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I'm one of the uk buyers. ps4 white 500gb + battlefront 2 + gt sport + hidden agenda for 228€. planning to sell those games to get a ps4 for about ~ 128€. then I will get all those cheap old exlusives like killzone, bloodborne, knack, ratchet and clank etc. my body is ready!



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Me right now... 



torok said:

We already know the worldwide numbers, they said it was 2M consoles (best BF ever for PS brand). Waiting for USA numbers.

And we now know that only ~25k of that came out of Japan ;P 

US Numbers must be huge if Japan+UK only gets us to ~175k.



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StuOhQ said:

And we now know that only ~25k of that came out of Japan ;P 

US Numbers must be huge if Japan+UK only gets us to ~175k.

Yes, that's for sure. I guess BF is no big deal in Japan. But even with the recent push worldwide, it won't be a huge boost in most places. I believe that the US numbers will be surprising.



torok said:
DonFerrari said:
BF is USA only.. irrelevant news =p

The sales were very close to 2013 then... fantastic news... waiting sony to disclose USA and WW and VGC to have it in about a month.

Oh, come on, even here on Brazil we are doing this stuff! Hahahahahahha

It seems to be a bit big on the UK, they have good deals. On the rest of the EU they are also trying to push it, but right now it is mostly like on Brazil (fake discounts) so it is quite small.

We already know the worldwide numbers, they said it was 2M consoles (best BF ever for PS brand). Waiting for USA numbers.

Shiiiiu, it doesn't count and you know it... and if a certain console doesn't do good even Holidays won't matter, only launch numbers of a certain upgrade will matter.

You know that this year there were a lot of good real discounts (15-25% average, plus real clearances of 70%)

The 2M is certain or is above 2M (that would be the previous record)?

NintendoPie said:
The PS4 is killing it.

Killing who?

StuOhQ said:
torok said:

We already know the worldwide numbers, they said it was 2M consoles (best BF ever for PS brand). Waiting for USA numbers.

And we now know that only ~25k of that came out of Japan ;P 

US Numbers must be huge if Japan+UK only gets us to ~175k.

Clusterfuck big even against the naysayers.



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torok said:
StuOhQ said:

And we now know that only ~25k of that came out of Japan ;P 

US Numbers must be huge if Japan+UK only gets us to ~175k.

Yes, that's for sure. I guess BF is no big deal in Japan. But even with the recent push worldwide, it won't be a huge boost in most places. I believe that the US numbers will be surprising.

Ya the holiday shopping in Japan doesnt seem to go into overdrive until Dec.



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DonFerrari said:

Shiiiiu, it doesn't count and you know it... and if a certain console doesn't do good even Holidays won't matter, only launch numbers of a certain upgrade will matter.

You know that this year there were a lot of good real discounts (15-25% average, plus real clearances of 70%)

The 2M is certain or is above 2M (that would be the previous record)?

Hahahaha, I forgot that, new unspoken rules of VGC.

Yes, it is getting better in Brazil. And actually sales have a spike, even if not as massive as the US. Kabum specially has some ridiculously good discounts. I saw stuff like the Galaxy S7 for 1300 and the S7 Edge for 1500. Way better than expected.

I'm actually checking here and I can't find where they said it was 2M this year. However, in 2016 Sony reported selling 2M consoles worldwide during BF week and that it was the PS brand best ever. So they sold more than that at least. I'm not sure about BF day, but I don't think it matters more than the whole week.



torok said:
DonFerrari said:

Shiiiiu, it doesn't count and you know it... and if a certain console doesn't do good even Holidays won't matter, only launch numbers of a certain upgrade will matter.

You know that this year there were a lot of good real discounts (15-25% average, plus real clearances of 70%)

The 2M is certain or is above 2M (that would be the previous record)?

Hahahaha, I forgot that, new unspoken rules of VGC.

Yes, it is getting better in Brazil. And actually sales have a spike, even if not as massive as the US. Kabum specially has some ridiculously good discounts. I saw stuff like the Galaxy S7 for 1300 and the S7 Edge for 1500. Way better than expected.

I'm actually checking here and I can't find where they said it was 2M this year. However, in 2016 Sony reported selling 2M consoles worldwide during BF week and that it was the PS brand best ever. So they sold more than that at least. I'm not sure about BF day, but I don't think it matters more than the whole week.

We have to remember forever of globally in USA.

Good price on the galaxy, recent enough cellphone for an entry price. My cousin is buying a 4k tv 49" for 2500, Samsung good model.

Yep I didn't remember the interview giving numbers... and considering how much they cut I think it may be a lot higher than the 2M figures, maybe pass 2.5M



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

FIT_Gamer said:
Does any one know the breakdown of that 300K?

All that we know is that:

PS4 + X1 = 243,000

X1 < 100,00 so PS4 > 143,000

The rest ~57,000.



Lawlight said:
FIT_Gamer said:
Does any one know the breakdown of that 300K?

All that we know is that:

PS4 + X1 = 243,000

X1 < 100,00 so PS4 > 143,000

The rest ~57,000.

The article says well over 300k. We dont know exactly how much over 300k that is but i have would have to guess like 320k at least.



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