Sony posts $280M profit. PS4 ships 4 million in Q2 & LTD = 29.3 Million

[johnsobas]

Hiku said:

johnsobas said:

You know there is a difference between being out in 1 country for 9 months then releasing most of them later and being in most of them from the start then releasing in a few countries later.  It doesn't take a genius to see there is a big difference.  Yes the PS4 wasn't released in Japan until like 6 months later but it's not selling that well there and the numbers are small in the big picture.

I aknowledged that there is a difference. But also that it's one that's more relevant for an initial period when there may still be shortages. After around 2 years on the market, neither PS2 nor PS4 suffered from any shortages. Meaning anyone who wanted one would have gotten it by this point. If someone wanted a PS2 but did not get one after 2 years, then the main problem was not that it launched 7 months later in their country.

Right, so anyone who wanted a PS4 could get one now too, and the PS2 sold over 150 million.  Clearly the time in each market doesn't matter to you so the sales aren't even really close then are they.