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Somini on 10 March 2013

Over 8.1 million gamers around the world watched the PlayStation Meeting 2013 press conference that officially announced Sony’s PlayStation 4 is coming this Christmas. There’s been a ton of press coverage of the event, and stories on N4G and other aggregate sites about PS4 remain hot topics.

Social media research firm Fizziology keeps a close watch on Twitter, Facebook and key blogs to track what press and consumers are saying and thinking about things. When it comes to PS4, things are looking very good for Sony’s PS4 launch. Twenty-nine percent of all social media chatter around the PS4 were gamers announcing their intent to buy the new console. According to Jen Handley, COO and Co-Creator of Fizziology, this type of buzz this early, before the console price point has even been announced, paints a picture for a strong lanch for Sony. She breaks down the numbers in this exclusive interview.

Read more http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2013/03/10/fizziology-exec-says-social-media-buzz-points-to-strong-demand-for-sony-playstation-4/



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mii-gamer on 10 March 2013

Sony has great momentum. Just need to be careful with the price



fordy on 10 March 2013

Gotta love the fans who overhype consoles. It gives the manufacturer excuse to charge more knowing that more would be willing to pay for it.

Look at the 3DS...



2Rare2Die on 10 March 2013
mii-gamer said:
Sony has great momentum. Just need to be careful with the price


indeed it does have, if it can hit a $399-$450 price tag for base model im sold



Buying a PS4 nuff said.

Magnus86 on 10 March 2013

"Almost nobody in UK will even know about the event of the 20 february..." (cit.)



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mii-gamer on 10 March 2013
2Rare2Die said:
mii-gamer said:
Sony has great momentum. Just need to be careful with the price


indeed it does have, if it can hit a $399-$450 price tag for base model im sold

those prices will be reasonable. But i have a bad feeling it could be more. Im going to buy a ps4 day one (already have money saved up) but i want the console to do well, a high price like 450- 600- then the ps4 might struggle early on like the ps3 and vita.



BaldrSkies on 10 March 2013

Forbes is really excited for the PS4, they've been putting out a lot of articles. That's good. Now just get Bloomberg on the wagon too and the investors will flock in.



Conegamer on 10 March 2013

I'm not sure what people were expecting. As with the Wii U, 3DS and Vita, it's a new hardware redesign and the first one for around 5 years from each company, if not longer. Ofcourse there's going to be buzz!

It's whether or not we still have that buzz in a few months.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

brendude13 on 10 March 2013
mii-gamer said:
Sony has great momentum. Just need to be careful with the price

I second this.



HesAPooka on 10 March 2013
brendude13 said:
mii-gamer said:
Sony has great momentum. Just need to be careful with the price

I second this.


Third here



I was walking down along the street and I heard this voice saying, "Good evening, Mr. Dowd." Well, I turned around and here was this big six-foot rabbit leaning up against a lamp-post. Well, I thought nothing of that because when you've lived in a town as long as I've lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name.