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Lafiel on 12 December 2017
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mZuzek said:
Lawlight said:
Sure but the article forgets to mention that the PS4 came out in PAL territories on the 29th of November and on the 19th-23rd of December in SE and in February in Japan. PS4 will trail the Switch during the holidays because the launches aren’t aligned. But I think we can all agree which system will sell the most in the end.

How the hell does the launch being aligned have anything to do with anything, really? The Switch launched in March of all things, so it shouldn't really make much of a difference, if anything it gives the PS4 the advantage since it had a holiday season much closer to launch.

a holiday close to launch isn't all that effective in pushing an already highly in demand console though, PS4 was sold out all throughout it and Sony couldn't immidiatly increase production/shipments

Nintendo had some months to gauge demand and step up production accordingly

OTBWY said:
Lawlight said:

It is from Sony but it’s not actually the first year. It’s the first 4 quarters and stops at the 30th of September. So, it’s missing 1.5month for NA, 2 months for Europe and 2.5 months for South East Asia.

Lol no. It is from almost 1 year after the PS4's launch. Look at the dates.

https://venturebeat.com/2014/11/14/sony-has-shipped-13-5m-ps4s-over-the-last-12-months/

The infographic says it right there: the first year and shipped. Just don't Lawlight.

but Lawlight is correct here

the 13.5m shipped PS4 number is the same Sony had already announced at their quarterly report for the end of september 2014 (their Q2 FY2014)

as you can see here: (just add up FY13 + FY14 Q1 + Q2)

Last edited by Lafiel - on 12 December 2017