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lewis-k on 23 February 2014
TheKoreanGuy said:
They made them wait and still had hardly any games for the market. It's not surprising to say the least.

couldn't agree more sony killed the hype for the ps4 in japan because of this but i still have a feeling it still sold pretty well but will have a large drop off in the following weeks



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withdreday on 23 February 2014
aryu said:

PlayStation 2′s miraculous performance of 980,000 in two days

This happened!?  I don't think anyone EVER will be able to match that.


The PS4 just sold 1 million in 1 night in the US >_<



mornelithe on 23 February 2014
withdreday said:
aryu said:

PlayStation 2′s miraculous performance of 980,000 in two days

This happened!?  I don't think anyone EVER will be able to match that.


The PS4 just sold 1 million in 1 night in the US >_<

Yeah...but in 2000 when the PS2 launched, Japan had ~126.92 million people, and when the PS4 launched in the US, we're talking ~313.9 million.



withdreday on 23 February 2014
mornelithe said:
withdreday said:
aryu said:

PlayStation 2′s miraculous performance of 980,000 in two days

This happened!?  I don't think anyone EVER will be able to match that.


The PS4 just sold 1 million in 1 night in the US >_<

Yeah...but in 2000 when the PS2 launched, Japan had ~126.92 million people, and when the PS4 launched in the US, we're talking ~313.9 million.

And that has to do with what exactly?

Even if the PS4 doesn't sell 1 million this week, you know it will in Japan once FFXV releases. It's only a matter of time.



mornelithe on 23 February 2014
withdreday said:
mornelithe said:
withdreday said:
aryu said:

PlayStation 2′s miraculous performance of 980,000 in two days

This happened!?  I don't think anyone EVER will be able to match that.


The PS4 just sold 1 million in 1 night in the US >_<

Yeah...but in 2000 when the PS2 launched, Japan had ~126.92 million people, and when the PS4 launched in the US, we're talking ~313.9 million.

And that has to do with what exactly?

Even if the PS4 doesn't sell 1 million this week, you know it will in Japan once FFXV releases. It's only a matter of time.

You actually have to ask why population matters with regards to sales figures?  That's a question that really requires an answer?  Come on...



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JLC215 on 23 February 2014
lewis-k said:
TheKoreanGuy said:
They made them wait and still had hardly any games for the market. It's not surprising to say the least.

couldn't agree more sony killed the hype for the ps4 in japan because of this but i still have a feeling it still sold pretty well but will have a large drop off in the following weeks


My thoughts exactly



JoeTheBro on 23 February 2014
pezus said:
JoeTheBro said:
pezus said:
JoeTheBro said:
Short history lesson.

1998.11.27 [Sega Dreamcast] (¥29.800) - 01.490 (3 days)
2000.03.04 [Sony PlayStation 2] (¥39.800) - 630.552 (2 days)
2001.09.14 [Nintendo GameCube] (¥25.000) - 133.719 (3 days)
2002.02.22 [Microsoft XBox] (¥34.800) - 123.929 (3 days)
20012.10 [Microsoft XBox 360] (¥29.000 / ¥39.795) - 62.135 (2 days)
2006.11.11 [Sony PlayStation 3] (¥49.980 / ¥59.980) - 88.443 (2 days)
2006.12.02 [Nintendo Wii] (¥25.000) - 371.936 (2 days)
2012.12.08 [Nintendo Wii U] (¥26.250 / ¥31.500) - 308.570 (2 days)
2014.02.22 [Sony PlayStation 4] (¥41.979 / ¥46.179)- xxx.xxx (2 days)

People just have insanely high predictions.

You expect it to do on par with GC and Xbox? Less than twice as good as PS3 too. If WiiU and Wii could sell over 300k, PS4 can do it as well. I also think PS4 had a bigger shipment than all of the above, except PS2 probably.

GC and OG XBOX are for three days. Also my prediction was just based on stats and calculations. It's not what I think, but what the numbers show.

Not what they will show, though


Only one more day to find out. I certainly hope Sony exceeds my expectations.

 

 

Also @everybody else. I have PS2 at about 600k for the first two days. Source for 900k?



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mornelithe on 23 February 2014
JoeTheBro said:
pezus said:
JoeTheBro said:
pezus said:
JoeTheBro said:
Short history lesson.

1998.11.27 [Sega Dreamcast] (¥29.800) - 01.490 (3 days)
2000.03.04 [Sony PlayStation 2] (¥39.800) - 630.552 (2 days)
2001.09.14 [Nintendo GameCube] (¥25.000) - 133.719 (3 days)
2002.02.22 [Microsoft XBox] (¥34.800) - 123.929 (3 days)
20012.10 [Microsoft XBox 360] (¥29.000 / ¥39.795) - 62.135 (2 days)
2006.11.11 [Sony PlayStation 3] (¥49.980 / ¥59.980) - 88.443 (2 days)
2006.12.02 [Nintendo Wii] (¥25.000) - 371.936 (2 days)
2012.12.08 [Nintendo Wii U] (¥26.250 / ¥31.500) - 308.570 (2 days)
2014.02.22 [Sony PlayStation 4] (¥41.979 / ¥46.179)- xxx.xxx (2 days)

People just have insanely high predictions.

You expect it to do on par with GC and Xbox? Less than twice as good as PS3 too. If WiiU and Wii could sell over 300k, PS4 can do it as well. I also think PS4 had a bigger shipment than all of the above, except PS2 probably.

GC and OG XBOX are for three days. Also my prediction was just based on stats and calculations. It's not what I think, but what the numbers show.

Not what they will show, though


Only one more day to find out. I certainly hope Sony exceeds my expectations.

 

 

Also @everybody else. I have PS2 at about 600k for the first two days. Source for 900k?

My source was Wiki, so take it with a grain of salt, however, I'm also reading that first day sales of the PS2 was 600K in Japan.  I'll keep looking to see if I can find the sourced article that Wikipedia used (one sends me to Gamespy, the other to CNN).



BaldrSkies on 23 February 2014

PS4 stock status at Yodobashi, after day 1 (blue=in stock): DOOM

 

After day 2: ...

http://www.yodobashi.com/ec/news/1000073465/index.html?kind=0002&store=0011

 

From what I gather, many shops are selling out of hardware, but software sales are a bit lower than expected. After asking some customers why they don't buy a game, the answer is usually along the lines of Knack being included, Playroom, PS3->PS4 software upgrade, and other digital excuses items. FF14 beta is especially popular.

Also the general response to Knack seems to be positive, although that might just be because it's free!



withdreday on 23 February 2014
mornelithe said:
withdreday said:
mornelithe said:
withdreday said:
aryu said:

PlayStation 2′s miraculous performance of 980,000 in two days

This happened!?  I don't think anyone EVER will be able to match that.


The PS4 just sold 1 million in 1 night in the US >_<

Yeah...but in 2000 when the PS2 launched, Japan had ~126.92 million people, and when the PS4 launched in the US, we're talking ~313.9 million.

And that has to do with what exactly?

Even if the PS4 doesn't sell 1 million this week, you know it will in Japan once FFXV releases. It's only a matter of time.

You actually have to ask why population matters with regards to sales figures?  That's a question that really requires an answer?  Come on...

You compared the US population to japan's population which means nothing.

Maybe we should look at the xbone's japan numbers when it launches? I'm pretty sure it'll barely crack the single digits.