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It's great that both console launches have proven to be pretty successful, especially so during a pandemic. Glad the industry is mostly healthy.
Shouldn't really be a surprise, they did say it was their most successful launch ever.
The real kicker here is that neither Sony or Microsoft could produce enough but it seems Sony just had more availability.
Wonder if Microsoft cut European losses for now to focus on US?
Wonder if Microsoft cut European losses for now to focus on US?
You know, Sony can make 250,000 bricks, and people would buy them.
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Everything has lined up nicely for PS5. They've had a much larger launch supply than usual, millions desperately seeking home entertainment during lockdown measures, their strongest launch line-up I can remember (at least first-party wise), and hot off the heels of a strong generation with big new PS-exclusive IP established. All that added to some great marketing this year, with their perfectly executed showcases, and huge marketing launch spend (PS5 is everywhere in the UK).
But the best part is that none of this comes at the price of the competitors - Switch and Xbox also breaking records, PC gaming thriving with GPUs selling like hotcakes.
I've said it before, but this is such a wonderful time for the industry we love. Just a shame the console warriors have to try to ruin it.
Bill Gates: "Sony Could Make Bricks"
Just because Bill Gates gives money to charities like disease prevention, college scholarships and the Xbox 360, doesn't mean he's gone soft. Far from it. He's still out for blood. Just listen to what Gates tells C|Net about the current console war with Sony: I wouldn't change positions with...
n4g.com
Everything has lined up nicely for PS5. They've had a much larger launch supply than usual, millions desperately seeking home entertainment during lockdown measures, their strongest launch line-up I can remember (at least first-party wise), and hot off the heels of a strong generation with big new PS-exclusive IP established. All that added to some great marketing this year, with their perfectly executed showcases, and huge marketing launch spend (PS5 is everywhere in the UK).
But the best part is that none of this comes at the price of the competitors - Switch and Xbox also breaking records, PC gaming thriving with GPUs selling like hotcakes.
I've said it before, but this is such a wonderful time for the industry we love. Just a shame the console warriors have to try to ruin it.
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Microsoft waiting for their special RDNA2 tech put them at a disadvantage in production. It won't be a true 2:1 ratio though as Series S has a smaller die that needs to be accounted for.
Blimey...I wonder when PS5 will be readily available here in the UK.I wanted to get one around the end of February.
Wait.You know, Sony can make 250,000 bricks, and people would buy them.
Bill Gates: "Sony Could Make Bricks"
Just because Bill Gates gives money to charities like disease prevention, college scholarships and the Xbox 360, doesn't mean he's gone soft. Far from it. He's still out for blood. Just listen to what Gates tells C|Net about the current console war with Sony: I wouldn't change positions with...
Where can I buy these Sony bricks? Should I pre-order?
It's gonna shatter every record for a while at least...the thirst for it is unparalleled outside of like the Wii and PS2.
I am surprised at the PS5 thirst in the UK. Xbox is almost as popular here, but PS5 seems to be the main talking point.
I genuinely think they consider it a bad look to be boasting about numbers when so many people can't even buy one.
funny enough their retro psx still sits on the shelves for $10 or less. i laugh a little everytime i see one.
yeah no.
So we have a trend for Series consoles, seems like MS was conservative with their Worldwide stock and only shipped the same amount of stock based on what they sold with XB1 console launch. First Japan, then Spain and now UK, all have the releative same amount of stock. They must have supplied most of their stock to the US surely? Unless they had manufacturing issues and couldn't make many units for launch.
I'd assume the only market to get a proper allocation of S/X was the UK market.
I saw this earlier, with an estimate of 10 million PS5 APUs to be produced in Q4. This though will be for finished consoles shipped in Q1 I would have thought.
I'm going to say FIFA advertising and Miles Morales were big factors with price parity.
On here, we often forget that the public has different expectations from us.
I've also just seen more PS5 ads.
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I dunno, this Tweet screams "we don't want to make too big of a deal of it until we have more stock" to me:
PS5 could have launched without any games and yet hype would have been huge. It's thanks to their glorious PS4 gen.
yeah, why tweet numbers. it won't just magically get more stock. this tweet sounds better in the end.
It's weird because Sony has been telling us it wants to ship 10 million by March for months. Some people must have their heads in the sand.
MS have a good foothold in the UK, but this is still Sony's market to lose, the huge PS4 numbers here in blighty almost guaranteed the PS5 would continue their domination, and the numbers it seems do show that.
Why do people keep saying this lol? Video games are the largest entertainment industry and have been for years.
Yep, phenomenal PS4 gen that finished really strongly with the likes of TLOU2 /Ghost of Tsushima carrying that momentum through to PS5. Things like how unique the PS5 looks, huge positive word of mouth for the DualSense, SSD buzz is just icing on the cake.
