TGS 2013: Sony Confirms 5 Million PS4 for FY2013

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crissindahouse said:

vgc says that ps3 sold ~2.85 million until end of march 2007 with an european launch one week before the end of march. ps4 will launch only in february in japan but much earlier in many other territories or territories the ps3 didn't even release before april 2007 (brazil, mexico...) and that with a much cheaper price and many more games.

if they can produce so much it should be "easy" and maybe they hope for even more. i think ps3 could have sold 4m with the same launch dates and enough units.

Yes, but the PS3 had much better lead in numbers from the PS2 sales, than the PS4 does.   Over 100 million people had PS2's by then, and it was clearly the dominate console, even against all other current gen added up together. I think there is some advantage to having the lead console like that.   PS3 is around 25 million behind and not the average 'go to' game machine the PS2 was.  Not that being the leader has helped Wii in this case, but the Wii was a unique case IMO.

Some of it depends how well the can convince people to buy a different brand the console.  I think they have to be hopping Microsoft stumbles somehow or doesn't show off Kinect and the unique features of the new Xbox One well.