| gooch_destroyer said: This is pretty great. 30 million by Christmas? |
that's it?
| gooch_destroyer said: This is pretty great. 30 million by Christmas? |
that's it?
| gooch_destroyer said: This is pretty great. 30 million by Christmas? |
Should be easily more than that.
Also you got a new title for the PSNation thread 
| gooch_destroyer said: This is pretty great. 30 million by Christmas? |
More like 34m.







KyleeStrutt said:
More like 34m. |
cough 37 million or more cough
| gooch_destroyer said: This is pretty great. 30 million by Christmas? |
30m by end of september is a bigger question :p
| colafitte said: Mmm, Impressive numbers again for PS4 after the disappointing 18'5m number of January (at least for me). PS4 could reach 25 mill by E3 2015.... |
Xb one Jan NPD 152K. Feb I'm guessing ~200K = 352K USA to 1 March. USA ~ 60% of Xb one market --> ~600K globally for Jan+Feb = 11.6 LTD more or less.
March Quarter shipments for Xb one will be very interesting. Though MS will not state that number as a stand alone figure, I would guess that at least 90% of Xbox shipments for the March quarter will be Xb one. That will give us a very good indication of VGC Xb one tracking.
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Manlytears said:
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I strongly don't think this gen will be short, simply because MS is lagging behind in sales. It just doesn't work that way.
With the XB to 360, there was a proper reason to jump into a new gen. The jump from the SD to the HD generation. More importantly, there was a level a gaming an SD console just couldn't match. There was also a shift to HDTVs and people were hungry for HD devices to plug into their new TVs. None of those surrounding factors exist today. Today, as it stands there isn't a game made for the current gen that can't in some shape or form run on last gen hardware.
Simply put, there is no justifiable reason for Microsoft to jump start a new gen, what's the draw going to be? the would end up with a console that wouldn't even be able to handle 4k gaming and everything that console runs will run just fine on the PS4. What MS needs to do now is consolidate their user base and focus on making a profit.
TheGoldenBoy said:
But they adjusted their numbers to 18.5 million after Sony's last announcement. And if your calculations are correct they'll have said the PS4 sold 1.25 million consoles compared to 1.7 million. That's like over 26% undertracked for two months right? |
Well yes, for the 2 months to the end of March that is highly under tracked. But so long as LTD remains within 3% I'm happy. That's what regular adjustments are for. And when LTD is within 3% it means the historical weekly sales are pretty reasonable. Sales for recent weeks will always have a large error margin, especially while ioi is trying to get to grips with a new generation that has turned the last generation on its head.
Before now the real validity check was hardware shipments. Sony has been kind enough to give us sell through reports on a reasonably regular basis. Because when you are dominating like this, why not? Probably the most undertracked console so far is the 360, and despite all the pissing and moaning coming out from some people about 360 undertrackedness, the 360's LTD is still likely to be within 3% of actual. The pissing and moaning is only happening because PS3 and 360 are so close that such a small undertrack could be the difference between 2nd and 3rd place. If not for wanting to claim that bragging right no one would care. So care not about the week to week situation. Mostly keep a weather eye on the LTD.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix