Its funny to think back on the "No body wants consoles anymore" articles and thread topics that were all over 2011/2012.
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PS4 sell through at 91.6 million as of Dec 31st 2018. Spider-Man sell through over 9 million. (Sony PR)
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Finish the game.The GOAT console and the GOAT game putting in work I see...
Congrats to Sony for the success of the PS4, my favorite console ever! The future of PlayStation has never been brighter
Also congrats to SIE, Insomniac, and Marvel Games, Spidey is my favorite game of all time, and the future of comic book video games has never been brighter as well :)
Sony required people to buy 1 game or 1 PS+ card to get profit. With an unit alone, the PS4 was sold at loss:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...-recoup-playstation-4-hardware-loss-at-launch
That it sold a damn lot And that Sony really doesn't rely on a single market
The GOAT console and the GOAT game putting in work I see...
Congrats to Sony for the success of the PS4, my favorite console ever! The future of PlayStation has never been brighter
Also congrats to SIE, Insomniac, and Marvel Games, Spidey is my favorite game of all time, and the future of comic book video games has never been brighter as well :)
Speaking of PR...
Finish the game.The GOAT console and the GOAT game putting in work I see...
Congrats to Sony for the success of the PS4, my favorite console ever! The future of PlayStation has never been brighter
Also congrats to SIE, Insomniac, and Marvel Games, Spidey is my favorite game of all time, and the future of comic book video games has never been brighter as well :)
Huh baby. Quoting this so I can read through that delicious thread tomorrow morning with a nice cup of tea.
Congrats to Sony and Insomniac btw! Those are amazing numbers.
With psn raking money I'm sure it passed ps2 in revenue a while ago
Well i was careful saying i would be fine with PS5 in 2020/21 because Console gamers have told me they want 4K/60fps & better VR/Graphics etc ASAP, with Pro & XBX's popularity i think this shows, though i agree the norm are fine with a Vanilla PS4 & an old 1080p TV.
God damn at those Spidey numbers.
A sequel is all but guaranteed.
I thought they were either breaking even or taking a small loss on the PS4 in its first few months? Maybe I'm mis-remembering.
A sequel is all but guaranteed.
I thought they were either breaking even or taking a small loss on the PS4 in its first few months? Maybe I'm mis-remembering.
Well, whatever they call it, I'm waiting until 2019 BF lol. I'm broke as fuck right now.
Finish the gameThe GOAT console and the GOAT game putting in work I see...
Congrats to Sony for the success of the PS4, my favorite console ever! The future of PlayStation has never been brighter
Also congrats to SIE, Insomniac, and Marvel Games, Spidey is my favorite game of all time, and the future of comic book video games has never been brighter as well :)
Spider-Man must have passed the 10 by now, for GoW sales numbers we probably have to wait till the 1 year anniversary like Horizon.
It's gonna happen by March but they probably will wait until the end of the month.
I voted 15-20m at the time
Feeling pretty good about it hitting that after seeing these numbers
Edit: Thats what I expected its LTD to be not just its first few months
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Thank you. Its really impressive how much PS4 is still selling without a prize cut.
Remember at the end of last gen when "analysts" thought home consoles were coming to an end and had doubts it was a viable venture? When Pachter said the graphical upgrade would be negligeable and that gamers would find very little reason to upgrade. That mobile was the only viable way forward.
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Right, but I wonder what the usual US-to-worldwide split is. Is it 1:1? So 1.3 million US and maybe another 1.3 million for EU/Asia in November, totaling 2.6 million? Or maybe 1:2, so 1.3 US to 2.6 EU/Asia, totaling 3.9 worldwide in November?
Even more impressive that it achieved 9 million in just two months. I wonder how much Spider-Man is up to now. Has to be well over 10 million.
Here are some numbers for comparison-
Holiday 2013: 4.2m
Holiday 2014: 4.1m
Holiday 2015: 5.7m
Holiday 2016: 6.2m
Holiday 2017: 5.9m
Holiday 2018: 5.6m
Sony actually released holiday sell through figures a few other times as well.
PS3 Holiday 2011: 3.9m
PS3 Holiday 2009 - 3.8m
PS2 Holiday 2003 - 7.83m*
PS2 Holiday 2002 - 8.5m*
PS2 Holiday 2001 -5.0m
*Includes the full months of November and December
Both Horizon and Spiderman did really well. I guess we can expect more open world games form Sony first party studios!
Hardcore gamers want these things, but the hardcore are a VERY small portion of who buys these things. By and large, the people who want 4K/60fps are not the people who are going to be buying the systems that take sony from 90m+ to 120m or so.
Ridiculous numbers.
To have sold units at such an alarming rate that you get close to Wii and surpass PS2 sold-through rate on a yearly basis and all the way to your 5th year on the market without slowing down.
Unprecedented performance from PS4 this gen.
It also was an era full of revelations for Sony as the Playstation division was able to highlight crystal clear the parts that Sony needed to focus so that they profit from it more directly and we in turn, get a Playstation-focused Sony that puts the PlayStation division at the helm of the company going forward, as it has become their most profiting venue.
Congratulations to the immense success, Sony. Ya'll fought hard to steer this ship on a positive direction.
We gon' eat next gen, boiis.
To have sold units at such an alarming rate that you get close to Wii and surpass PS2 sold-through rate on a yearly basis and all the way to your 5th year on the market without slowing down.
Unprecedented performance from PS4 this gen.
It also was an era full of revelations for Sony as the Playstation division was able to highlight crystal clear the parts that Sony needed to focus so that they profit from it more directly and we in turn, get a Playstation-focused Sony that puts the PlayStation division at the helm of the company going forward, as it has become their most profiting venue.
Congratulations to the immense success, Sony. Ya'll fought hard to steer this ship on a positive direction.
We gon' eat next gen, boiis.
Considering that Japan is no longer a huge console market like it used to be and PS4 has much better competition.
Sales were at 73.6 million as of 31st December 2018. Sony sold through 18 million PS4 consoles this year. And with holiday sales of more than 5.6 million sales, they've had a more successful holiday season than last year where they said they sold more than 5 million. Also, with a figure like that, their shipment for the third quarter will probably be around 9 million again. Basically, I'd say it's likely PS4 is the best selling console of 2018.
Days Gone, Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding are coming soon ;)
Context i think, 360/PS3 were ageing very very badly in those days, the best Console exclusive Dark Souls (imo) was terrible on it's platforms, long loading times, sub-HD with no AA/AF, 15-20fps half the time, PS4 & Xbone should have been out by 2011. This is also why Sony released the Pro, they don't want that PC vs Console gap to appear again.
Are you sure? You were arguing that it wouldn't do 10 million lifetime let alone in 2 months.
but meme or not they paint the situation like that was a common thought in this forum when it was really not even close to that. If at least 20-30% of people where saying it or a famous analyst said that i would understand, but it was literally a couple of randoms amongst hundreds of people who believed otherwise
oh yes, I totally forgot about those XD
Looking forward to all of those for sure
I think it´ll be closer to May or June. But they definitely should celebrate the 100 million achievement when its shipped as opposed to waiting for that sell through number