TGS 2013: Sony Confirms 5 Million PS4 for FY2013

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Zero999 said:

kowenicki said:
Don't they keep saying "biggest launch ever"?

PS2 shipped 2.76m in the US and 2.63m in Europe over almost the same launch time period (last qtr and 1st qtr). Thrown in Japan and others and it would be millions more.

launch =/= launch period.

Well no one can know for sure what is going to happen in the next few months. All we can go off is what people are saying, expectations, pre-orders. Sony might be talking total BS... but if they are to be believed (and there is quite a lot of evidence to suggest the PS4 has some sales potential)... then it may sell well. We cannot look into a crystal ball and see if by end of March it has done it or not.

But evidence suggests they are going to have a big launch. Can a big launch be followed by a big drop... yeah of course. But surely you can agree a big launch is better than a small launch. And a big launch has more potential to meet 5m by FY2013 than a small launch right?

At the end of the day this is all guesswork from everyone.