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007BondAgent on 12 March 2013

http://au.gamespot.com/news/gamestop-seeing-strong-demand-for-playstation-4-6405147

The PlayStation 4 is resonating well with GameStop shoppers. The retailer has announced that more than 600,000 of its PowerUp Rewards members have signed up for the PS4 First to Know List, indicating "strong demand" for the upcoming next-generation platform.

“With only a glance at the PS4, gamers are excited and eager to know more,” GameStop president Tony Bartel said in a statement. “Within just a few weeks, more than 600,000 people have signed up, showing strong demand for this new console.”

In addition, Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO Jack Tretton said the reaction at GameStop means the "promise of PS4 is resonating with gamers." He said more information about the platform will be shared in the coming months.

The PS4 will launch this holiday season, though Sony has yet to announce a price for the platform. GameStop is not accepting preorders for the console and signing up for the First to Know List does not guarantee a unit at launch.



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DanneSandin on 12 March 2013

didn't they say the same thing about... Wii U...?



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Chark on 12 March 2013
DanneSandin said:
didn't they say the same thing about... Wii U...?


Wii U did sell pretty well at launch didn't it? Below Wii, but above PS3 or 360, right?



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AndrewWK on 12 March 2013
Chark said:
DanneSandin said:
didn't they say the same thing about... Wii U...?


Wii U did sell pretty well at launch didn't it? Bellow Wii, but above PS3 or 360, right?


And ut still woudl if there was software worth buying.



ironmanDX on 12 March 2013

Is this a duplicate thread? I thought I read this already...



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ethomaz on 12 March 2013

Good... the hype over the PS3 is huge and I expect this hype convert in sales.

A $350-450 price point will help to that happen.



BenVTrigger on 12 March 2013
DanneSandin said:
didn't they say the same thing about... Wii U...?


Wii U actually had a pretty awesome launch

It wasnt till the past 2 months sales dive bombed



Chark on 12 March 2013
ironmanDX said:
Is this a duplicate thread? I thought I read this already...

It's new info, but there was a thread talking about the strong demand. Now Gamestop has just listed figures. 600k members signed up on their PS4 info list. Maybe it is old info and GameSpot just took a long time to write the article though.



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Euphoria14 on 12 March 2013

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/181680/Wii_Us_software_preorders_double_those_of_the_original_Wii.php#.UKVe7Yd9KSo

GameStop reports that it's currently sitting on 1.2 million preorders for Wii U games on top of the 500,000 consoles it was allocated (all of which were almost immediately reserved when they went up for preorder back in September).



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AndrewWK on 12 March 2013
ethomaz said:
Good... the hype over the PS3 is huge and I expect this hype convert in sales.

A $350-450 price point will help to that happen.


It would but it wont happen. It will be 450+ that you can be sure. Though I think this isn´t that bad, if you compare it to the first announced Steambox which will cost almost 1000$.