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Just Released consoles Sales Data. (PS4, XB ONE)
This thread is to discuss the sales data of just released consoles.
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US:
PS4: 2 million
Xbox One:1,817,000
UK:
PS4: 530,000
Xbox One: 364,000
Spain:
PS4:157,000
Xbox One:35,000
France:
PS4:240k
Xbox One:126k
AU:
Xbox One:65,917*first 3 days*
Germany:
PS4: 250K
Xbox One: 100K
Portugual:
PS4:21k
Data is from NeoGaf
This thread is to discuss the sales data of just released consoles.
I hope admin does not close this thread
US:
PS4: 2 million
Xbox One:1,817,000
UK:
PS4: 530,000
Xbox One: 364,000
Spain:
PS4:157,000
Xbox One:35,000
France:
PS4:240k
Xbox One:126k
AU:
Xbox One:65,917*first 3 days*
Germany:
PS4: 250K
Xbox One: 100K
Portugual:
PS4:21k
Data is from NeoGaf
After heavy pruning, this thread is reopened. Its remit is to collate and observe current sales, including anecdotes of what people are (not) able to find in stores, as a barometer of general availability. Discussion of what these sales mean for the future of either platform was moved here, a thread which is likely to stay closed as it's full of madness. It's too early to tell anything about the platform futures at this point, IMO, but a place to record current sales is valid, hence this thread is reopened.
Somebody has to pay for the initial set-up fees, so if Sony/Microsoft is willing to eat those up they could commit to shorter stints of manufacturing I would presume, but at the cost of much higher unit prices for the particular line. 12 months seem to be the ordinary though.
Nice one. So by the time my cashflow is restored I should be able to pick one up at any corner shop.
Well they could still manufacture 12-16M this year and sell any unsold stock the year after that. It's not milk.
They don't actually have to project they are going to sell that many in order to have a need to produce that many. They also have to fill the entire worldwide supply channel from front to back, so that adds a certain amount above what they expect to sell to what they would need to produce. I have absolutely no idea how much extra this would be, though.
Let's also not forget the fact that they (and MS and everyone else) can finally sell the consoles legally in China. They couldn't before. No more black market. This might skew the figures quite a lot compared to previous generations...
That's only if they are made in the free market zone in China. I don't think they are allowed to import them.
Surely both Sony and MS have planned operating in Guangzhou, if they are not there already!
I've tackled that one twice laready.
A 0.5% discount off an abnormally high UK RPP, because the UK RRPs are set with room for price-reductions and bargain-hunting consumers (consumers who only want to buy discounts, so the starting price is set higher so the product can be discounted to the intended sale price), doesn't represent a true discounting in the sense of trying to shift unwanted hardware. The only point of interest is that the competitive pricing is limited to XB1 and not PS4. It's probably best to ignore such small price fluctuations and just look at actual sales and availability, or risk another thread collapse.
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Isn't the discount £20? That's more than .5%. Unless you're paying £4,000 for the console!I've tackled that one twice laready.
Or it could simply mean they want an advantage over their competitors....
It's a basic sales and marketing technique that's been used for centuries...
Let's not delve into pointless speculation...again...
It's not an advantage unless your competition are also discounting their product. If a particular product is in great demand you don't offer a discount as cutting your bottom line is a pointless loss of revenue.
I suspect they have too much stock, they placed their bets at the start of the generation and now need to make room for other things.
It, as a singular occurrence, makes no statement about the health of the XBone. It just probably exposes bad stock control on their behalf.
It's on GAF but, several European Amazon's seem to have PS4 stock, at least bundles. Here is one of the links http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-PlaySt...UTF8&qid=1390309466&sr=1-1&keywords=ps4+knack
Amazon UK I personally did the stock checker trick, and can confirm the KZ and Knack bundles aren't selling particularly fast (in fact I think the Knavk bundle has not sold a single unit in the past hour or more as of this writing??). For anybody who wants to confirm, the process is add one to cart, then go to edit cart, for Amjazon UK there's an extra step where you choose 10+ on the slider, then you edit the quantity to 999, update, and it will downforce your cart to however many are left (if it is less than 999), you can do this as many times as you like to get a realtime look at how fast they are selling,
Perhaps the first signs of thaw in PS4 demand?
Anyways it's odd to me that people seem to snap up standalone PS4's at retail price, but aren't seemingly willing to pay just 40-60 more for them in ebay or bundled form. I say that because of reports of lines for the recent Sunday stock Best Buy got in, when PS4's for $40-$60 premium seem freely available on ebay. It's just kind of odd, people not necessarily the smartest, reminds of the people who will drive across town to save a couple cents per gallon on gas, not seeing the forest for the trees, or I'm sure I missed a more appropriate metaphor.
Amazon UK I personally did the stock checker trick, and can confirm the KZ and Knack bundles aren't selling particularly fast (in fact I think the Knavk bundle has not sold a single unit in the past hour or more as of this writing??). For anybody who wants to confirm, the process is add one to cart, then go to edit cart, for Amjazon UK there's an extra step where you choose 10+ on the slider, then you edit the quantity to 999, update, and it will downforce your cart to however many are left (if it is less than 999), you can do this as many times as you like to get a realtime look at how fast they are selling,
Perhaps the first signs of thaw in PS4 demand?
Anyways it's odd to me that people seem to snap up standalone PS4's at retail price, but aren't seemingly willing to pay just 40-60 more for them in ebay or bundled form. I say that because of reports of lines for the recent Sunday stock Best Buy got in, when PS4's for $40-$60 premium seem freely available on ebay. It's just kind of odd, people not necessarily the smartest, reminds of the people who will drive across town to save a couple cents per gallon on gas, not seeing the forest for the trees, or I'm sure I missed a more appropriate metaphor.
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It was 1AM in the UK as of the time of your post... I doubt many people were looking then. I bet those will be gone in a day.
Here in Canada, bestbuy/futureshop and the source finally got some PS4s and they sold out within minutes at FS/BB and within a few hours at the source (which is a relatively small store).
Sales definitely slowed down a bit from the holidays (which is expected) but they still sell out pretty quickly.
Here in Canada, bestbuy/futureshop and the source finally got some PS4s and they sold out within minutes at FS/BB and within a few hours at the source (which is a relatively small store).
Sales definitely slowed down a bit from the holidays (which is expected) but they still sell out pretty quickly.
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