Sony Has Sold 50 Million PlayStation 4 Units (gamespot.com) 73
Sony today shared sales figures of the PlayStation 4, saying the gaming console surpassed 50 million units as of this week. The console was launched in November 2013, and hit 40 million sales mark in May this year. In a statement, the company said, via GameSpot: "We're truly delighted that the PS4 community continues to flourish since launch three years ago," Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Andrew House said in a statement. "With tremendous support from our fans and partners across the globe, this year we were able to deliver an unprecedented lineup of hardware, including the new slimmer PS4, PS4 Pro, and PlayStation VR. We will continue to provide the best gaming experiences available through our ground-breaking software lineup and network services, as we focus on accelerating our business and expanding the PS4 ecosystem."According to an estimate Nvidia provided in August, Microsoft's Xbox One has an install base of 29 million.
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There's too many people outside, it's quieter at the Inn.
Maybe I'll go at the auction house later though.
I just bought one last week (Score:1)
I bought one last week and I'm pleasantly surprised. I'm still trying to find games to play for it as it doesn't seem to have the wealth of games I enjoy like the Wii U does, but next year looks like a really good year for PS4 gaming. I'm also excited to see what they do with VR. Hopefully the Scorpio comes out and blows us away with that too.
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I bought one last week and I'm pleasantly surprised. I'm still trying to find games to play for it as it doesn't seem to have the wealth of games I enjoy like the Wii U does, but next year looks like a really good year for PS4 gaming. I'm also excited to see what they do with VR. Hopefully the Scorpio comes out and blows us away with that too.
Some titles you may have missed:
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I too bought one last week, and I am very happy with it so far. Uncharted 4 is fantastic. If you've played Assassin's Creed before, the controls and game play are somewhat similar. FIFA 17 is outstanding, as well. I'm also looking forward to trying out the PS Vue to see if it's a good replacement for DirecTV.
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I subscribed to PlayStation Vue on and off last year. It's great because it's only $30/month and one only has to subscribe when there is something worth watching on Cable TV. It works really great over my Google Fiber connection.
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Oh god, does anyone else remember that cringe-worthy petition to get Bloodborne released on PC?
https://www.change.org/p/from-... [change.org]
I'm still not sure if the submitter was being serious when they created the petition.
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Oh god, does anyone else remember that cringe-worthy petition to get Bloodborne released on PC?
https://www.change.org/p/from-... [change.org]
I'm still not sure if the submitter was being serious when they created the petition.
Nope... but I do remember the petition to release the DLCs for Skyrim for the PS3. Bethesda, at the time, said that the PS3 wasn't powerful enough. I ended up having to buy the PC version of Skyrim and migrate my save games to the PC. Of course, going from the PS3 to a PC with a GTX 970 made a big difference in graphics and load times.
This experience reminded me of the limitations of consoles. It didn't stop me from upgrading to a PS4, but it did remind me why I use my desktop as my main gaming rig.
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I guess that's the problem. Most of these are M rated one player games. I'm more of a colorful blue skies gameplay focused kinda gamer. So far, I've enjoyed the demos to Dragon Quest Builders and Tearaway. I'm looking forward to Ni No Kuni II and Valkyria Chronicles IV.
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To add to the list:
The Last Guardian (released this week)
Gravity Rush
Little Big Planet 3 (oh c'mon! It's fun!)
The Witness
Journey
Valkyria Chronicles
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So what you're saying is that the PS4 is a powerful console without games? ie games == space in your analogy?
I don't think that's entirely true or fair. There are some really fun games that I'm thinking of picking up such as Dragon Quest Builders. Also I'm going to try out PSVR as I hear they have some asynchronous games similar to Nintendo Land.
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So what you're saying is that the PS4 is a powerful console without games?
I think it may just be poorly phrased shock that you'd make such a comment, as for most people the PS4 lineup seems patently superior to Wii-U.
I've got both systems (and XBOne), and though the kids enjoy a few more games on the Wii-U, I'm basically stuck waiting on Zelda Breath of the Wild.
On PS4 I've got Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, Witcher 3, Dragon Age 3, Uncharted 4, Until Dawn, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and quite a few more - with more on the way too (Horizon Zero Dawn, The Last of Us 2, etc).
Granted, I'm
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If we ignore the awesome remakes and amazing multiplatform indie games, the Wii U had: Splatoon, Pikmin 3, Nintendoland, Wonderful 101, Smash Bros., Toad's Treasure Tracker, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker, and Mario Kart 8. These are all high quality games that are fun to play. Many of the games above are probably quality games, but not anything I'd want to play personally. I'll probably pick up Little Big Planet 3, Tearaway, Dragon Quest Builders, Ni No Kuni 2, and Valkyria Chronicles 4 for the PS
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I think you underestimate the gameplay of the above games. PARTICULARLY Dark Souls or Bloodborne. If you think those are even remotely similar to "mashing the X button a lot" you're very mistaken. They're some of the most challenging AAA titles on the market.
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Maybe you can help me a bit. With Mario, the gameplay element is jumping. When you jump on different objects or enemy types they react differently. Jumping on a Koopa is different than jumping on a Goomba and so on. These reactions are arranged into an amazing and creative game. With Splatoon, the gameplay element is team based ink coverage. Each weapon has a different take on such a task. Different modes provide additional twists on this idea of covering the world with ink. It is this varied, yet easy to u
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Bloodborne isn't exactly a social game if you're looking to play with a group, but most of its gameplay is revolved around timing. Boss fights in the game effectively go through a sequence of attacks - you have to understand the pattern of the boss. One boss may attack in a pattern when he's going to swing 3 times - when you have to dodge his attacks before even thinking about attacking back. Sometimes whether you dodge left, right, or backwards makes a difference (ie, a boss may have 6 telegraphed attac
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By games above, I meant the list you gave, not the Wii U list I gave. :D
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Super Smash Bros. For is itself a wealth to some.
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Possible replies:
1. Scorpio? Isn't that the name of a Bond-style vilain in the Simpsons?
2. Scorpio? I was waiting for the Xbox Two!
3. Scorpio? I guess all they can do is switch to animal-sounding names since they messed up their naming order with Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
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Or because buying four months early will give you Cancer instead of Scorpio.
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I think Microsoft killed some sales of the xbox by announcing the Scorpio too early, I know quite a few people that are waiting off just to get the Scorpio.
I'm pretty sure that the announcement of the Scorpio was intentional. Many years ago, when I used to still play games avidly, I owned a 3DO, one of the first 32-bit consoles on the market. Shortly afterward, the Sega Saturn and the original Sony PlayStation came out. The 3DO never did develop a very large market partly due to its price, partly due to its lack of great software, and also in part due to it not being significantly more powerful to convince people to buy the console which would compel developer
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Xbox One does have better price. Other than that there are a precious few exclusive titles but for the most part they're basically the same with most titles being available for both platforms - you can play a game on either and have mostly the same experience.
Honestly any serious gamer can just buy whichever one they feel like at first - for many that's already been PS4 because it INITIALLY had the price advantage, and then play all the cross platform games on that. After a few years when they've both go
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Better graphics
Not according to Digital Foundry. Compared to XB1/XB1S, PS4/Pro has consistently better graphics.
..better price..
I'll give you that, if only because MS is discounting their console a lot on a lot of different occasions, seemingly due to their comparative lack of success against the PS4.
..better selection
Entirely subjective.
If this were a phone (Score:1)
It'd be a failure. Not even 10 million a year. And near-zero margins.
Congratulations Sony! (Score:2)
You've managed to reach 12th place! [wikipedia.org]
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You've managed to reach 12th place!
The same link shows it to be number 7 among home consoles. It's slightly less then 12 million units behind number six and Sony holds the number 1 and 2 spot with the PS1 and 2 and the PS3 is at number 5.
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Most of the consoles on that list reached end-of-life some time ago. The PS4 is still in the middle of its lifespan and, with the PS4 Pro just launched, is likely to remain live for quite some time.
In terms of sales trajectory, which makes for better comparisons, the PS4 was tracking broadly equal with the Wii (the previous record holder at the 3-year point, though it also flatlined not long after that) until Sony announced the PS4 Pro earlier in the year. That dropped their trajectory a bit, as people who
If you want something done, do it yourself! (Score:1)
Their own management probably bought majority of those units to boost sales stats. The bonuses that will be awarded for PS4 performance will cover the costs and there will be plenty left for personal yachts, jet planes and spacecrafts.
Capitalism is soft of a perpetuum mobile... for the select few.
Imagine these numbers if it had Linux! (Score:3)
Surely there would have been hundreds of millions sold if it only supported Linux. Short-sighted at best.
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The year of the Linux Game Console is coming.
PS4, Xbox... bleh (Score:1)
I'll wait to see what the Switch has to offer. The Sony and Microsoft consoles are for specifications nerds. What matter is the games.
Not flame bait (Score:3)
So serious question - why is the PS4 so drastically outselling the XBox One? Performance? Games? Price? Because PSN is free? Are people still gun shy from the red ring of death? Windows 10 hate carrying over? A combination of many factors?
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Problem is, Sony is reverting back to their previous ways.
Sony "lost" the previous generation which turned them into a leaner, meaner competitor this time around. Just like how Microsoft "won" and became complacent. Now that the roles have switched, Microsoft's offering has gotten better, while Sony's starting to rest on their laurels. (In fact, The xbone has begun outselling the ps4).
One of the biggest things was the inc
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Sony "lost" the previous generation which turned them into a leaner, meaner competitor this time around. Just like how Microsoft "won" and became complacent.
Sony "lost" the previous generation in the beginning in part due to their following the same path of the PS2. Sony went for a powerful custom chip (that 8 'core' cell processor) in the PS3 that no developer really understood while the XB360 ran a custom x86 chip. It wasn't for a few years that developers finally caught up and were able to do a lot with the PS3, and some of those awesome games starting coming around. Uncharted, Last of Us, etc... The XB360 was in the lead for many years, then Sony snuck up b
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I have both consoles (and a Wii U in fact) and whilst the PS4 can list more exclusives, the vast majority of them are just really shit indie titles.
The PS4's exclusive lineup is definitely looking up, but until now I feel the Xbox One has had far better exclusives. Things like Dead Rising 3 and Ryse at launch were far more fun than anything Sony had on offer, and since then they've had titles like Halo 5, Quantum Break, Gears of War 4, Sunset Overdrive.
I'm looking forward to The Last Guardian, and I did enj
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I may be wrong, but I don't think it really is anymore. It came out of the gate with a lower price point due to XB One originally bundling Kinect. After they've ditched that though and MS has gotten XB One's price down below PS4's it seems to be picking up. I remember seeing several articles stating that XB One's outsold PS4 over Black Friday, and it may continue to do so over the rest of the holiday season.
At this point PS4 just has a fairly significant lead overall and any ground Microsoft has gained h
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I'll tell you what I think the major factors are. One, because basic PSN is free, yes. Two, because Microsoft so badly bungled the launch, and inertia is so very important. Inertia is the only reason we're still stuck with Windows; they got up a head of steam and managed to use it to build themselves a relatively unassailable position. Their stranglehold is only now failing on the desktop, and only because they went full spyware.
When Microsoft first launched their console in this generation, they said all k
Still waiting ... (Score:2)
And I'm still waiting for the release of Gran Turismo
Backdoors (Score:2)
I wonder if the play station has as many backdoors as Sony video cameras apparently do ?