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Forums - Sales - So, which do you think will hit 100 Million units sold first: PS3 or PS4?

 

So which one?

PS4 first followed by PS3 30 9.23%
 
PS3 first followed by PS4 145 44.62%
 
Only PS4 will break 100M 62 19.08%
 
Only PS3 will break 100M 17 5.23%
 
Neehter! cuz teh Wii U iz the best! 65 20.00%
 
Xbox anyone? 6 1.85%
 
Total:325
Wright on 14 January 2014
torok said:


We willl have to be really patient. I propose the following: I will bet that PS3 will pass 100M lifetime sales, you bet that it won't. The limit will be PS3 discontinuation date, with the bet ending earlier if PS3 hits 100M before being discontinued, according VGC data (waiting for adjustments, of course).

The loser will have to add the following to his sig (I think the loser can keep his sig, just add that first): "I said PS3 would/wouldn't reach 100M lifetime sales and I was wrong", just a light thing, let's say 1 month. What do you think?


Cool for me, though the signature should also say "Torok/Wright was right!" at the end :P



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GamechaserBE on 14 January 2014
superchunk said:
PS3 will never hit 95m let alone 100m.

PS4 will dominate similar to PS2, but not quite as high as Xbone will do better than o.g. Xbox but worse than X360.

How can you be so certain....



Mummelmann on 14 January 2014

I don't think either will reach 100 million lifetime.



DestructorSVK on 14 January 2014

Tutorial for SONY:

How to sold 100 milion PS3 units:

1. Release The Last Guardian.



torok on 14 January 2014
Wright said:
torok said:


We willl have to be really patient. I propose the following: I will bet that PS3 will pass 100M lifetime sales, you bet that it won't. The limit will be PS3 discontinuation date, with the bet ending earlier if PS3 hits 100M before being discontinued, according VGC data (waiting for adjustments, of course).

The loser will have to add the following to his sig (I think the loser can keep his sig, just add that first): "I said PS3 would/wouldn't reach 100M lifetime sales and I was wrong", just a light thing, let's say 1 month. What do you think?


Cool for me, though the signature should also say "Torok/Wright was right!" at the end :P


Deal: "I said PS3 would/wouldn't reach 100M lifetime sales and I was wrong. Torok/Wright was right!". Man, that wil be a loooong bet, we will know the winner between 2017-2020 :P



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

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Wright on 14 January 2014
torok said:
Wright said:
torok said:


We willl have to be really patient. I propose the following: I will bet that PS3 will pass 100M lifetime sales, you bet that it won't. The limit will be PS3 discontinuation date, with the bet ending earlier if PS3 hits 100M before being discontinued, according VGC data (waiting for adjustments, of course).

The loser will have to add the following to his sig (I think the loser can keep his sig, just add that first): "I said PS3 would/wouldn't reach 100M lifetime sales and I was wrong", just a light thing, let's say 1 month. What do you think?


Cool for me, though the signature should also say "Torok/Wright was right!" at the end :P


Deal: "I said PS3 would/wouldn't reach 100M lifetime sales and I was wrong. Torok/Wright was right!". Man, that wil be a loooong bet, we will know the winner between 2017-2020 :P


I'll put this on my signature, so we don't forget!!!



torok on 14 January 2014
Wright said:
torok said:
Wright said:
torok said:


We willl have to be really patient. I propose the following: I will bet that PS3 will pass 100M lifetime sales, you bet that it won't. The limit will be PS3 discontinuation date, with the bet ending earlier if PS3 hits 100M before being discontinued, according VGC data (waiting for adjustments, of course).

The loser will have to add the following to his sig (I think the loser can keep his sig, just add that first): "I said PS3 would/wouldn't reach 100M lifetime sales and I was wrong", just a light thing, let's say 1 month. What do you think?


Cool for me, though the signature should also say "Torok/Wright was right!" at the end :P


Deal: "I said PS3 would/wouldn't reach 100M lifetime sales and I was wrong. Torok/Wright was right!". Man, that wil be a loooong bet, we will know the winner between 2017-2020 :P


I'll put this on my signature, so we don't forget!!!


Same here, I'm a man of my word!



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

bouzane on 14 January 2014

Considering the facts that the PS1 sold over 30 million units after the PS2 launch and the PS2 sold 50 million after the PS3 launch I think 18 million more units for the PS3 should be more than possible. I also expect the PS4 to break 100 million considering the record breaking launch and the pathetic competition, however, it's painfully obvious that it will not do so before the PS3 does.



superchunk on 14 January 2014
GamechaserBE said:
superchunk said:
PS3 will never hit 95m let alone 100m.

PS4 will dominate similar to PS2, but not quite as high as Xbone will do better than o.g. Xbox but worse than X360.

How can you be so certain....

Just need to lay out what it has sold each year, look at its recent YOY decline and what typically happens once a successor launches (50% YOY declines)... pretty confident it will reach a max of 90m to 93m.



bouzane on 14 January 2014
superchunk said:
GamechaserBE said:
superchunk said:
PS3 will never hit 95m let alone 100m.

PS4 will dominate similar to PS2, but not quite as high as Xbone will do better than o.g. Xbox but worse than X360.

How can you be so certain....

Just need to lay out what it has sold each year, look at its recent YOY decline and what typically happens once a successor launches (50% YOY declines)... pretty confident it will reach a max of 90m to 93m.


Neither the PS2 nor PSP suffered 50% YoY declines after the launches of their successors so why would this happen to the PS3? I don't even need to mention the fact that the emerging markets greatly prefer the Playstation brand and Sony will likely capitalize upon this by pushing the PS3. This will allow them to cement their brand in these markets while recouping the early losses generated by the PS3. I honestly can not understand how you concluded that the PS3 would sell between 90 and 93 million units, your prediction is simply too low. I would expect no less than 95 million due to past trends for the brand as well as the emerging markets where Sony currently dominates.