August 2014 NPD Thread! PS4 - 190k, XBO - 160k, Wii U < 60k, PSV < 6k

[Zanten]

Iamdavirus said:

Zanten said:

Soundwave said:

 

LOL, stick to that belief if you want, but if you actually look at the factors behind the launches, PS2 is pulling ahead in North America beating the PS4 soundly for several months in a row and absolutely trouncing its Japanese numbers. 

The PS4 is just hiding behind the fact that it had a less staggered launch, so its total to date looks more impressive than it actually is. It's definitely not selling like the PS2, it's horrible in Japan and faltering in North America. 

190k for a first August for a market leader is nothing to write home about, it's quite weak. 

I'm pretty sure if I dig around I can find more specific numbers but PS2 was at 30 million+ by May 2002:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/technology/14GAME.html

So I'd say it's safe to say they were at 10+ million by August 2001. 

Huh, kinda sucks for everyone, then. o.o Always figured that the Xbox One was doing 'pretty decent' and the PS4 'really good,' with the bulk of the Xbox One looking to do poorly being its comparison to the PS4, but I guess this means that the PS4's doing 'pretty decent' and the Xbox One 'pretty badly' if hitting 10 million by that point isn't anything very special.

Soundwave does not know what he is talking about.......................

I was being a bit wry, actually. xP To be honest, even if the PS4 isn't keeping up with the PS2, wouldn't exactly consider that a strike against it, given best selling console of all time etc, etc. Kind of like saying a boxer isn't very good because he can't KO Mohammad Ali. As things stand- with changing markets from decade to decade- the best measure really IS how it's measuring up against its competitors, and the other two fellas really have done teeeeerribly at competing against it so far. Which brings me back to 'If the PS4 isn't doing anything special, the Xbox One must be doing e-special-ly bad' point. =P It's all kind of relative.