The Playstation 4 sales thread - 94.2m shipped

[NickSCFC]

Maaan, those are some shitty console numbers. How's Switch doing over there? Will Sony have to release a different PS5 in Japan compared to the one it releases everywhere else?

PS4 is selling faster than PS3 did there.

http://gamingbolt.com/ps4-sales-hit-4-5 ... n-in-japan

Very well, it turns out. This week marks the PlayStation 4 hitting 4.5 million units in sales in Japan- launch aligned, it is doing far better than the PS3. With Japanese support for the PS4 showing no signs of relenting, this can only bode good things for the system’s future in the region. Conversely, fans of Japanese games can be assured that their PS4s will be supported with games for a very long time to come.

The one black mark in this good news is the performance of the PS4 Pro- the console has simply failed to move the needle in Japan, and its sales are only 200,000- less than 5% of total PS4 sales in the country.

[Saint of Killers]

Oh wait, those were weekly numbers? Well, I guess that's kind of better. Still not exactly great, though.

[NickSCFC]

60m shipped

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-s ... 0-6449655/

[Moggy]

You can see Nick's erection from 50 miles away.

[NickSCFC]

You can see Nick's erection from 50 miles away.

[jawafour]

You can see Nick's erection from 50 miles away.

I hesitate to recall the occasion but we did see Nick's huge erection two years ago. Back in his Pierluigi Collina days.

Looking back at some of the posts in this thread from that period... absolutely astounding .

[Death's Head]

You can see Nick's erection from 50 miles away.

I hesitate to recall the occasion but we did see Nick's huge erection two years ago. Back in his Pierluigi Collina days.

Looking back at some of the posts in this thread from that period... absolutely astounding .

Very troubling. Doesn't feel like 2 years ago at all, more like months.

[NickSCFC]

70.6m sold

http://www.sie.com/en/corporate/release ... 71207.html

SAN MATEO, Calif., December 7, 2017 – Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced new sales milestones for PlayStation®4 (PS4™) computer entertainment system, PlayStation®VR (PS VR) virtual reality system, and PS4 and PS VR games.

- PS4 has cumulatively sold through more than 70.6M units to consumers worldwide as of December 3, 2017*1.

- More than 617.8 million copies*2 of PS4 games have been sold at retail stores globally and through digital downloads on PlayStation®Store as of December 3, 2017.

- Based on strong momentum of PS4, PS VR cumulatively sold through more than 2M units to consumers worldwide as of December 3, 2017*1.

- 150 titles have been released for PS VR*3, achieving more than 12.2 million copies sold at retail stores globally and through digital downloads on PlayStation Store as of December 3, 2017.

[jawafour]

I gotta hand it to Sony, I have grown to love the PS4. I still think of the Xbox 360 as being my favourite console of all-time, but the PS4 is certainly gonna have a strong chance of taking that place in my heart.

[Venom]

I think the PSVR stats are pretty amazing. Over 2 million units sold, 150 different games, an attach rate of roughly 6 per person. I get why Sony said they are treating it as a separate platform. There was no guarantee of profit but they saw this as being part of the future of gaming and invested in it anyway and that should be commended. Skyrim VR has also given it a seasonal boost with all the major games sites talking about it. Good stuff.

[Peter Crisp]

The PSVR will really show what it can do when the PS5 is launched as the hardware itself is good enough and the extra horsepower will make a vast difference.

[NickSCFC]

PSN has also overtaken Steam as the largest online gaming service in terms of monthly active users

http://www.businessinsider.com/valve-ow ... in-2017-12

"Steam rivals Sony's PlayStation Network as the world's biggest gaming service, with 67 million monthly active players versus Sony's 70 million monthly active users."

[Moggy]

The PSVR will really show what it can do when the PS5 is launched as the hardware itself is good enough and the extra horsepower will make a vast difference.

What are you talking about? Everyone stopped using VR just before 16th March 2017.

[Death's Head]

I think the PSVR stats are pretty amazing. Over 2 million units sold, 150 different games, an attach rate of roughly 6 per person. I get why Sony said they are treating it as a separate platform. There was no guarantee of profit but they saw this as being part of the future of gaming and invested in it anyway and that should be commended. Skyrim VR has also given it a seasonal boost with all the major games sites talking about it. Good stuff.

I'm thinking with less than 3% of owners buying into it, it will die.

[NickSCFC]

Still ahead of PS2, does it have the legs to sell 150m too?

[NickSCFC]

79m shipped, expected to overtake PS3 and 360 with 95m by next March

https://www.dualshockers.com/ps4-sales-march-2018/


Sony, as a whole, have also recorded record profits

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-sony-prof ... ld-bn.html

[KK]

And they still put the price of a Plus subscription up.

Should mean they have a lot of money to play with for PS5...right?

[Gemini73]

Digital makes up 32% of PS4 software sales in 2017.

https://www.mcvuk.com/business/sony-201 ... 2-of-total

[Death's Head]

And they still put the price of a Plus subscription up.

Should mean they have a lot of money to play with for PS5...right?

Be interesting to know how many people won't be renewing as a result. My current subscription ends December and at this time, not bothered about renewing it.

[jawafour]

...Be interesting to know how many people won't be renewing as a result. My current subscription ends December and at this time, not bothered about renewing it.

I'm not really interested in the "free" "pick games for me to rent" "service", but I will continue to pay it purely as the online play fee. I don't want to pay it, but I need it for PES and Elder Scrolls Online.