PS4's one million plus pre-orders are "way over" that of PS2 and PS3

[adriane23]

outlawauron said:

adriane23 said:

outlawauron said:

adriane23 said:
I'm predicting a 85% sell through on day one with 3 millions systems sold.

Wha....

Sell through for all new consoles on day one is 100%, but shipments will be lucky to hit 1 million day one.

Wha 2x....there will always be leftovers somewhere in the world, even if the console is new. The rumor was that Sony planned to ship 12-16 million in 2013 (probably fiscal year), so 3-3.5 million at launch sounds possible to me.

But there isn't. Especially with it launching in moderately large markets, whatever they're allocated will be sold that day. They'll get constant shipments, but as soon as it hits store shelves, the product will be gone. Again, this is true for every major video game console launch.

Do you have hard facts that say 100% sell-through of major consoles has happened before? i'm not saying it isn't possible, I'm saying it's not likely. There could be a number of reasons why, every console doesn't get picked up (cancelled pre-orders at the last minute, preorders not getting picked up, store clerks hoarding some for their friends until said friends get the money to pick up the console, etc.).