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PlayStation 5 shipments reach 7.8 Million units as of March 31st, fastest selling console launch aligned Worldwide (PS4 was 7.6M at the same time)
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Numbers would be mind-blowing if they had actually managed to sell it to every person that wants one. Curious to see how it will compare to PS4 after a year when hopefully supply will be meeting demand.
Does anyone remember when PS4 shortages stopped being a thing? I wanna say by January it was readily available.
Yeah unless something drastic happens its basically a gaurantee.
PS4 was at 22M+ so it should reach those numbers if not higher
PS4's peak year was 20M exactly, and didn't happen till 2016. I wouldn't say it's a shoe in to surpass that. Shipping 20M in one FY is a big ask. But if they can get Horizon and GOW out by the end of the fiscal year (and they can manufacture enough lol) it's certainly feasible.
PS4 shipments by year for comparison:
FY3/14 - 7.5M / 7.5M
FY3/15 - 14.8M / 22.3M
FY3/16 - 17.7M / 40.0M
FY3/17 - 20.0M / 60.0M
FY3/18 - 19.0M / 79.0M
FY3/19 - 17.8M / 96.8My
FY3/20 - 13.6M / 110.4M
We have switch numbers in comparaison ?
I see first Q2 for switch is less than Xbox one, when did it start to climb significantly?
Yup, by January 2014 PS4's we're readily available where I live. Nuts to think PS5 is beating PS4 even with the heavy supply shortage.
Yep. The comparison to PS4 is a little wonky though, because it launched in March, so it has 4 less months comparatively.
NSW:
FY 3/17 - 2.74M / 2.74M
FY 3/18 - 15.05M / 17.79M
FY 3/19 - 16.95M / 34.74M
FY 3/20 - 21.03M / 55.77M
FY 3/21 is going to be ridiculous though lol. They're already at 24.1M units this fiscal year (LTD 79.87M) before even accounting for their last quarter. Even a bare minimum of them hitting their projections of another 2.4M to get to their 26.5M would be way ahead of any singular year the Switch and PS4 have ever had, and they're pretty likely to smash that forecast.
Great start for the PS5. Very happy with the system so far, and we're only just getting started!
Imagine if they actually had stock, It may have even eclipsed the ps4.
Jimbo steering this ship into Valhalla
Jimbo steering this ship into Valhalla
I believe they had stock shortages to varying degrees until March (US). I remember them getting a big shipment of hardware in stores for the launch of Second Son
Hopefully the same will happen this time with the Rivet game and a lot of new stock will be dropped by then.
Depends on the region. in Europe shortages lasted until late spring. In US like march. in Japan PS4 never really had shortages (maybe like during launch week).
yeah hopefully. we have returnal, RE and R&C launching soon so it would make sense. Question is is Sony able to do that this time around lol
I think production is going to be the limiting factor. I have to imagine they would have loved to have shipped more so far, but that production limited them from shipping more. For all we know it doesn't look like shortages are going to ease up this year so at this point it's a complete wildcard.
Wtf no one was talking about the age of Sony being over.
There was just this one opinion piece (which was totally fine, even when I don't agree with it in some parts) and otherwise fair criticism about the closure of all PS legacy stores.
The criticism over the web helped as we know, because Sony changed their plans. But the "narrative" thing/meme was dragged along in every Sony thread since then and by now it feels really cringey because as far as I know no one is actually arguing in favor of it.
I never understand the discussion that comes around about 'imagine how much they could sell if there wasn't shortages'.
Nearly every console comes out to a load of hype and could probably match or exceed the previous record of initial sales if they could produce enough units. No one actually decides 'we could make more and know we would sell them but let's reduce units at launch'.
The more impressive thing is them being able to actually produce more units than the PS4 during a global pandemic and massive chip shortages.
Gonna be real interesting to see how production can be ramped up and when plus how long the hype will continue. At the moment it looks like it won't be stopping for a long while. The good thing for Sony too is that by the time lots of people will be vaccinated and wanting to travel etc (so have less money), they should still have some big first party games to show off (Horizon and maybe Factions) to keep the hype going.
Nearly every console comes out to a load of hype and could probably match or exceed the previous record of initial sales if they could produce enough units. No one actually decides 'we could make more and know we would sell them but let's reduce units at launch'.
The more impressive thing is them being able to actually produce more units than the PS4 during a global pandemic and massive chip shortages.
Gonna be real interesting to see how production can be ramped up and when plus how long the hype will continue. At the moment it looks like it won't be stopping for a long while. The good thing for Sony too is that by the time lots of people will be vaccinated and wanting to travel etc (so have less money), they should still have some big first party games to show off (Horizon and maybe Factions) to keep the hype going.
Era is going to make me hate Rivet before I even play the game, isn't it?
They already have. Don't check the important post in the PS OT.
Pretty crazy to think it might be almost a year old, or who knows, maybe even longer before it is readily available.
Covid sure made people hungry for a new toy to play with.
Covid sure made people hungry for a new toy to play with.
And Insomniac has only released one reaction gif. Just hope they dont have as much marketing budget as Naughty Dog.
I'll make sure to avoid it 😂
True!
There has been no supply in the Netherlands for the whole month of april, it's ridiculous.
I get it though. The PS4 was hotshit, Playstation exclusives are awesome and the DualSense is cool.
I just wish I could get my hands on a PS5 without competing with bots and having to act in a nanosecond :(
I get it though. The PS4 was hotshit, Playstation exclusives are awesome and the DualSense is cool.
I just wish I could get my hands on a PS5 without competing with bots and having to act in a nanosecond :(
PS4 (previous record holder) was pretty widely available by this point so it had almost met the demand with 7.5 million shipments after two quarters (Europe had still some shortages). PS5 is still sold out everywhere despite shipping bit more. There is much more untapped sales with PS5 than there was with PS4.
I agree with you, but that wasn't the point I was making.
It was about people constantly saying "imagine how much they could have sold if they could have made more consoles" when at that point both the PS4 and ps5 were selling out every unit. That is a pointless discussion to have in my opinion.
It makes more sense to discuss about how long the continued high demand will keep going or to praise the production capabilities during a pandemic and chip shortages rather than wonder how many consoles a maker could have sold in the initial few months when it's mostly determined by production capabilities rather than total demand.
PS4 was not selling out every unit by this point though. Only in specific regions (Europe) and even there it was much easier to find PS4 than PS5 currently. In US and Japan it was already widely available.
If they could get Horizon 2 out this fall, and GOW/GT7 by late spring 2022, damn that will really keep momentum once they can actually make enough units to meet demand.
This. Demand seems to be up across the board because of the pandemic. Whatever voodoo they are doing to actually make adequate amount of consoles at this time is mind boggling. I am really curious to see what "would have been" if we didn't have supply shortages across the world.
Yeah I am confused as well because so far the pandemic has actually boosted the demand for home entertainment products and not decreased.
Thank God I got mine at launch.
I have a friend who bought one at the same time as me, at launch, received it and promptly sold it to someone else, for that price.
A few days later, he bought another one on Amazon. Lucky SOB (and I mean that for actually managing to buy another one, not for reselling at almost double the price).
Maybe not right at this point but it's a common comment I have seen here since the console first released. Not a big deal though mind just feels a bit silly.
That Is not what people are talking about when they talk about the pandemic. Its about the difficulty getting the system out there or how devs still having to adjust to it.
Shortage of parts the logistics of shipping worldwide during a pandemic is a recipe for disaster.