| darthdevidem01 said: The PS4's dominance in Europe is surely back to PS2 levels? |
I didn't think that was possible anymore, bu then again a lot of factors have lined up right for Sony so far.
I'm literally baffled by the vita sales of NA...what it going on over here!?
| Blood_Tears said: wow, NPD should be interesting this month. PS4 is killing it! While others are spending 100 mill on run down ip's, bribing youtube viewers, purposely leaking info to generate interest and mocking the competition with hitler videos, Sony's response is....put the system on the shelves and the results speak for itself.. |
... u serious?
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Could've sworn people were saying the X1 was on the rise in the U.S.
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Xevross said:
Yes I am, as everywhere I go the PS4 is still sold out and sells out quickly when back in stock. If it isn't selling out any more though I would think it would still be selling almost as much as sony ship. Either way I'm starting to believe this 1.2m per month production less and less. |
Wasnt it reported that they started shipping January stock early? If thats the case then they would have less for January unless they start shipping February stock early but thats not likely since they have to have a solid number for Japan.
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| GribbleGrunger said: If the PS4 numbers aren't over 200,000 next week It can only be down to two possibilities: Sony are stockpiling for Japan OR they can't produce the rumoured 1.2 million (some think 1.4 million) a month. People have been tracking the sales on Amazon and it's selling out constantly and are no reports of stock being freely available at retailers for more than a day, so I can only assume it's still selling out regularly. These numbers just seem wrong to me. |
C) stock piling for next holiday.
...as high as demand is right now it will be far higher next holiday. they need to have several million stockpiled and reserves will be spread out thoughout the whole year.
| Kyo_86 said:
The 1.2m is probably right. The thing is that Sony sold 2.1m in december and this number was only possible thanks to changing the shipping from boat to air but now that they returned to ship through boats theres a period of draught. Next week they should be selling 200k+ already, and they should start stocking just now for the japanese launch which should reflect only the March shipments for US and EU |
Yeah, when you factor in the shipping lead time it's not unreasonable for 150k per week in Jan and 1.2m monthly production to both be true.
Assume - 4 weeks from factory gate to shelf and 1.2m produced each month.
So January sales were on stock produced and despatched in December.
If 50% of the December production was air-freighted in to support December sales then there are only 600k units left for January - that's enough for 4 weeks of sales at 150k per week.
In reality once you factor in time at departure port, customs clearance and in-country shipping you're probably looking at 5-6 weeks in US and 6-8 weeks in EU. That means that we're actually talking about stock built in November hitting store shelves in January.
On this basis (plus the requirement to build stock for Asia) it wouldn't surprise me to see stock restrictions lasting beyond the Japanese launch.
Sony's shipped numbers should be quite telling in giving us an indication as to the time from factory to store. If my speculation is anywhere near correct then we should easily expect to see 1.5m or more extra units shipped than VG sold numbers.
I never saw the video game market so weak.
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| kitler53 said: C) stock piling for next holiday. ..as high as demand is right now it will be far higher next holiday. they need to have several million stockpiled and reserves will be spread out throughout the whole year. |
lol.. good one..
Do you seriously think any console manufacturer would store stuff in warehouses for almost a year???
drkohler said:
lol.. good one.. Do you seriously think any console manufacturer would store stuff in warehouses for almost a year??? |
the alternative is what? ..ramp up production massively for 1 or 2 months in august and then decrease it back to normal? i'll bet you have no idea how massively more expensive it to change production rates than it is to stock a warehouse.
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