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Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I hope people don't whine as much as they usually do when there is gonna be a lack of games for a year... Not trying to bash Sony or anything but this happens with every console including Nintendo and Microsoft

People buy it due to hype... then cry about it for a year cause of a lack of continous games coming out

There will plenty of games, its just most of them will also be avaliable on current gen

Anyway, that seems a perfectly reasonable target to me. Given how pre-order numbers are looking, they should be looking at around 2m units on the first days in Europe and America combined and then they are holding stock back after that, so you would assume at least another 1m in the rest of the year

Given that Japan launches at the end of Feb, that should give a decent (if short term) boost to sales, so I think they should make it comfortably



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yo_john117 said:
5 million sold by March 2014 seems pretty reasonable to me. About 3 - 3.25 million up until the first week of January and then 2 - 1.75 sold during January - March.

bolded: selling more than wii without even counting japan sounds a little too impossible.



Good luck with that. 4mil max I feel.

But well played to those who guessed it.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

Rafux said:
Its in the bank, they are doing everything right.

lol its more microsoft did everything wrong.  the pandering part isnt something thats actually a right unless people need coddling. its so easy to hate microsoft and get sucked into sonys bs 

sony-we never planned on drm but people ignore a freakin patent that prove otherwise

http://www.ibtimes.com/sony-files-patent-curb-access-used-video-games-1005876

microsoft was their own enemy



S.T.A.G.E. said:
If Sony pulls this off this just shows that their brand power is coming back. I was going to say 3.5 million for 2013 but if they have the hardware and don't plan on ever being sold out, then they might be able to pull it off. Whats 1.5 million if you're properly watching the hardware WW?

brand power?  $399  > $499  than sony> microsoft.  price is low enough for tax time



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ethomaz said:

My prediction is happening.

Massive numbers for 2013.

Ohhhhh Fiscal Year.


They confirm your prediction - they can't confirm that they are going to sell 5 million, they *want* to sell them.



S.T.A.G.E. said:
If Sony pulls this off this just shows that their brand power is coming back. I was going to say 3.5 million for 2013 but if they have the hardware and don't plan on ever being sold out, then they might be able to pull it off. Whats 1.5 million if you're properly watching the hardware WW?


Their brand power was never gone.



POE said:
I think they´re aiming too high


I was going to say that.



Ethomaz didn't you believe in the 13 mill rumours by of of 2013?



 

That's disappointing, I expected more...