Sony "very confident" they'll reach 5 million PS4s sold by late March 2014

Sony's Andrew House believes that they'll sell 5 million PlayStation 4s by March, Pixel Enemy reports.

[Majin-vegeta]

No doubt they will.

[cleft5]

They easily have the demand to do it. Now it is just a question of them keeping the supply coming to capitalize on that demand.

[aCasualGamer]

I'm pretty certain they could sell 10 million by march if they actually produced that many. And if they released a couple more AAA games until then. Right now, the roster for Sony is still small.. and even smaller for Microsoft.

It would've been so awesome to have backwards compatibility for PS3 games. Then you could play your Mortal Kombat, God of War, Last of Us, Beyond Two Souls... with more pixels and better framerate.

I'm hoping it becomes reality and pretty soon.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

They will reach 3.5+ end of year lol

[Benchm4rk]

@Acasualgamer

Backwards compatibility doesnt work like that. Either they would of had to use ps3 hardware inside the ps4 box or used an emulator to run the game with the ps4 hardware. Either of which would of resulted in the game running the same or worse in the emulators case. The games wouldn't magically run better on the ps4 unless they did a proper port of the game from the ps3 version to the ps4

[Magicite]

If they could ship more than people can buy, they would reach the target this year :)

[vigilante_man]

They could sell double that amount even triple if they had the units. PS4 has gone viral!

[3-4-5]

They need one more Huge game to release before that date then.

What is supposed to release around Feb/March 2014 for PS4 ? I can't remember.

[Majin-vegeta]

Infamous comes out March 21.

[Veneno]

Drive Club needs to come out as well. It got delayed but hopefully it comes out by March at the latest.

[_FantasmA_]

Drive Club. Man I'm fiending for an arcade racing game. Its been too long. Midnight Club 5, I hope it gets resurrected from the dead.

[UltimateMaster]

Only if they can make them in time.

[pwnsause_returns]

I reckon they'll go beyond that point by March.

[Thehyph]

They probably won't raise their estimate because of yield.

My guess is that there will only be 5-6 million out there by March. They'd probably sell more if they could make more.

[JackBNimble]

I agree, I think Sony will sell out with every new shipment of consoles released... at least with in the first 6 months.

Just my opinion , but what do I know? PS4/PC FTW!

[Narutone66]

With the way PS4 is going off the shelf in Europe so fast, I'm worried about the supply by the time it goes on sale in Asia. They could definitely reach 5M even more if only they could maintain the supply.

[sskspeedmaster]

as well microsoft with xbox one..

[greylantern]

no. just... no.

[AllroundGamer]

you mean returned?...

[thrust]

Yeah i agree think both consoles will do very well

[Rainstorm81]

How? its lagging behind the PS4 everywhere including America aka Xbox country.....or should i say Olde Xbox country

[TheFallenAngel]

People seem to forget that USA was home to PS1 and PS2.

[pyramidshead]

when there's no PS4s left to buy, Xb1s sales should increase definitely.

[thrust]

Nope i disagree, people know what console they want!

if i was going to get a console i would just wait till it was in!

think what you want guys no skin off my back, but both consoles are doing and will do very well

[harrisk954]

Perhaps a few will buy the XB1 if the PS4 is not in stock. However, the PS4 is also being restocked quickly and, for most, that $100 difference is probably worth waiting for a few days. Once we get past the holidays, sales for both systems will slow down anyway. Once we settle into the new console generation, we will really see the sales number difference between the 2 systems. I'm sure there will be an uptick in XB1 sales in March when Titanfall is released. Of course, Infamous:SS is also coming out around that same time...

No doubt that at this point, Sony is beating MS quite handily, not only in sold-through numbers, but also in terms of "most wished for".

[pyramidshead]

@thrust

People have been waiting an age for new systems, if one is unavailable they'll be more tempted to get the other. Especially impulse buying and Christmas coming up. That should help out the XB1 some what.

Rumour has it that Sony can produce 1mil consoles a month though so maybe it won't help them in the long run.

The XB1 needs a pricecut FAST or at least dropping the kinect out of the box to lower it.

[itisallaboutps]

Parents who will get their kids a console for chrismass will get them an xbox one if they are all out of ps4. That 100 dollar lower price tag is attractive

[JackBNimble]

pyramidshead

It ain't 2006 any more, after the crash in 08/09 people think harder about parting with their money. You may be right in some cases or with parents buying xmas gifts, but I doubt that most who want a PS4 and can't find one will settle for an xb1.

harrisk954

I may get Titan fall aswell ... for PC.

[NeoTribe]

Lol. No.

[FamilyGuy]

lmao, was that suppose to be a joke?

Not saying the X1 is crap or anything but why even bring it up in this article? lol

The X1 sold just above 1 million in all it's released launch territories. The PS4 is well over 2 million.
I personally don't see them achieving the same goal. X1 maybe MAYBE 3 million by March.
PS4 will hit Japan in February, Infamous SS will be on the horizon in March and DriveClub will be out before that. Sony's already dominating and they're set to continue that trend.

Just sayin.

[MetaReapre]

I doubt the xb1 will reach that much in that time but no doubt it will eventually get there. But I think the xb1 sales will be a bit slower.

[Magicite]

good joke, well said.

[SoulSercher620]

Now you know that's not true.

[WitWolfy]

I predict 7 million really.

[Game4life]

over 9,000 million?

[listenkids]

Easy, they're over 2 million as it is, and out of stock. Once new stock is in, it'll sky rocket some more.

[Agent_hitman]

Amen to that

[josephayal]

I'll say 6.5 to 8 million

[Idba]

The demand is HUGE. Theyll make it to 5 million easy

[SirBradders]

Round 1 goes to Sony by fatality.
Round 2 FIGHT!

[C-H-E-F]

fatality means there is no round 2 LMFAO

[Shang-Long]

Hahaha

Guys clearly the 1st round was so bad that the game glitches and allowed sony to do a fatality.

Come on, keep up

[v6volume]

TOASTY!!!!!!!

[FamilyGuy]

You can't do a Fatality in the 1st round, wtf kinda alternate universe Mortal Kombat you been playing?
Even if it was set to 1 round matches then there wouldn't be a round 2.

You dun' lost me Son.

[GrimbleGromble]

Round one is against the xbone. Round two is the sweet sound of fanboys weeping into a lean cuisine.

[MightyNoX]

Psh, six million easy.

[RAGE91]

Good on Sony!! I remember having the PS1 and 2, but got the xbox360 & One, because all my friends did. I plan to keep the Xbox1 for max 2 years and then get the PS4. By then, the PS4 will graphically outmatch the xbox and there will be a huge library of games. Also Dev's will have full grips of how to make games look amazing, so it'll be ace!

[LordMaim]

The only limiter at this point is their supply. If they can manufacture 5 million by then, they'll sell 5 million. If they could manufacture 10 million, I'm sure they'd probably sell most of those too.

[TheEnigma313]

I think Sony is just playing it safe by saying 5 million, but they should reach at least 7 million easy. The demand is ridiculous.

[WeAreLegion]

I want to say more than 5 million, but we don't know how fast they're making these things. Who knows if they'll be able to keep up.

[pyramidshead]

Extremely reasonable number to reach. they might even be close to 3mil by the end of the year.

[Gamesgbkiller]

By March, PS4 will be released in all countries.. As far as I know.

I have to wait to Feb-March to get the console :(

[goldwyncq]

I certainly hope so - the more PS4's, the earlier MGSV's gonna be.

[GirlOnFire]

Hope Xbox One doesn't drag the games release date back.. :(

[MasterCornholio]

Well I hope not because if the console sells horribly it will be a while before we see the game on next gen consoles. The publisher will not release the PS4 version months before the XboxOne version.

[ascadery]

80 million ps3 in 8 years. thats an average of 10 million per year. with the world recording breaking sales the ps4 has already accomplished. i wont be surprised if they hit 10 million by the end of march

[Rip-Ridah]

Just to correct you, it has only been 7 years & 1 month in NA & Japan; launched in November of 2006. The PS3 launched in March (I believe) 2007 in Europe.

[GirlOnFire]

It begun.
Greatness arrived!
More greatness when all those games come out early next year!! ^~^

[KYU2130]

at the current rate of console access to consumers i doubt it.

[alb1899]

The prediction of sales fall down. All SONY FANS said it will be 4/1 and they are very wrong.
I always said that it will be a matter of stock because the gamers are hungry.
But is clear that SONY can reach that number.

[supraking951]

yup they'll sell over 5 million and Titanfall being a system seller for Xbone won't mean a thing. All it will do is lessen the game a lil for one week. Return of the King

[V0LT]

I own both Xbox One, PS4, Wii U, and a high end PC. I must say this Xbox bashing is
a bit ridiculous. Its not nowhere as bad as people make it out to be. I hope everyone sells millions because competition is great for everyone.

[Hicken]

First of all, you're off-topic.

Second, the "bashing of the 'box" is pretty well deserved.

Third, who's making it out to be bad? Rather, people are making it out to be not as good as the PS4, which is the truth.

Fourth, competition is good only when there's good competition. An inferior product should not sell as well as a superior one, especially if price and features are comparable. That's not good for anybody.

[Rock_On_PS4]

Tune in to VGChartz and NPD for the most up to date and accurate sales reports for games and consoles. PS4 sold over 1 million systems in North America within its first week.

PS4 is bigger than Jesus, believe!

[Relientk77]

I'd be surprised if they didn't

[Clarence]

There probably not far off that number now.

[PurpHerbison]

Eventually you will just be able to walk into a store and get it right off the shelf. I hope all the people who bought PS4s just to resell them are left with an overstock that they are forced to sell cheaper than retail.

[BitbyDeath]

If you build it they will come

[DialgaMarine]

This is going to demolish the Wii-U, in a mere fraction of the time.

[T2]

If WIIU doesn't have a solid Xmas, it will be a bloodbath come January