The PS4 is a MAJOR flop in Japan - we need to talk about it

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RolStoppable said:

Hey guys,

I thought we need to talk about this:

According to Famitsu, the PS4 sold 30,766 units in its third week in Japan. That's approximately 90k units below what the Wii U did during its third week. When we look at launch aligned LTD numbers, the PS4 has already fallen 150k units behind the Wii U. Let's be honest here, this is a MAJOR flop. Not even the typical system-selling power of Knack can turn this console into a success.

Before the PS4 launch many people have said that Sony doesn't really care about consumers. Putting online multiplayer behind a paywall, among other things, indicate that this is the truth.

So can we still say that Sony doesn't care about gamers? Let's take a look:

3DS's third week: 96.463
PSV's third week: 42,648
PS4's third week: 30,766, but probably overtracked.

For further comparison, the Wii U sold 122,356 units in its third week. For Sony that's pretty much the equivalent of being proven to be dumber than an idiot. Now what?

MMMk... Where to start lol. 

First off. I hope you are joking about the "system-selling power of Knack". That's fallacy and entirely unproven. The only reason that Knack has jumped in sales is because of the PS4 bundle. 

Secondly. It's far too soon to call it a flop. 

Thirdly. You are comparing third week sales in March as opposed to December for the Wii U and Vita. The 3DS is a better comparison as it was released shortly after the holiday season.