Real talk, exclusives matter. As someone who owns both a Pro and an S the contrast this year is incredible.
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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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Completely agreed with this. The worldwide brand recognition helps a lot as well, and that recognition is due to all the work they put in to building that reputation.
Very unlikely. It's just now reaching the halfway point to ps2's sales, that's how dominant ps2 was.
That doesn't mean ps4 won't be a legendary console by the time it's over. It should easily eclipse 100 million.
This is great news. This combined with the Switch's breakout success shows that the video game industry is in a very good place right now.
It hasn't even hit $199.99 yet...my God. I guess this gen could last as long, if not longer, than last gen. No real rush to move on to the next generation of consoles if the PS4 continues to sell at the rate that it currently is and with the mid generation upgrades only having recently come out. Even better that everyone else has found their footing
Yep that would be they 2nd or 3rd best selling game if they get those numbers
Crazy. Well deserved. I will probably always have a sony system. For my tastes, it is essential.
Key word being exclusiveS.
One great exclusive won't shift the meter.
5+ good exclusives not only give you the edge but let you keep the momentum.
I would've hoped MS learned this lesson but given that they made the Xbox One X instead of investing in more studios, probably not.
Make a good console. Put good games on it you can't play elsewhere. Sell lots of said console. It worked in 1985, it works in 2017. Congrats to Sony on the success.
NPD 2004 Top 10
1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) - 5.1 million
2. Halo 2 (Xbox) - 4.2 million
3. Madden NFL 2005 (PS2) - 3.2 million
4. ESPN NFL 2K5 (PS2) - 1.5 million
5. Need for Speed Underground 2 (PS2) - 1.4 million
6. Pokémon FireRed (with adapter) (GBA) - 1.2 million
7. NBA Live 2005 (PS2) - 1.2 million
8. Spider-Man 2 (PS2) - 1.1 million
9. Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) - 1.1 million
10. ESPN NFL 2K5 (Xbox)- 1.0 million
Nothing could touch GTA back then.
Or now.
I don't think anyone is. I honestly kind of feel that people might be overselling it. It'll do crazy numbers for sure but I don't know if it'll do insanely well, like 15+ million or so. It's possible because it looks really good but I'm less confident in a number like that
No way. 2018 might be PS4's strongest year with the first party games like GoW and Spider-Man and 3rd party marketing deals Ike RDR2.
It's not as if they couldn't do both. They just either don't see the value in it, previous endeavors didn't work out, or they might feel it's too much of a risk. It's something they have to work on if they wanna be competitive next gen for sure though
I think the most impressive thing is how it's actually picked up pace this year. I personally had expected it to start showing small signs of slowing down this year, but it's gone the other way.
Just shows what I know.
Just shows what I know.
Yeah, Sony had a killer 2017, but 2018 is looking even better. A lot of their holiday exclusives were 40 dollar titles, which was a cool strategy. There will be a lot more 60 dollar titles next year, probably another 50-100 percent more install base for PSVR, and some ridiculous third party titles, if not exclusives.
Who is expecting 15+M for it? most people seem to expect 10M at best.
The exclusives are just too strong, and it just keeps getting hard hitters announced left and right.
This console is a goddamn beast. Buying one even today, you have a huge lineup of great titles to pick up, with another horde of them coming next year.
Not necessarily in this thread but I remember a few folk back on the old site who were expecting numbers like that. 10 million is definitely a rather safe prediction and about what I was thinking
Yes it would be a huge success. I am surprised at people saying around 15 million which would mean it has to be this huge breakout hit like pubg where everyone is talking about it. We shall see. It would be great if it happens.
Sony better put their ENTIRE marketing department behind Spiderman.
Like, get the marketers grandmas in there and shit.
Like, get the marketers grandmas in there and shit.
Great marketing + 90 meta score = huge sales.
I want this to be the Arkham City of this gen so badly.
While it was an anomaly - NFS:U2 came pretty damn close that year (it was a slower seller up-front, but ended around 12M in the end).
world wide sales man, in the quite months sony has been averaging like 1m consoles sold a month since it launched and its like still hasnt stopped. they have been nurturing a lot of markets (middle east, europe, etc) not just were they are stronger since last gen and it keeps paying off even more so with the ps4 when they are on top of their game
Sony is killing it, this year has been amazing for first party and 3rd party exclusives after last gen i was worried about Japanese support but with games like Nier,Persona and Monster hunter world coming soon I am happy that things improved.
I'm also glad we don't have to go through the whole consoles are dying arguments again here's hoping we have a smooth transition into the PS5 this time around.
I'm also glad we don't have to go through the whole consoles are dying arguments again here's hoping we have a smooth transition into the PS5 this time around.
Yep. What Rocksteady did for Batman, Insomniac will do for Spidey. Going to be huuuuuuuge.
Usually? I know it's been awhile since PS1 and PS2 but this is usually the point in the gen where Sony kicks sales into over drive
That decline in sales never happened except for last gen. Console prices and game design stagnated as the PS3 and 360 gen went on waaay too long. Consoles are still dropping in price and because of the incredibly slow start to this gen AAA games are just now hitting their stride so game design hasn't stagnated. The PS2 slim significantly outsold the PS3 for years. The sales drop doesn't happen until the next gen console is already well established for most console generations. The PS4 slim revision that hits the magical $99 in two years is going to sell like gang busters.
Someone pointed out that last year they shipped around 7% more, so that would be closer to 75-76 if the same % is applied
I bought my pro off Craigslist so I'm sure not every sale will be accounted for.
We're also getting to that time in a console's life-cycle where the older/budget/casual return gamers tend to arrive, as the console price-point, cheap/wishlisted library is abundant. Happened around four years into xbox/ps2 360/ps3 life-cycle, too. Anecdotally, I had a bunch of facebook friend non-gamers show up on PSN asking to be friends right after Thanksgiving.
I think 10+ million alone would put it's sales around Arkham City, no?
This is also true, and interesting to note as well
Usually Nintendo is the one to swoop in to catch these guys in a feeding frenzy alone....but both the Base PS4 and the Switch are sitting at $299.
by the time it hits another price drop and all these previous blockbusters are sitting around $29-39.99 it's gonna reach "well why not" status and get another leap in sales
Could 2017 be the peak? It would be absolutely nuts if 2018 was the peak. 3 years of sales around the 20 million mark per year is unheard of for consoles.
I don't have any source, but I was always under the impression that Rocksteady batman games were 10M sellers.