PS4 Camera actually selling quite well

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J_Allard said:

existenz2 said:

J_Allard said:
tbh I don't think Sony thought it would be popular.

Why on earth would you think Sony would launch a product with added functionality to PS4 if they didnt think it would be popular.

 

Do you have any factual statement from Sony  or other reasoning to illustrate why you thought that ?

Yeah, how about the rest of my post that you cut off on the quote? lulz

If Sony thought it would be popular, they'd have had more available.
If retailers thought it would be popular or were getting demand for it, more would actually sell it.

It's just an opinion.

"popular" is relative.  I'm sure Sony thought it would sell pretty well, and it did, as evident by the recent Twitch statistics.  So it wasn't like Sony only made 100 of these.  The camera was readily available at launch at various retailers.  My guess is the sudden spike in demand post-launch was due to the fact that many PS4 owners saw how cool and easy it was to do Twitch streaming and decided to jump on the bandwagon to try for themselves, when originally they had no intent to buy the camera.  Two of my friends who have never dabbled in game streaming before went out to buy the camera after seeing me do it.  

Also, Sony is probably focusing more on manufacturing PS4s right now rather than the camera.  The PS4 is still sold out in many retailers and I don't think it was because Sony didn't think it would be popular.  Sometimes the demand just surpasses expectations.