It's actually my least favourite of the four PlayStations... but props to Sony. Phenomenal achievement. The amount of money they make via PSN is insane too.
The PS2 and Wii didn't have essentially next gen systems under the same name release half way through their lifespan. The PS4 has been and incredible system but its very tough to compare sale charts to previous consoles.
To me PS3 was better but it could be because i dont have the time to play as many games as i used to, Idk but i put thousands of hours into Warhawk, Motorstorm trilogy specially Pacifit Rift, Resistance trilogy, the superb Killzone 2 multiplayer mode, Fat Princess, ModNation Racers, LBP and of course the single player games Like God of War, Uncharted series, inFAMOUS series, Ratchet and Clank games, A Crack in Time still remains in my top 10 favorite games of all time! , MGS4 and so on... Ps4 i enjoyed way less games but i havent really had the time to play as many though. Horizon amazing, The Last Guardian amazing, Uncharted 4 amazing, God of War EPIC!, DriveClub really good and i still play Killzone Shadow Fall multiplayer whenever i feel like playing for a bit.I struggle to think of an exclusive line up more impactful to me as of late.
PS3 rivals it for me.
What a fucking console.
Sony did was MS should have... made a successor to the 360 and... added killer exclusives.
Crazy to think because the ps2 and wii felt much more ubiquitous Imo.
Except the speed at which they sold was a good indication of high demand, which wasn't the case with the XB1. There were some Day One XB1 units that were sitting on store shelves for a month or two after launch.I don't think there's anything wrong with that title. It's very difficult to project success (and it's magnitude) accurately so far into the future based on just day 1 sales. X1 also had a big launch.
It only did the 199 price point for Black Friday week for the last two holidays and sold through the limited shipments before the week was even over. It has been 249 a few times through the year but never consistent.??? It's 25% cheaper than it was at launch (with double the storage), and it goes on sale for 199-249 USD regularly.
I'm talking about determining the magnitude of long term of success after 24 hours. Not a month or two later. I definitely wouldn't have bet money on PS4 being the fastest console to reach 100m units sold 24 hours after its launch or even it being the market leader consistently for 6 years.Except the speed at which they sold was a good indication of high demand, which wasn't the case with the XB1. There were some Day One XB1 units that were sitting on store shelves for a month or two after launch.
Anyway, a very cool achievement. 2013 was such a wacky time. Wii U flopping, Microsoft shitting the bed, so many people declaring consoles dead (including some Nintendo fanboys who were desperately making excuses for the Wii U flopping) and then there was the PS4, which got everything right.
It was the biggest console launch in history. No-one would've predicted it'd be the fastest console to reach 100m but long term success? That was pretty obvious on day one.I'm talking about determining the magnitude of long term of success after 24 hours. Not a month or two later. I definitely wouldn't have bet money on PS4 being the fastest console to reach 100m units sold 24 hours after its launch or even it being the market leader consistently for 6 years.
Same could be said about Slim models too. Lots of people who had a fat PS2 got a slim.First of all BACK OFF Jim Ryan!
I wasn't downplaying other than stating a fact that I'm sure the majority of people on this board who have a Pro (which I am one), probably had a standard ps4 before them. Its just a point that needs to kept in mind when discussing this.
Same could be said about Slim models too. Lots of people who had a fat PS2 got a slim.
That's hugely impressive given the "consoles are doomed" brigade just before this gen began.
That said, Nintendo and Microsoft made this task much easier for them between Wii U and XBO. Sony basically had no real direct competition for most of this generation.
Maybe I'm just more risk averse with my money and predictions than most. To use the X1 launch as an example again, I think it had a better launch than the 360 but its market performance has been much weaker. It would have been incorrect to predict that X1 would outsell the 360 based on that.It was the biggest console launch in history. No-one would've predicted it'd be the fastest console to reach 100m but long term success? That was pretty obvious on day one.
It won't. I expect the PS4 sales to drop off a cliff after the PS5 comes out unless Sony can do the unthinkable and release a sub $100 PS4. The PS2 sold an insane amount over its lifetime thanks in part to it being exceptionally cheap later in its lifespan. I don't think we'll ever see a PS4 that cheap.
To be fair Sony has always had it relatively easy with the sole exception of last generation which saw more consoles sold than any other thanks to all three home consoles seeing success (and that doesn't even factor in PSP/DS sales on top).As opposites to the PS2, which to compete versus those behemoths of selling machines - the original Xbox and the GameCube...
The fact that the xbone is just under half that number and the switch an amazing seller as well makes this even more impressive. The PS2 had it easy In Comparison.
Sure it's different but it still contributed to a lot of people buying more than one console. Which really doesn't matter much because usually when people get a newer version they sell the old one or it goes to a family member in their house so it still ends up in a new client's possession.That is fundamentally different as the innards were the same. The Pro is a different machine.
I've yet to own a Sony console, but congratulations to 'em for their success.
Yeah but the ps4 never really had the supply issues that the wii and PS2 had. You couldn't find either of those consoles readily avaliable the first two years of their lives!Crazy to think because the ps2 and wii felt much more ubiquitous Imo.
To be fair, often times American gaming journalists in general seem completely disconnected from reality when it comes to writing articles about the PS. You're already seeing it happening with the PS5.
To each their own and everything but I can't imagine playing games and never having owned a Sony console, unless you are strictly PC obviously.
The Wii was that for the Game Cube though.The PS2 and Wii didn't have essentially next gen systems under the same name release half way through their lifespan. The PS4 has been and incredible system but its very tough to compare sale charts to previous consoles.
That's hugely impressive given the "consoles are doomed" brigade just before this gen began.
That said, Nintendo and Microsoft made this task much easier for them between Wii U and XBO. Sony basically had no real direct competition for most of this generation.
It was the biggest console launch in history. No-one would've predicted it'd be the fastest console to reach 100m but long term success? That was pretty obvious on day one.