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Forums - Sales Discussion - PS4 Pro is completely sold out in Japan, 500$ scalper prices. Media Bias exposed

So a lot of people say that the 65 thousand units sold for PS4 Pro in Japan are mixed numbers and like always the biased media tries to spin it around mocking how the NES mini has outsold it or how it sold as much as the PS4 Slim. But all of them are ignoring the elephant in the room, that this thing is completley sold out in Japan!

https://www.amazon.co.jp/PlayStation-Pro-ジェット・ブラック-1TB-CUH-7000BB01/dp/B01LRHPUZ4/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1479434627&sr=1-1&keywords=PS4+Pro

http://product.rakuten.co.jp/product/-/69d30e0d6ad7696032fa12519fa2bf96/

http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/yayayo/cuh-7000bb01.html

As can be seen from the biggest online retailer networks the PS4 Pro is supposed to cost 45,000 Yen ($408) but scalpers are charging around 55,000 Yen which which is around $500. Thats quite alot of resell value which we havent even seen during the PS4 launch worldwide. And more importantley the Slim can be bought for 30,000 Yen with plenty of stock avaible which proofs that the PS4 Pro launch cant be compared with the Slim launch.

You had so called sites like: ''PlayStation'' Lifestyle downplaying how Japan doesnt matter for the Pro (ps4-pro-japan-be-like-meh still in the URL) and other general assumptions from western gamers about Japan may they be upfront or subconsciously. But as you can see Japanese gamers love more powerfull hardware too.

 

PS4 Pro sold 65k units in 4 days and is completley sold out in Japan. It could have easily sold 90,000 units if a have a higher stock would be avaible in Japan like in other western countries where the PS4 Pro isnt sold out. So even Sony belived in this generalization and droped the ball here. 



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So Sony only shipped 60k on Japan?And people keep saying that only Nintendo underships....



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

And Sony misses the oportunity of using Final Fantasy XV PS4 pro enhancements to sell more systems.



rccsetzer said:
And Sony misses the oportunity of using Final Fantasy XV PS4 pro enhancements to sell more systems.

yes defeniatley make people aware of it but they dint give the Pro a Lunar bundle



rccsetzer said:
And Sony misses the oportunity of using Final Fantasy XV PS4 pro enhancements to sell more systems.

Like psvr they decided to produce a certain number months back. There's only so many they could ship to Japan.  but like the psvr the thing is completely sold out.  

 

So while psvr and pro numbers aren't huge,  albeit decent,  there's the solace that there's still quite the demand.  Sony will fill this in good time and get the sales later instead.  in the case of Japan,  they'll likely have plenty of stock for December for the Christmas period.  



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I'm sure there will be a significant shipment before FFXV



Looks like they overestimated in some regions and underestimated in others. Too bad they could move units from the US to fulfill the demand in Japan!



celador said:
I'm sure there will be a significant shipment before FFXV

i hope so



Not sold out in Canada. I went to a Best Buy last weekend and they kept replenishing Xbox One S's while the Pros just sat there.



sold less than famicom mini , new 3ds , psvita 2000 , ps4 slim
lmao

 

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