JoeTheBro said:
archbrix said:
Piernik said:
In the last two months of 2001 Sony sold 3.000.000 of PS2. And now the market is bigger.
They could easly sell 6 millions worldwide from October 1st.
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Comparing the PS4's launch situation to the PS2's is erroneous.
- The PS2 didn't have last gen competition as strong as PS360.
- The PS2 had DVD playback as a selling point, which was a big deal at that time.
- The PS2 had zero competition launching the same holiday.
- The PS2 was a full $100 cheaper.
In short, the PS2 had a lot more hype regarding people willing to upgrade immediately at launch; Sega and Nintendo had just been massively bested in sales by Sony in the previous gen, and Microsoft was a brand new player in the gen starting, so Sony was poised as the safe bet from the get-go.
In order for the PS4 to "easily" sell that many units it would need the hype equivalent of the PS2 or the Wii from everybody, not just the core fans on forums.
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PS2 was limited by stock. In fact it was chaos trying to find one because they under shipped.
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Of course it was - just like the Wii - but that doesn't change my point.
