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Shinobi-san on 11 January 2014
FlamingWeazel said:
Shinobi-san said:


Also i think these numbers puts some of the over zealous PS fans in their place regarding the outrageous predictions being made for end of March 2014.


How? Close to 300K with supply issue this week, at this pace 7 million is easy by march.,...Not saying it will, but your post makes no sense. Plsu japan launch is february.

7 million is not outrageous....

8 million certainly is. My post was meant for those people predicting ~8 million or more..considering that my post makes a lot of sense.

To add to that what makes you think PS4 sales will stay exactly the same from now until end of March? It will obviously go down the further we get away from holiday season and the further away we are from launch. Theres also going to be about a month period where the PS4 wont have big software titles coming out. All these factors impact sales, this will make it harder for them to reach 7 million. Based on the numbers we have now its a bit early to say 7 million is "easy" by March.

You also mentioned that supply issues is impacting sales, if thats the case and if demand remains the same as you predict it will then remain an issue until March.



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Porcupine_I on 11 January 2014

I could swear it was just yesterday that there was a thread where people claimed they didn't care if the Xbox One has sold 100K more or less.



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

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FlamingWeazel on 11 January 2014
Shinobi-san said:
FlamingWeazel said:
Shinobi-san said:


Also i think these numbers puts some of the over zealous PS fans in their place regarding the outrageous predictions being made for end of March 2014.


How? Close to 300K with supply issue this week, at this pace 7 million is easy by march.,...Not saying it will, but your post makes no sense. Plsu japan launch is february.

7 million is not outrageous....

8 million certainly is. My post was meant for those people predicting ~8 million or more..considering that my post makes a lot of sense.

To add to that what makes you think PS4 sales will stay exactly the same from now until end of March? It will obviously go down the further we get away from holiday season and the further away we are from launch. Theres also going to be about a month period where the PS4 wont have big software titles coming out. All these factors impact sales, this will make it harder for them to reach 7 million. Based on the numbers we have now its a bit early to say 7 million is "easy" by March.

You also mentioned that supply issues is impacting sales, if thats the case and if demand remains the same as you predict it will then remain an issue until March.


There was one person who saids 8 million may be possible........most were saying 6-7 max. Which is well within reason. Japan will be a boost even if numbers slow down some. Then march wil be pretty big I think with Infamous, Drive club, the show.



Shinobi-san on 11 January 2014
BeElite said:
Shinobi-san said:

Also i think these numbers puts some of the over zealous PS fans in their place regarding the outrageous predictions being made for end of March 2014.


so will wii and x fans shit bricks or just quit gaming if or should i say when it does just that.


I dont see what wii and xbox fans have to do with this. My post was directed at people predicting north of 8 million in this thread:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=175622&page=1#81

Hell some even predicted 9+ million...by end of March! Given the numbers that we have and the apparent manufacturing capacity  of Sony those predictions are certainly outrageous.



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deadly2choke on 11 January 2014
Porcupine_I said:
I could swear it was just yesterday that there was a thread where people claimed they didn't care if the Xbox One has sold 100K more or less.





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Yakuzaice on 11 January 2014
JWeinCom said:
I'm not sure why people seem to think these Wii U sales are terrible... I mean, they're down about 50% over last week which is pretty consistent with every console except the Vita... So I'm not sure what else people were expecting. I think the numbers are fine. They're in line with last year's numbers, but I don't expect numbers to drop as quickly. Week 2 of January will be more telling. If sales drop to below 50K, then things are really bad.

The Wii U has a higher proportion of sales from Japan than any other hardware besides the Vita.  Week 1 is still a big sales week in Japan.  That is why the Vita and Wii U drops have been somewhat softer this week.  Next week will be down sharply in Japan which will have a larger effect on the Wii U (and Vita).

It had the biggest drop of all hardware in the US.  I'm too lazy to go through all the hardware in Europe, but it looks to have had one of the bigger drops there.



Train wreck on 11 January 2014
JWeinCom said:
I'm not sure why people seem to think these Wii U sales are terrible... I mean, they're down about 50% over last week which is pretty consistent with every console except the Vita... So I'm not sure what else people were expecting. I think the numbers are fine. They're in line with last year's numbers, but I don't expect numbers to drop as quickly. Week 2 of January will be more telling. If sales drop to below 50K, then things are really bad.

Im sure when week 2 rolls around you will conveniently come up with another excuse for the Wii U. 

Here are a couple that come to mind:

1. Wait till Donkey Releases

2. Wait till smash releases

3. wait till MK8 releases

4. its 3rd parties fault for not putting games on the system.

What makes these sales terrible is that 2013 was an awful year for the Wii U, especially for the first like 11 months,  the hurdle they have to jump is not that high. You had sparse game releases and the two tiered prices.  This year you have supposed system sellers and a price adjustment and its only on par with last years numbers? Get out of here.



BeElite on 11 January 2014
Shinobi-san said:
BeElite said:
Shinobi-san said:

Also i think these numbers puts some of the over zealous PS fans in their place regarding the outrageous predictions being made for end of March 2014.


so will wii and x fans shit bricks or just quit gaming if or should i say when it does just that.


I dont see what wii and xbox fans have to do with this. My post was directed at people predicting north of 8 million in this thread:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=175622&page=1#81

Hell some even predicted 9+ million...by end of March! Given the numbers that we have and the apparent manufacturing capacity  of Sony those predictions are certainly outrageous.


so thres no point in predicting.

they are and likely will sale as much as they can get on shelves.



justinian on 11 January 2014
Porcupine_I said:
I could swear it was just yesterday that there was a thread where people claimed they didn't care if the Xbox One has sold 100K more or less.


From all the noise and defensive tatics going on I would say someone lied.



Shinobi-san on 11 January 2014
FlamingWeazel said:
Shinobi-san said:
FlamingWeazel said:
Shinobi-san said:


Also i think these numbers puts some of the over zealous PS fans in their place regarding the outrageous predictions being made for end of March 2014.


How? Close to 300K with supply issue this week, at this pace 7 million is easy by march.,...Not saying it will, but your post makes no sense. Plsu japan launch is february.

7 million is not outrageous....

8 million certainly is. My post was meant for those people predicting ~8 million or more..considering that my post makes a lot of sense.

To add to that what makes you think PS4 sales will stay exactly the same from now until end of March? It will obviously go down the further we get away from holiday season and the further away we are from launch. Theres also going to be about a month period where the PS4 wont have big software titles coming out. All these factors impact sales, this will make it harder for them to reach 7 million. Based on the numbers we have now its a bit early to say 7 million is "easy" by March.

You also mentioned that supply issues is impacting sales, if thats the case and if demand remains the same as you predict it will then remain an issue until March.


There was one person who saids 8 million may be possible........most were saying 6-7 max. Which is well within reason. Japan will be a boost even if numbers slow down some. Then march wil be pretty big I think with Infamous, Drive club, the show.


http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=175622&page=1#81

20% of people voted for 8 and 9 million in that thread.



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