have a huge amount of systems.
Neither the PS4 or the XB1 will be easy to get in store come November.
Microsoft decreasing the number of markets they launch in could mean production issues or potentially wanting to focus on other areas at first. The only numbers, the PS4 selling 4:1 to XB1s are given by Gamestop workers, no one has the official totals besides Sony and Microsoft.
Jack Torrance
Neo Member
I remember the PS3 shipping (not sold) 1m units by the end of 2006. The Xbox 360 during it's launch window in 2005 sold less than 1M units.
The PS4 already having 1m+ preorders in hand this far out from release, plus it's being sold in far more territories is HUGE.
The PS4 already having 1m+ preorders in hand this far out from release, plus it's being sold in far more territories is HUGE.
Do we have numbers on pre-orders for the PS3 (360 would be nice as well), and can those numbers be broken down by region? It would also be nice to know how many countries they launched in as well.
Are these numbers world wide or just in the US alone?
It's amazing to think how incompetent they have been. It's seriously like over the years they forgot everything that made the 360 so great early on in its life cycle.
Zombie James
Banned
I'd image the PS3 numbers were significantly less because they started taking pre-orders just one month before it launched.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I just wonder how many my local Walmart will have for people who didn't preorder. If the end up with a small alotment due to insane preorders, I could see some conflict happening. My store/area is a little wacky already.
Monumental
Banned
Both of those were bleeding edge and supply constrained as fuck at launch.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Its a huge amount, but in the larger scheme of things it seems quite low, when Apple records double that amount in the first 24 hours of preorders on the latest iphone
its all relative.
its all relative.
Comparing the number of people who own smartphones to people who own consoles is not even close. Most people buy new smart phones every two years as well, so there is a lot higher demand.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
That doesn't affect sony, it affects Amazon. To sony, that preorder is still a sale, as amazon had to buy the console to sell it. Its only a problem in the case of mass cancellations or returns which are unlikely to happen.
Of course, but when people start hearing those kind of numbers banded around, it makes smaller numbers for newest gadget/toy on the block seem less significant.
its like any generation before the PS2/Wii the fact that two consoles have sold more than 70 million copies would be an amazing feat. Now its just "meh - wont catch the Wii or the PS2"
Apophis2036
Banned
I'm not claiming the 'death of consoles' I just think a mixture of casual consumer apathy (most of the launch games are available for PS360), supply constraints and the fact they will be fighting with each other over sales will mean that they don't take off quite aswell as a lot of people on here think they will.
WiiU is on 3.6 million just now, I can't see PS4 and XBO being on any more than 4 million each* by this time next year but I'm sure they won't get anything like the ridicule WiiU gets for it's sales.