The PS4 console sales have been going solid in the past, and it looks like the momentum is continuing for the first quarter of Sony's fiscal year 2017.
While there was a bit of a dip,
PS4 console sales remained high, moving another 45,000 units.
multiplats are just doing a better job pushing out ps4's, watchdogs, madden, fifa, all pushed
ps4 consoles sales.
Not exact matches
Sony's PlayStation 4 is in a strong position: Over 70 million
consoles have been sold, putting Sony in first place by a long shot, and a relatively new
PS4 console is on
sale for the other 6.93 billion people who don't own one yet.
That brings up an interesting chicken - or - the - egg question: are publishers waiting until there are more Xbox One and
PS4 consoles in the wild to maximize their
sales, and if so, why would anyone buy the machines if there aren't many games to play on them?
«Games business was revised up because
PS4 sales are still strong and Xbox One X, with its high price, is seen less of a threat,» Dai said, referring to Microsoft Corp.'s recently unveiled new
console.
I honestly bought a
PS4 because it was on
sale for $ 200 on Amazon and there were games on it I wanted to play, and then right after I noticed most the games I wanted to play had come out on other
consoles I had.
For Diablo, the
sales on each individual
console were much less than the PC release, but all - together, the
sales between the four
consoles (PS3, Xbox 360,
PS4, Xbox One) did end up being roughly the same as the PC numbers.
The most important news was an update on
PS4 hardware
sales: there are now 60 million
PS4 consoles in the wild, and software
sales are eight times that.
IHS is also optimistic about the
PS4's overall profitability saying that «lower research and development costs for PlayStation 4 hardware, additional revenue streams from online service subscriptions and a more aggressive transition to higher margin digital content
sales are combining to strengthen Sony's games business outlook even in the face of increased competition from cheap Android
consoles and alternative devices eating into consumers» gaming time, including smartphones and tablets.»
Having a near 4000
sales gap between Wii U and
PS4 shows which
console is winning in Japan and that gap is going to get larger with the release of Hyrule Warriors in 2 weeks and Bayonetta 2, Smash Bros 4 ect in the next few months.
Its the same problem with 3DS, which had no games at the start = > no games = > no
sales = > but also = > no developer starting making gamse when the
console / device sells as bad as
PS4 does.
PS4 and Xbox One are great and powerful
consoles but that is not reason to talk crap on the Switch, especially since the Switch is outpacing both
consoles in
sales because it does what those other two can't.
people have said N are waiting until 720 &
PS4 to go all out with advertising, now this is well and good but it would better if they got as many people into Wii U now as later on many people will go for the Xbox / PS whereas if WIi U gets
sales now, then they won't have need of another
console for a while — Come on Nintendo, this is suicide, hurry up with an ad and make it a good one.
With the home
console market being revitalized,
PS4, Nintendo Switch, and digital
sales are expected to grow, while an expansion for mobile games is also predicted, especially in China.
I don't want to be negative but I can't see things getting much better for Wii U on the 3rd party front as devs will try to push the other
consoles and leave out Wii U. Unless Wii U
sales improve /
PS4 & XBone's flop.
While the
PS4 is currently the front - runner regarding home
console sales, that doesn't mean Sony hasn't had a couple of bad games released on their eighth generation system.
Here is a fun fact: Did you know that the total 3DS LL this week
sales alone are about 10 thousands MORE than the
PS4, PS3, Wii U, Vita TV and 360 combined??? It's just show how much the
console industry in Japan is shrinking right now and how much they're plagued with smartphone devices and / or handheld.....
While 2015 was a very successful year, the
sales numbers of the eighth generation
consoles (Xbox One and
PS4) dropped in January 2016 by 8 % compared to January 2015.
They need to realize that they can drive the
ps4 console and yet also have even more game
sales on the pc via stream.
After the Wii U's tepid
sales, you might be forgiven for thinking that Nintendo would back away from its quirkier tendencies, and come up with a
console that competes more directly with Microsoft and Sony: a more conventional, powerful system capable of taking on the
PS4 and Xbox One on an equal footing.
The reason why it looks worse than other
consoles is that almost every other system came out during the holiday season, so the
PS4 or XBoxOne's second month
sales just were going to be better than a system's that came out in the Spring.
The latter option of supporting that weaker hardware will probably never happen for the same reason they canceled support for that hardware in the first place; Sony doesn't want the service to eat into their
PS4 (or PS5)
console sales.
«He added that, when you compare Xbox One and
PS4 sales to Xbox 360 and PS3
sales over the same period of time, the new
consoles are selling 50 - 70 percent better.»
@NewMonday Regurgitate NeoGaf rhetoric all you want but the fact is, Halo 5 allowed the Xbox One to beat the
PS4 despite the latter
console's price cut which many proclaimed would cause Sony to dominate in
sales.
Or maybe Square wanting to keep up a strong relationship with Sony by having that version exclusive to them for a while since having both the handheld and
console versions on Nintendo systems release at the same time may put a dent in the
PS4 version's
sales (and system itself).
And saying capcom isn't running themselves into the ground is like saying you don't need oxygen... a straight lie Capcom continues to release monster hunter on nintendo
consoles despite lackluster
sales in comparison to the psp versions, or making a
ps4 / xbone version instead releasing it on wii u, where it just isn't the same.
If people play down the difference and
PS4 lose this gen, what do you think will happen next gen. Companies will be less likely to produce a more powerful
console as there is no benefits to its
sales.
Revenue increased due to higher
PS4 software
sales, including digital ones, added to contribution from PlayStation VR (which had sold 1 million units by the beginning of June), partly offset by the semi-recent price cut for the
console.
As a result, the NX's RRP might look value by comparison plus, just like the
PS4, the NX can get healthy
sales from gamers who never owned their previous
console (for downloadable WiiU titles).
- Nintendo is selling three physical Switch games for every
console sold in the UK and Spain - this matches the performance of Wii - Nintendo says the Switch's global tie - ratio is 3.6 - 78 % of Nintendo Switch games are sold in boxes, by comparison only 47 % of
PS4 games are sold physically - the only blips in Switch
sales have occurred during moments of stock shortages - there was a significant spike in hardware
sales around the launch of Super Mario Odyssey - across Spain and the UK, 469,000 Switch
consoles have been sold for the first 36 weeks of its life - this is about 49 % of what the Wii managed to do over the same period (which launched over Christmas)- this is 300 % of what the Wii U managed to achieve - Switch may grow significantly again if Nintendo continues its trend of updating the hardware with new iterations - there is currently enough stock to satisfy demand at the moment - if demand increases for the holiday season, GAME says «we don't have a warehouse full of stock ready to go.»
It's way more fun to play with friends PC = Good (graphics, multi-functional, steam
sales, upgradability, backwards compatabilty techically, indies although a lot are going to the
PS4 and One aswell as of late)
PS4 = GOOD (games, community in terms of your friends, 1 st party and
console exclusives) Depends what you want Grpahics or games or practicality.
If we see the Xbox One achieve the same market share as the 360 in North America, then it is possible to have global
sales very close to the
PS4 since Japan pretty much gave up
console gaming.
According to GamesIndustry.biz the first week of X Box One X
sales in UK alone hits 80,000
consoles sold matching Switch launch and besting
PS4 Pro.
Sucker Punch's newly released
PS4 exclusive Infamous Second Son has caused
sales of the
console to leap by a staggering 106 per cent.
Actually xerblade it's not bulls *** at all, dark souls 3 on
ps4 new at gamestop is around $ 30 but $ 60 on psn, digital
sales stay expensive on
console because sony, mircosoft, Nintendo etc, need those physical retailers to sell their hardware, vr,
consoles etc, and those retailers make very little profit from that, they mainly get their money from game sells, so they can't give huge discounts like steam because they can't burn their relationship with retailers, steam doesn't have that issue because they don't sell at retailers so the middle man is cut out and steam can sell at what price they wish, if Sony made the prices cheaper no one would ever buy physical then retailers wouldn't carry their product because they would make no profit
In the coming months we will see how the Japanese market being introduced to the
PS4 will affect the game, as well as seeing whether or not either of Microsoft or Sony's big AAA game releases will affect the
sales of their systems, as most criticism leveled at the new generation of
consoles tends to be towards both the systems lack of content not just exclusive content.
PlayStation VR's
sales figures might not be huge relative to
PS4, but it's an expensive device — often even more expensive than the
console that powers it — and it adds up to something considerable.
But it wasn't all doom and gloom in June, as NPD Analyst Liam Callahan told GamesIndustry.biz: «After 32 months since the launches of the
PS4 and Xbox One, the combined cumulative hardware
sales for these two
consoles exceed the
sales of [the PS3 and Xbox 360] by 40 % at the same point in their lifecycles.»
The
PS4 is very important to Sony right now — the impressive
sales of the
console and its software are offsetting the losses elsewhere in the company (I'm looking at you Sony Pictures).
The 2.8 million units is still below the current
sales rates for
PS4 (4.2 million sold) and Xbox One (3.1 million), with both of those
consoles going on
sale in November.
PlayStation 4 today has its position confirmed as the UK's next - generation
console of choice, with independent
sales data revealing over one million
PS4 consoles have been purchased by UK consumers since it launched last November.
What is most bizarre is that, 4 years after its launch, when
console sales usually plateau and begin to see a decline, the
PS4 had the best black Friday
sale in the company's history.
Sony's
PS4 was the best - selling
console of the year, but the Switch and Xbox One have also benefited from brisk
sales:
The
PS4 is the clear winner, with a substantial lead of 63 %
sales on Sony's
console, compared to 31 % on Xbox One and only 6 % on PC, although this only takes physical copies into account - the majority of PC
sales were made digitally.
Since the Wii U flopped, the Wii U supporters have their fingers crossed that the Xbone and
PS4 will sell just as badly so that they can justify their
console's poor
sales.
You are right in that all the
PS4 sales weren't solely from loyal fans, they were from people who saw that
PS4 was the most powerful
console, but also $ 100 cheaper than its competitor.
Yes
sales are not what they were for the Wii but it is in its 1st year and the 1st
console of the new gen. No one knows if the
PS4 or Next xbox will sell well.
games are why the
PS4 is dominating holiday
sales, games are why the Switch is the biggest selling new
console.
Ninty has a good seller of their own, but it won't match
PS4 sales anytime soon if ever, and Ninty has absolutely no reason to introduce another
console.