You accidentally typed a "1" in there.
Mobile gaming is the future, they said.
Console gaming is dead, they said.
Did MS make pre-emptive strikes the last few months?
Clearly the Xbox One dominated US March NPD. They had to considering it was the month of the most hyped next-gen exclusive yet but it's maybe a higher loss than expected so they tried to put this PR beforehand.
Maybe they lost the lead in the US too. Worldwide however they have nothing to worry about.
Great stuff Sony, but this feels like preemptive strike before tomorrow's NPD release.
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Not good at all. If they took until April 13th to hit 7 million, then that means the pace has slowed down considerably even with Ground Zeroes and Second Son releasing. I'm now smacking myself in the head as this invariably confirms that Xbone won March's NPD and Sony is trying to cushion the blow by letting people know they surpassed 7 million units. Pretty sad, but whatever gets people cheering.
So they announced 6 million on March 3rd here http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/03/03/ps4-hits-6-million-ushers-in-new-era-of-social-gameplay/
Anyone want to use the power of mathematics and statistics to make an educated on US numbers?
Great stuff Sony, but this feels like preemptive strike before tomorrow's NPD release.
Means it sold to actual customers not just sitting by the truckload in retail warehouses.
Sold to consumers, not shipped.
He who will not be named released a tweet yesterday saying he heard from a MS guy PS4 outsold XB1 2 to 1 the last couple weeks worldwide. If Sony loses the NPD battle I doubt they care.
Both statements are true.in Japan
Seriously though, 7 million in 5 months is mental, they've done a crazy good job at giving the people what they want. At that rate they could easily go over 100+ million consoles over the generation.
Couldn't be less than half a million. Thursday should be interesting.
Did they not release information of 6 million sales before the March NPD?
If so that would make this current "hypothesis" invalid.
PS4 still going strong.
Naw, summer is coming and sales will start slowing down. The ramp up will start again in August with the holiday acceleration starting in September with Destiny.
yes it could be, and it will. The combined numbers of Japan and Europe are definitely more than NA by itself. Its selling arounbd the same rate in Europe as in NA. I'm predicting 350k-400k in NA.
Nope:And that's just retail
PS4 software sales are another bright spot, with more than 20.5 million copies sold at retail and PlayStation Store worldwide as of April 13th, 2014.
That is nuts. It is not compelling enough for me to buy yet, but I'll add a 1 to that growing number down the road.
Clearly the Xbox One dominated US March NPD. They had to considering it was the month of the most hyped next-gen exclusive yet but it's maybe a higher loss than expected so they tried to put this PR beforehand.
Maybe they lost the lead in the US too. Worldwide however they have nothing to worry about.
Digital as well.
Still, an attach rate of 3 seems pretty healthy so far, especially because they only need an attach rate of 2 (IIRC) to be profitable.
Nope:
yes it could be, and it will. The combined numbers of Japan and Europe are definitely more than NA by itself. Its selling arounbd the same rate in Europe as in NA. I'm predicting 350k-400k in NA. Its gotta be less than 400k though.
So they lost March NPD?
One year from now "Oh..."
If Sony released news of the 6 million sales on March 3rd and that was before Feb NPD numbers, why is it assumed that releasing the 7 million news before the March NPD is "preemptive"?
If Sony released news of the 6 million sales on March 3rd and that was before Feb NPD numbers, why is it assumed that releasing the 7 million news before the March NPD is "preemptive"?
He who will not be named released a tweet yesterday saying he heard from a MS guy PS4 outsold XB1 2 to 1 the last couple weeks worldwide. If Sony loses the NPD battle I doubt they care.
That doesn't sound right.
.If Sony released news of the 6 million sales on March 3rd and that was before Feb NPD numbers, why is it assumed that releasing the 7 million news before the March NPD is "preemptive"?
What if it's a preemptive strike on Microsoft's preemptive strike, and Sony actually did win March?
Bush doctrine yo.
Period Date Sold through Date Announced WW PS4 Sales Sales in Period Days between announcements Sales Per Day
1 11/15/2013 11/15/2013 0
2 11/16/2013 11/17/2013 1000000 1000000 01 1000000
3 12/1/2013 12/3/2013 2100000 1100000 15 73333.33
4 12/28/2013 1/7/2014 4200000 2100000 27 77777.77
[B]5[/B] 2/8/2014 2/17/2014 5300000 1100000 [B]42[/B] [B]26190.48[/B]
6 3/2/2014 3/3/2014 6000000 700000 22 31818.18
[B]7[/B] 4/6/2014 4/16/2014 7000000 1000000 [B]35[/B] [B]28571.43[/B]
Everyone assumes so. I think XB1 sold more, but PS4 wasn't as supply-constrained as they were in February. Guess we'll find out tomorrow .So they lost March NPD?
If Sony released news of the 6 million sales on March 3rd and that was before Feb NPD numbers, why is it assumed that releasing the 7 million news before the March NPD is "preemptive"?
That's not what it means at all. Regardless of what you or the competition does, sales will slow down gradually following launch. Do you expect them to keep up a launch pace throughout the entire year? Even when factoring for supply constraints, the vast majority of people who really wanted one very badly (as in, were anticipating launch instead of being enticed later on) have already purchased or will do so soon.