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PS4 is Selling so Much Faster than PS3, PS2 and PS1 that it’s Not Even a Competition

With 5.3 million sold through to customers, it’s a given by now that the PS4 is selling very fast, faster than its predecessors, but how much faster? Quite a lot.

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mewhy323716d ago

Wow. This thing is selling like hotcakes. Still hard to find stock on shelves. any wanting the xbone shouldn't have any problem finding them. I see them everywhere.

Tony-A3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

As soon as I saw the milestone it had reached, I knew this wasn't gonna be just some mild success for Sony...

Over 5 million units? Sold THROUGH? The PS4 hasn't even been available in both NA and EU for THREE MONTHS. Less than three months and it hasn't even launched in its home country?

Those figures are unfathomable. It managed to reach the sales figures of Nintendo's newest console from 2012 in under 90 days.

Think about that.

On another note, every generation has had at least one console reach the 100 Mil Club since the 5th generation (PSOne, PS2, Wii). I think it's safe to say that one of these consoles will do the same this generation. The question is... how fast? The PS2 broke records when it became the fastest to reach that figure after close to 6 years on the market. With the PS4 selling faster than Sony's - and the industry's - most successful console in history, it's making for a really entertaining story.

I haven't even bought my PS4 yet! Waiting for inFamous: SS but, to be honest... I might not be able to wait another whole month.

abzdine3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

doesn't matter if there is no competition.
PS1 and PS2 had no competition but still managed to be 2 of the best consoles ever made.

it's actually a good thing that devs focus their strengths and ressources on the most powerful console.

ABizzel13716d ago

@Xsilver

LMFAO

Ooooooh kill em, Ooooooh kill em.

For those who don't know.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

amiga-man3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

The only thing holding back the PS4 is Sony simply not being able to make them fast enough,

if they continue selling at this rate 3rd party games will have no choice but to focus efforts on the PS4 and it will only make it increasingly difficult and certainly a lot more expensive for M$ to pay for timed exclusivity

M$ could not have messed things up more for xone if they had sat down and planned it.

Irishguy953716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

Both the Ps4(more so) and X1 are completely destroying previous gen sales.

Well, besides the Wii, but that doesn't really count, as it was a once off casual workout tool

Joey_Leone3716d ago

Gamers have spoken with their wallets.

darthv723716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

Great news for sony and the PS4. Lets all think positive. We have heard how the wii-u was selling faster than the wii in its initially launch and how the xb1 was selling faster than 360 when it launched.

but this is sony so there is potential for it to sustain that launch momentum. Quick out of the gate is one thing but it has to have lasting power to stay in the lead and so far its looking that way.

on a side note, I would encourage everyone who eventually gets their PS4 to consider picking up a secondary system like a wii-u or xb1. its good to play the field especially when there are games on both that you wont be able to play on PS4 and vice versa. Next gen FTW.

Axios23716d ago

Interesting looking at the list.

To put things in perspective, it also means the X1 is selling much better than the PS1, PS2, and PS3.

Withdreday3716d ago

Console war? What console war? This thing is FINISHED.

I knew it from the start.

Guwapo773716d ago

Xsilver and Abizzel - thank you for putting me on to that video. That was funny as all hell.

*Back on topic - Amazing to see the numbers of the launch consoles. It goes to show I wasn't the only dumbass waiting in line for the PS1 and 2. PS3 and it was too expensive so I didn't have any problems going to the store and buying one. and PS4 I saw the writing on the wall when they debuted it, I went right to Amazon and pre-ordered it. Hell of a product Sony - now just redesign the rubbers on the DS4's thumbsticks.

Giul_Xainx3716d ago

I'm going to make a bet for bragging rights that PS4 will hit 10 million units by the end of march.

UltraNova3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

And whats even more interesting is the fact that nearly all those sales are authentic.

Let me explain. Of the 10 million initial/launch xbox 360's sold how many of those where an one time buy and not a replacement for bricked units (RROD @ 40-50% rate)?

Even the PS3 had 8-10% failure rate during launch!

Looks like a truly successful console launch this time around!

zeee3716d ago

ps4 is selling "Faster than condoms on Valentine's day"!!

gaffyh3715d ago

But who buys hotcakes any more...

:p

doolin_dalton3715d ago

@Axios2

You're right. However, that point seems to be lost among all the high fiving and chest thumping going on around here.

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TomShoe3716d ago

LOL yeah right. Hotcakes wish they sold like PS4s.

Abriael3716d ago

Lol that was a funny one.

but true.

AsimLeonheart3716d ago

lol. Soon people will be saying "God damn! It is selling like PS4s!" whenever a product sells good.

thebudgetgamer3716d ago

Man, I got to get into the hotcake business.

TwistedMetal3716d ago

yep so many people to play online with already. no one is playig games online on xbox one because no one owns that system. ps4 mp is the new king.

Cra2yey33716d ago

You have an awesome name there Sir.

Necro_5593716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

Except thats not true. I just tested COD and more people are playing on X1 then PS4. So right there, your wrong. And people do own the system. MS hasnt given any new numbers but we can guess its sold in the 4 millions now. So...... You could replace X1 with the PS4 in the title of this article and it would still be true. The fact is, both systems are massively successful so far. Its fanboys like you that distort the facts.

sAVAge_bEaST3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

I bought the ps4 @ launch, specifically for BF4.

I'm glad that it has the largest online community (on console's) .. also the xbone looks like a ghost town, imagine after Titan Fall drops.

http://bf4stats.com/

G20WLY3716d ago

^Necro, there are almost 3 times as many people on BF4 on PS4 (60k+) than XBone (20k+).

Boody-Bandit3716d ago

Necro

I have both consoles (PS4 & X1) and GHOST for both. I have played on both consoles in the same day several times over and usually there are more people playing GHOST on the PS4 than X1. Only once did I see a higher number of X1 players and it was only by a couple thousand.

XBL & PSN GT - BoodyBandit

BattleTorn3716d ago

N4G!

add me too! PSN: Battle_Torn GT: Battle Torn

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Magicite3716d ago

3months since release and generally out of stock worldwide, thats something!

Retroman3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

I'm a Sony fan but im waiting on next week article lie.

"MS miraculously caught up with PS4 sales" 6 million sold.

that'll be the day.

kayoss3716d ago

Hot cakes are no longer selling like "hot cakes" because of that damn Atkins diet and gluten free crap. Hot cakes market dropped dramatically. We need to come up with a new term for how fast ps4 are selling.

kingmushroom3716d ago

Its selling like .... in n out burgers!

PsylentKiller3716d ago

I need to back to Cali. In & Out Burger is the best. There's nothing like it in New York. But if I go to Cali, I'll miss the pizza.
On topic,I think more people own PS4s than Xbox ones but more importantly there may be more people that own both consoles than those who only own the Xbox One.
If that is true,MIT may explain why more copies of multiplats are sold for the PS4 besides the fact that there have been more PS4s sold.

I also think that if MS struck a deal with all publishers to sell all there games at a maxi um of $50, they could probably push quite a few more consoles.

iceman063716d ago

They are selling like gluten free, organic, non-animal tested, non-specific soy based food items that resemble hotcakes?!?! LOL

zeee3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

Selling "Faster than condoms on Valentine's day"!!

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assdan3716d ago

Let's hope these sales keep up! The ps4 could hit 15 million this year!

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Mikelarry3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

Wait till it launches in Japan those numbers are gonna be crazy

DanielGearSolid3716d ago

They're so lucky to be getting Yakuza at launch

DCfan3716d ago

Doubtful. There is just Yakuza and Natural Doctrine to attract the japanese.

G20WLY3716d ago

MGS Ground Zeroes comes out in a few weeks and will sustain launch momentum in Japan.

Alstor_H2O3716d ago

I don't think Japan's numbers are going to be as high as people are expecting. I think it's more or less 250k for opening week and 1-1.5 million in the opening month.

WeAreLegion3716d ago

We don't know how many PS4's Sony gave Amazon yet. I'm guessing about 500k for opening week.

Platinum_k3716d ago

You dont know that. It's the home base of Sony.

Japan has 1/3 the population of States.

We already know States sold over 1 million in one day.

We are definitely looking at +333k units sold in ONE DAY!

Predicting it will sell ONLY around 250K in the OPENING WEEK may prove you are a Microsoft Fanboy. Idiotic.

Platinum_k3716d ago

WeAreLegion - Amazon has consistently been sold out since Nov.

I have been trying to order one since then.

ape0073716d ago

happy to see gaming grow this big,happy to see gaming take its deserved place and be one of the huge leading parts on entertainment

Mikelarry3716d ago

Same I say in your faces to those industry naysayers who were predicting doom and gloom for console gaming

Stick893716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

When people say "Mobile gaming will kill console gaming". I just look at what the mobile gaming scene is (the new Dungeon Keeper anyone?) and laugh.

starchild3716d ago

It's a great success for Sony and it's also a fantastic sign of health for the gaming industry.

Ruggadagod3716d ago

Yeah it's pretty much over for Wii-U and Xbone.

PS2 2.0 HERE WE GO.

ger23963716d ago

I wouldn't write off either of those consoles just yet. Nintendo has some great games coming and Microsoft has titanfall. Not that they'll catch Sony, but it should give them a nice bump.It's a win for the entire gaming industry.

Necro_5593716d ago

Do you idiots event think about what your saying? Take the title of this artilce "ps4 is selling so much faster than ps3 ps2 and ps1 that its not even a competition#selcomment" and replace PS4 with Xbox 1 and it would still be true. The fact is both systems are massively successful. MS hasnt given any new numbers but we can bet that its in the 4 millions now. The fact that its in only half of the territories of the PS4, $100 more, released 2 weeks later and the shit they went through. Thats a massive success. The fact is, and i know you fanboys hate facts, both systems are massive success SO FAR. This is a long game. The X1 is nothing like the Wii U. It took the X1 2 months to sell what the Wii U sold in close to a year. So no, it isnt the same and just because you say it that way, doesnt make it true.

ShwankyShpanky3716d ago

Since MS announced 3mil sold at the end of 2013, you're suggesting they sold 1mil in a month and a half? Even though Jan NPD suggests they only moved about 150k in the US? Mm-kay.

"half the territories"

Yet all the major Xbox markets are represented.

"released 2 weeks later"

Actually, it was only one week later, and that was only in North America. Rest of the world got PS4 one week after the Xbox.

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Lam is among the 120 characters available for recruitment in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. While she is one of the many straightforward recruits, a known bug may prevent players from recruiting her if certain conditions are met. Despite developers’ assurances of fixing the bug, some early access players still encounter issues with recruiting Lam despite attempting the standard method.

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Tomb Raider Remastered just quietly censored one in-game detail

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered players are ticked off by the game’s most recent patch, which censors in-game pin-up posters of Lara Croft.

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rlow110h ago

This is why gaming is screwed. When people change things to fit someone’s agenda, it’s a slippery slope downhill.

Christopher9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

Even if that agenda is of the developer? Way to remove developer rights.

***One player called it a “huge problem with modern games,” saying they can now be “ruined AFTER people buy them”.***

The level of drama. Yes, I recall sitting there for more hours than I did anything else in the game. These two pinups are the core of the game, after all!

coolbeans8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

rlow1's cringe catastrophizing aside, I do think developers *ought* to strive to maintain an original work to the best of their ability. The language of a "remaster" tacitly implies that - for good or ill - what's being resold is what fans remember but better.

Profchaos8h ago

Games can be ruined after purchasing them yeah we know this not from this but from GTA IV which had half it's radio content patched out due to licensing expirations and to me that was a huge deal.

This pin up poster is a bit of nonsense but the whole argument of modern games can be ruined post launch is Absol true.

DedicatedDark7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

It's not their work to censor. They are incharge of restoration & remastering the work, not overwriting it.

Barlos6h ago

It's not the agenda of the developer though, they're pandering and trying to increase their ESG score.

Way to support censorship...

victorMaje6h ago

It’s not the end of the world for sure, but I understand the hate towards this kind of change. I believe it’s also a matter of principle.

Imagine a Picasso painting being restored & the restorer deciding there aren’t enough strokes, or some lines aren’t straight enough or curved enough…not sure it would/should sit well with people.

Have all original devs signed off on this change? Even if it’s the case, are we saying older gamers are better mentally equipped to process what was there than current gamers, hence the change?

Enough time ago the case was made that games are an art form. We’re supposed to have won that case.
So which is it? Are games art or not?

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Eidolon6h ago

Hasn't this been happened for over a decade since remasters? I can't see that it's any worse now. Maybe if Sweet Baby starts getting their hands on remasters we will definitely have a problem.

Rebel_Scum9h ago

tbh I dont see something like this as censorship. Does anyone else not find it strange for someone to stick pin ups of themsleves in a locker room?

Now of it was a pin up of some half naked firefighters it might make sense as Lara might like that, and if they removed that I would cry censorship. But removing pin ups of the main character, yeah I get it.

Barlos5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

It's a game, and they were placed there for the audience. It's not real life. If it was, she wouldn't have fought a T-Rex now would she?

Yes, it's censorship but it's a bit less in your face. If they were in the original game, then they should have been in the remasters. It's bad enough that they have that ridiculous unnecessary warning at the start, but then they start removing things post launch. I don't care how small the change, they shouldn't be doing it. It's nothing but ESG pandering but in a subtle way.

Rebel_Scum4h ago

Look bro, if you have pictures of yourself naked on a bear skin rug up in your house let me tell you, its not normal.

jambola3h ago

I wasn't aware censorship was based on what made sense to you

Rebel_Scum3h ago

Likewise, what a stupid comment.

jambola3h ago

I agree
Your comment was pretty stupid

Rebel_Scum2h ago

I never said censorship is based on what I say dumbass. Just because I dont see this as censorship doesnt mean I’m saying others cant.

How about you come at me with your opinion rather than snarky comments with no thought on the matter.

SimpleDad5h ago

By the year 2030, this remaster collection will totally be changed and censored. Probably will remove Lara as a playable character. It's ridiculous. Glad that my family didn't buy this.
I still have Tomb Raider 2 PS1 as a memory.

jambola3h ago

Those shorts are a little revealing
Should probably make them snow pants

Barlos3h ago

They'll probably make her trans

CobraKai5h ago

It’s mentioned in the article, and it’s a point i 100% agree with, it’s the fact that they can censor a game after you buy it. That’s total bullshit.

Killer2020UK4h ago

Whilst it's an overreaction to say this has "ruined" the game, it's still problematic that this has happened post launch and for many, post-purchase.

I don't want someone to change a product for the worse after I've bought it. The same goes for implementing micro transactions after reviews.

I wonder why they did this? Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

maykhausonninh4h ago

Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

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Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster Review – You Are Your Job, Apparently

Gary Green said: In a time where an enhanced, 3D remake of Final Fantasy III already exists, it’s hard to argue that Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster is the definitive version we were expecting. With Final Fantasy III already being the last in the series to be translated and make its way west, this is something of a slap in the face for the fans. Still, let’s not be disheartened. There may be many shortfalls in this edition of Final Fantasy III, however there’s no denying that this classic JRPG still holds some nostalgic value, even if it struggles to break away from its original hardware limitations.

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FACTUAL evidence10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

It’s funny I’m seeing these articles about pixel remaster, and I just platinumed 1-4 within 8 days lol. I’ve been on FF5 for about a week now. Let’s just say 5 was the start of FF having content like crazy. I should have the plat within 2-3 days.

MrBaskerville1h ago

The game being an accurate represantation of the original was not a slap in the face to the fans. The 3D remasters looked like ass (visually) tbh.