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The PS4 sold 20.6 million consoles in (slightly) less than 1 Year, best selling 12 month period
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PS4 destroying all challengers. Switch bringing Nintendo from the grave. XB1X with superior gaming power only a PC 2x the price can match.
Console gaming isn't dead yet, and I'm loving it. I hope publishers and devs can be healthy alongside Sony and everyone else's success...
Console gaming isn't dead yet, and I'm loving it. I hope publishers and devs can be healthy alongside Sony and everyone else's success...
Yeah........
I don't think PS4 is gonna hit that. Unless it has some super crazy tail.
I think Spidey is going to accrue some insane amount of money. Those Elsa and Spider-Man viewers are surely going to take an interest in this game.
I see what your saying, though I feel its more to do with maximizing profits for shareholders then investing money in the industry.
Europe > USA for Playstation for a while already, since PS3. Sony noted its rise and heavily invested in Europe during PS2.
Apart from Europe, Asian regions outside of Japan are doing OK and EMEA is also growing at a decent clip.
Pretty sure the Wii was doing well over 20m a year around 2007-9.
Think PS4 will be able to top it thanks to DD games later in the life cycle .
Since they should still be coming long after PS5 come out .
They aren't perfect but it doesn't matter when they're the console maker that consistently has the best library.
Haven't looked it up, but it was something crazy like that.
Most of the Wii's 100m or so sales came in about three and a half years!
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Yeah its crazy, and frankly I don't think its impossible that 2018 comes close to matching 2017 either. Its highly possible we see a permanent $199 SKU launch next year and its exclusive lineup looks very impressive. Couple that with big hitters like Red Dead Redemption 2 coming and yeah. Things are looking damn good.
I'd like to believe RDR2 will be big, but the YT views are quite low when compared to GTA V and their trailers. I think the game will do slightly better than RDR1 which sold 15 million as of 2017.
If japan buys home consoles these days, it would have been at 80M probably?
Can it slow down next year with western hitters like RDR2, Spider-man, God of War etc? especially with permanent $199?
Can it slow down next year with western hitters like RDR2, Spider-man, God of War etc? especially with permanent $199?
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Yeah I think a permanent $199 sku is really the vital question in regards to if the PS4 hits similar numbers in 2018 as it did in 2017. We saw how strong demand is for the PS4 still at that price point over Black Friday week. If Sony launch an official $199 price point in late summer / early fall I think its possible next year sees similar numbers to this year. That's the key though
Europe is Sony's strongest market and they have very good worldwide sales.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/349078/nintendo-wii-and-wii-u-console-sales/
Not sure how accurate this is, but it gives you an idea.
How much do you expect Spiderman to sell? I think 15 million is pretty respectable figure considering RDR2 will only be selling better.
Disagree - it will be the Slim that's getting the vast majority of sales. People buying this late in the generation are more bothered about price.
For this reason it's kinda hard to compare to PS3 and PS2 numbers because they never had a half-step console. They had revisions such as slim models but with the PS4 we have the slim and the Pro.
You can also say that there are many people who have traded their old PS4's in for a Pro as 4k TV's are beginning to become more widespread.
I'm curious to know why do you think that? I'm not sure how popular the Red Dead series is around the world, but I do know that currently other forms of entertainment centered on the American Wild West is fairly niche worldwide, while Spider-Man is really big. I mean he is bigger than any DC and other Marvel character globally.
I still don't get it, care to explain?
Edit: Ok, i understand now ;)
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I think it absolutely could sell 30 mil. Spiderman will be staying an exclusive so I can't see it selling as much as RDR 2 anyway.
It is interesting they ditched the 500GB SKU because that could have been the easy $199 with no game choice. 2019 is probably when we see the 1TB hit $199, after being $249 in 2018.
I think PS5 will be 2020 but if it launches in 2019 we could see something like
2018: 1TB $249 / Pro $349
2019: 1TB $199 / Pro $299 / PS5 $399
Sony did amazing with the PS4. It is my favourite console in a while.
Having said that, they REALLY lucked out with Nintendo and MS shitting the bed in a spectacular way.
That's not the point I am making. Of course the slim is the vast majority of sales. Let's say Sony sold 15 million last year. Instead of staying flat or selling like 14 million, it will sell something like 17 this year. I am attributing the extra 3 million to pro and saying that it is helping Sony show year over year growth instead of decline.
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For sure MS dropping the ball really helped PS4 momentum early on. There is no debate on that.
That said Sony have done a spectacular job of keeping that momentum, and not only keeping it but growing it. So while MS colossal fuck ups for sure played a role in this generation its really Sony's whole thought process and strategy around the PS4 all around all the way through today that is the real story
Yeah, I figured sales would have started declining this year but nope.
Might not even decline next year.
$199 with Spider-Man is going to be nuts. Especially with Infinity War coming out next summer.
No, he ain't. Especially if you're using the often misunderstood merchandise comparison to try and make this argument. Both Iron Man and Batman are bigger media properties than Spider-Man. And in the video game industry, the Rockstar name as well as Red Dead 2 being a sequel to a very successful PS3/360 entry make it a bigger name in this market. Spider-Man will be fortunate to hit 5 million sold. RDR2 will double that with ease.
Is Spiderman going to sell that much?
I know it's likely to be a step up from other Spiderman games in terms of quality, but they've not been huge sellers based on the popularity of the character/films have they?
I know it's likely to be a step up from other Spiderman games in terms of quality, but they've not been huge sellers based on the popularity of the character/films have they?
Microsoft completely fucked up this gen. Xbox One could have been a much bigger success for them but nope. Now I'm not even sure they try to rectify their worldwide presence next gen and instead just try and hold onto the America's and UK.
