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TIL Europe consists of...well, damn near every country on Earth.



Thanks jlmurph!

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I call BS



adriane23 said:
Eddie_Raja said:
adriane23 said:
Even if they anticipated this much demand for the system, I don't think they could've keep up with it anyway. Their 1 million consoles a month goal was ambitious to begin with, and it's probably the best they can do.


I believe they said they are already producing 1.2m a month or more.

1.2 a month could be right, but even that much a month would still see a supply constraint. They sold out of 99% of their stock in the first 72 hours of release, and since then, they've been trying to keep up with demand in their biggest markets, while getting as many consoles as possible out to the smaller ones. They probably reached a consistent 1.2 million by February or March (just my guess).

We have to remember that the console has only been out for a little over 7 months. Even if SONY was able to somehow manufacture and produce 1.2 million consoles per month after launch, that would only be approximately 8.4 million consoles made by this time. Adding in the 1+ million (The plus is because they reserved some as replacements for defects) that they went through at launch, that's only a little more than 9.4 million PS4's created so far. According to VGChartz, there have been 8.2 million PS4s sold through as of two weeks ago, meaning there is probably a severe shortage in many of the countries they're selling in.


A very good point/analysis!



Prediction for console Lifetime sales:

Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]

BillyBong said:

lol.. some people still.. here, lemme help out the clueless ones..

 

also,

 

A fair number of people posting have been naming countries in EUROPE.  

I don't have a fancy picutre that says 
"The More You Read"



Sony still doomed



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Mummelmann said:
Readily available in Scandinavia. Where are all their units? How many are they producing? If they sell about 550-600k per month globally, how can they not keep up with demand? I guess some would say holiday stockpiling but just how much stock are the piling?

I really don't get it.

My thoughts exactly and I would bet Scandinavia isn´t even a prioritised market for Sony compared to Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain and so on.



Amazing just how many people haven't read the article to see that he's mainly talking about Germany,

Unfortunately people, Germans don't shop in your local American Wall-marts.



Globally in the US:

 

Considering December 2013, Overstocking the US was probably a greater priority then stocking the European Countries that are less of a swing market. Not to mention the Gray Market, Importing, and the lack of official release countries of its "closest" competitor.



In this day and age, with the Internet, ignorance is a choice! And they're still choosing Ignorance! - Dr. Filthy Frank

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Globally in the US:

lol i remember this one. Hilarious stuff



Do you consider Russia a Europe? PS4 got a price boost here this spring and since then its freely available.