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PS2 first week sales? you mean japan? cause it only launch in japan first... probably around 600K~700K



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HokageTenshi said:
PS2 first week sales? you mean japan? cause it only launch in japan first... probably around 600K~700K

Japan 1st week + North America 1st week + Europe 1st week + Other regions 1st week = ?

The time of release doesn't matter to me. Only the sum of the first week sales for each country.

As far as I know, the first week sum for Wii U was a bit less than a million.



jamesmarkus87 said:
Out of curiosity, how overboard am I going with my 0.9-1.3 million prediction for the X-One?


That's probably pretty close.

At launch demand matters much less than supply. Both systems will sell out first week.



It'll be around 1 million FW I think. Everything else the other users have already said.



Lmfao. 6.5 million. XD Not even if it were $250 would it sell that much. At most 1.5 million first week. They said they want to sell out of their first shipment to create demand. Then they'll supply the second shipment for "everyone to buy one during the Holidays". So it might make 6.5 million, but by the end of the fiscal year, which is March 31, 2014. 



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jamesmarkus87 said:

I know that it was well over a decade ago, but does anyone remember what the PS2's first week sales were? Is my prediction that that PS4 will sell 6.5 million in its first week too high or too low?


i don't have ps2 numbers but i have last/current gen numbers.  these numbers, btw, don't refect "first week" numbers but the cumulative first week across the N. American, Europe, and Japan regions.  this is an important details because systems like the ps3 had very staggered launches.

DS: 1.244M
3DS: 1.058M
PSP: 1.141 M
PSVita: 0.581M

Wii: 1.147M
WiiU: 0.912M
XBOX360: 0.591M
PS3: 0.741M

 

...as you may now start to realize 6.5M is quite the high bar to set knowing past performance of other systems.  2M would be to me the absolute ceiling imo and don't forget that would still include japan's launch which isn't actually until feburary.



If it were releasing in Japan, on top of the other 32 countries, 6.5M could be a possibility. Pretty small possibility, but there no less. Without Japan though, and only launching in NA it's first couple weeks, I'd say 2-3 million units.



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think-man said:
It'll be around 1 million FW I think. Everything else the other users have already said.

 That seems a bit low, condidering it had well over 1 million preoders back during Gamescom, and Sony has stated that the number has grown significantly since. Plus, with all the factories they've had working while still having trouble matching demand, I'd say the Week 1 sales will be pretty damn good.





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jamesmarkus87 said:

I had no idea that I was shooting for the moon here. All I keep hearing about is how it's going to break a sales record in pretty much every country in the world (that sells game consoles).


It's because you have no idea at all about launch or sales numbers. Did you really expect to just guess a random number without any real know-how and manage to get close? You live in a strange world.



You are underestimating the hype. It will easily sell 10 million or more in the first week. 40 million for the first year at the very least. I expect PS4 to be really frontloaded, similar to the GTA 5. Sales will dry up quickly.