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Forums - Gaming Discussion - PS4 Sales Surpass 5.3 Million Units Worldwide as of February 8

good tracking then,

on the "console dying debate" can't xbox & playstation exist with the subscription model which now exists plus digital sales ,surely they can,its just like steam,shame on them if they can't provide gaming with the money we pour in



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Turkish said:
zumnupy10 said:
I swear that I saw people in this website saying PS4 wouldn't reach 5M until march because it didn't have enough games for it.


Some people are still claiming "wait until after the launch hype dies off", it's been 3 months since launch and hype hasnt died down.


I believe the hype is already over.    Selling 140K weekly proves that to me at least.

Good numbers but not amazing.



I wonder if a "new PS3" follows the PS4 era, with arrogance and overpricing. Having a single "contestant" scarcely guarantees quality and variety.



This, I stole from grandpa...It's called soap.

Turkish said:
Munkeh111 said:

I'm thinking more like 150m. Xbox will definitely stay, but probably focus even more on the entertainment aspect, M$ want to get their stuff on the TV

People will keep smartphones and will keep wanting to play games on them. The industry has massive issues, but some people will keep making money of it. People want to twiddle with their thumbs while they wait for things. Likewise, people are going to keep using iPads because they're obsessed by them (don't ask me why)

Indie games will come to iPad keeping those gamers happy and VR gaming will best be done on PC. I don't see any way that the console market won't be massively erroded

People kept using consoles too when the console market crashed in America. It was the software side that burned up and that is the weakest point of the mobile industry. People will one day get tired of the IAP models. And while there are people making money off that industry, there are millions of so called developers making clones that dont sell shit. That is what the mobile industry has become, there is only money in it for the few lucky ones, and the rest are trying to mimmick it by clones. Unfortunately the f2p/microtransaction model will fly over the console business, and ironically it will save the industry. Publishers will monetize more to fund big projects.

About VR, no it wont be best done on PC. VR on PC is a niche market, for the few who have a lot of money to spend on their pc. Im not talking about the PS4 generation, eventough VR will be coming to the PS4 as well. Im talking about the PS5 era when the future of console industry could be in question. VR will be cheap tech by then, and PS5 will be more than powerful enough to do VR without any compromises. Consoles will make VR big, not PC's.

I don't see why they won't just start to monetize on iPad. Besides, I still don't think that the F2P model will disspear, it's the best way to get money from emerging markets

VR on PC will give you more options and all these initiatives to makes gaming on PC easier will eventually go somewhere



zumnupy10 said:
Turkish said:
zumnupy10 said:
I swear that I saw people in this website saying PS4 wouldn't reach 5M until march because it didn't have enough games for it.


Some people are still claiming "wait until after the launch hype dies off", it's been 3 months since launch and hype hasnt died down.


I believe the hype is already over.    Selling 140K weekly proves that to me at least.

Good numbers but not amazing.

The XBOX 360 did about 79k back in the comparable week with Japan removed.

The PS3 did 97k back in the comparable week with Japan removed and second week of Feb 2008 from Europe added.

The Wii did 147k back in the comparable week with Japan removed.

PS4 performed this last week better than any other system before it except the Wii, which only beat it by 5%. Yeah "Good numbers but not amazing" lol.



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Max King of the Wild said:
Kyuu said:

LOL..and some website still ridicules VGChartz' estimations..


Did you miss January sales? XB1 nearly 72% off.


Wasn't the 3DS over tracking even greater?



pezus said:
zumnupy10 said:
Turkish said:
zumnupy10 said:
I swear that I saw people in this website saying PS4 wouldn't reach 5M until march because it didn't have enough games for it.


Some people are still claiming "wait until after the launch hype dies off", it's been 3 months since launch and hype hasnt died down.


I believe the hype is already over.    Selling 140K weekly proves that to me at least.

Good numbers but not amazing.

It rises and falls due to stock levels still trying to catch up to demand. Amazon.com sold out in less than 3 hours only yesterday, for example. 


Maybe I'm wrong then.  I really thought 140K wasn't really great.



Patcher & Co can't track the awesome of PS4.

PS4 to sell 6.5 Million Units Before March 31st; Analysis Firm Raises Forecast Twice in 40 Days



zumnupy10 said:
pezus said:
zumnupy10 said:
Turkish said:
zumnupy10 said:
I swear that I saw people in this website saying PS4 wouldn't reach 5M until march because it didn't have enough games for it.


Some people are still claiming "wait until after the launch hype dies off", it's been 3 months since launch and hype hasnt died down.


I believe the hype is already over.    Selling 140K weekly proves that to me at least.

Good numbers but not amazing.

It rises and falls due to stock levels still trying to catch up to demand. Amazon.com sold out in less than 3 hours only yesterday, for example. 


Maybe I'm wrong then.  I really thought 140K wasn't really great.


It's 140K without counting Japan. For comparison's sake, the 3DS did 85K this year, 69K last year and 107K in 2012. And that's while the PS4 is heavily supply-constrained.



ethomaz said:

Patcher & Co can't track the awesome of PS4.

PS4 to sell 6.5 Million Units Before March 31st; Analysis Firm Raises Forecast Twice in 40 Days


Awesome.