JRPGfan on 21 November 2018
| CosmicSex said: NPD Analyst Mat Piscatella stated: "But yeah, no one saw this PS4 success happening this year, not even Sony." Do you think this means that their 17 million forecast is still undercutting what the results will be and by how much? Also, is it possible that Sony's failure to properly gauge sales will result in massive shortages? |
1) yeah sony has a history of under-betting things. I feel like they do it on purpose (since it keeps happending) so they can come out and say "how is it doing this? it beat expectations".
2) I wouldnt be surprised if they actually manage to do like 18m+ this year.
3) Its very possible, that they didnt prepair enough stock, and actually run into shortages.
Look at last year, that 1week black friday deal, was sold out on the 2nd day.
Sony doesnt like to overship/stock things. Like in japan this year they had shortages of the normal PS4 & PS4pro right?
And the Pro was in shortage in europe and the US a few times too. So even if its the 5th year, there can be shortages, if Sony underestimated things to badly.
