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.
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PlayStation 4 becomes the fastest home console to reach 100 million unit sell in
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Nah thats damage controlling.
Those systems that came out mid gen, came out at a higher price than what the original was selling for at the time. Plus the mid gen refresh was for a niche market in 4k. thats not going to sway numbers like that, considering 95% of the systems being sold are the regular PS4. no way you can damage control 100 million being sold
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.
Agreed, but I am guessing an increased global population plus further expansion into emerging markets helped the PS4 overtake the other 2.
This includes pro sales?
I don't know that I have strong feelings about the PS4 but it's certainly better for the time than the PS2 was for its time.
I don't know that I have strong feelings about the PS4 but it's certainly better for the time than the PS2 was for its time.
I think most of them are from Europe and MediaMarkt in particular, Germany, France etc.
Made a thread on GAF back in the day with lots of GIFs.
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I hope Sony continues to lead the pack. Outside of rockstar they are the only company left willing to offer high production value single player games with an actual narrative. These games also only ship when they are actually finished. Hopefully this doesnt change for ps5
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 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.
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.
X1 had a smaller launch day than the PS4 but it wasn't terrible or indicative of the extent of the poor performance (in terms of units sold) they've had this gen.
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 really hope both PS, XBox and Nintendo are firing on all cylinders next gen. the fact that 2/3 have been doing so well this gen has been fab.
Same could be said about Slim models too. Lots of people who had a fat PS2 got a slim.
That is fundamentally different as the innards were the same. The Pro is a different machine.
Thia is amazing news but let's not forget that recent article.
The current Sony strategy won't work for next generation.
Lolz
The current Sony strategy won't work for next generation.
Lolz
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.
The PS4 always felt like a statement of dedication to gaming fans during a time when everyone else seemed to be prioritising the wider market. Wonderful news that it's been such a success and I feel far more confident in the future of the type of single player games I enjoy because of it.
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 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.
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It's amazing how people get so emotionally invested in these figures. I thought we had left that behind on gaf. Just trying to have an honest discussion and not go gaga over headline figures.
You know you don't get paid by Sony for defending them?
You know you don't get paid by Sony for defending them?
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).
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.
Yea I know, but try telling that to your average xbox fan in the US that doesn't read up on it. They'll think xbox 360 slaughtered PS3.
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.
Funny gif but to be honest, the guys running into stores to get a day1 console are very likely hardcore enough to spend money on a second console or a PC (where you can buy MS games)
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!
I used to think it was because Sony was a "Japanese Company", while Microsoft was very accessible to Bay Area writers. But the Playstation division of Sony became much more Americanized during the PS3 era. Lots of gaming writers got jobs at Sony and so on. Yet the weird disconnect remains.
Skipped the Playstation for a Nintendo 64, Skipped the Playstation 2 for a Dreamcast and later a GBA, and when I ran out of games to play I moved to PC until the Wii released, and then it's more or less been Nintendo consoles since.
But this isn't the thread for my personal console history. :P
this can be said about every successful console though. Sony has sold nearly 450 million home consoles since they entered the market. You don't have three 100 plus million consoles just entirely relying on competitors incompetence.
Tbh it was pretty obvious sony would dominate the gen after that awful xbox one unveiling
