Sony pre-sold as many PS5s in the first 12 hours of availability as it did in the first 12 weeks of pre-orders for the PS4 (US)

[Sekiro]

From ZhugeEx

 

[Lashley]

Wow, thats insane

 

[KOfLegend]

The thirst is REAL.

 

[Winnie]

 

[Thiago]

Holy shit. The hype for this console is insane.

 

[Acquiescence]

This is what happens when you take the PS4 and give it actual good launch day exclusives.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Holy shit!

 

[Jeronimo]

The thirst is real.

 

[Uzupedro]

What

 

[crimilde]

That's crazy.

 

[Chaystic]

Holy shit.

 

[brykuhn91]

That is impressive!

 

[Kenzodielocke]

The title is wrong or rather deceiving.

 

[Bundy]

King keeps winning!

 

[Leonine]

Yea, I wouldn't be surprised if the PS5 gets close to PS2 numbers when it's all said and done.

 

[SJRB]

It may be that not everybody who wants to buy a PS5 on launch day will be able to find one," Ryan says

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Yea no kidding bro, where's that second wave of pre-orders you promised, I've been waiting for a month now!

 

[Rodrigues solitaire]

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When did PS4 pre-orders open?

 

[zombiejames]

Holy shit.

 

[Megabreath]

They must be able to produce these things fast

 

[Astrates]

Damn, those are some crazy numbers!

 

[Iwao]

What a hyped beast.

 

[Darryl M R]

Ugh I'm still hoping to switch out my disc version to the digital one.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

 

[MinerArcaniner]

Jesus Christ...

Puts things in perspective, doesn't it?

 

[Chaystic]

They must be able to produce these things fast

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And it's still not enough.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

Wow, although I'm not surprised now that I think about it. PS4 sold gangbusters and has a massive install base, a lot of people are going to want to move forward and stay on the same ecosystem.

 

[ClickyCal']

The thirst for that giant router is real.

 

[Uzuzu]

doesn't this just mean theres more ps5 stock? or did the ps4 not sell out preorders right away, i assume they both sold out in like 12 hours

 

[Orion117]

When did PS4 pre-orders open?

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E3 i believe

 

[Sekiro]

The title is wrong or rather deceiving.

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Apologies but how so?

 

[Sems4arsenal]

Covid, Spiderman and fresh off a dominant gen.

 

[Lifejumper]

Bruh sony let me pre order one plsssssss

 

[TheGhost]

They are not going to be able to satisfy demand come the holidays is what I'm interperating. That's dissapointing

 

[N.47H.4N]

The luckiest video game company.
Sony needs to manufactory as much as they can, I want to see how much they can sell.

 

[DC5remy]

Ps5 is beast...

 

[henhowc]

Dream not dead? ;)

Rakuten analyst ups his prediction, "PS5 will sell 200M-300M units in 5-6 years, data suggests 700M units long term is possible"

Credit to Takashi Mochizuki for finding these articles. So back in September there was this article: https://media.rakuten-sec.net/articles/amp/28834?page=2 Where an analyst predicted that PS5 would sell 200M units lifetime citing things such as PS5 being the replacement of PCs for eSports...

www.resetera.com

 

[TitlePending]

Phew, that correction makes WAY more sense.

 

[Mister_X]

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Ah okay that makes more sense. I was bout to say holy fuck if they were able to produce that many consoles for launch.

 

[Prime2]

They opened pre orders in June for the PS4, the PS5 didnt open until September.

 

[Radec]

They pre-sold that much while barely showing PS5 details and in "dripping" instances?

 

[Phawx]

2.1 million PS4 sold in 4 weeks. Looking up to see if anything for 12 weeks

 

[Mivey]

The thirst for that giant router is real.

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Do we know the number of confused grandparents who bought it on Amazon thinking it's a new router to improve their wifi connection?

 

[CrazyNomad]

zughex corrected itself.

the 12 hours of ps5 preorders are being compared to 12 weeks of ps4 preorders.

 

[SteveO1683]

When did PS4 pre-orders open?

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My Amazon purchase history shows that I ordered it June 13 2013.

 

[EssBeeVee]

thank u scalpers

 

[Surakian]

They really need to do a second round of preorders to capitalize on the hype. It's clearly going very well for them.

Also I think more pre-orders will eliminate some of the mad dashes to retailers in the middle of a pandemic.

 

[black070]

I definitely didn't have any trouble preordering a PS4 a couple weeks prior to release.

 

[Deleted member 864]

The hype for this console is real.

 

[Kimaris]

Hmm. I'm still very concerned.. It's just something about their messaging...

 

[Powerofthecloud]

What does that mean? Really though? How many ps4s launched in the US and how much ready supply was there the first twelve weeks of preorders? Would be good if they just use actual numbers rather than saying stupid shit like this.