PlayStation 4 sold 1 million units in first day of availability

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PlayStation 4 sales passed the one million mark within the console's first 24 hours at retail, Sony announced this morning. The PS4 launched in North America on November 15, so that figure is restricted to the US & Canada; the console comes to Europe on November 29, and Japan on February 22, 2014.

SCEA President and CEO Jack Tretton predicted 3 million sales by the end of the year, and with the European launch to come, that's looking eminently realistic. Sony is targeting that figure to rise to 5 million by the close of the company's fiscal year in March 2014, by which point the console will have reached Japan.

According to data gatherer NPD, Sony only sold 197,000 PS3 units to the US in its first two weeks of availability, with shortages of supply to blame. Around this time last year, the Wii U sold 425,000 units in the US within its first week at retail, with Nintendo going on to ship 3 million units worldwide by the end of 2012.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/17/playstation-4-sells-1-million-in-first-day/

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OhmPosted:

CRM Thats insane, i wonder what xbox will be


i also think it will be around the same number of the PS4

KatsumiPosted:

CRM Thats insane, i wonder what xbox will be


I could see the Xbox One being at around 1 million launch say sales as well. I guess we will have to just wait and see

MrDeaanPosted:

BlizzardDH
harrys00007 Lol its funny how a Wii U sold more but, I don't see why they would as there terrible


That's incorrect, the Wii U sold over 425,000 over the first week of release. Whereas PS4 sold over double that in 24 hours.


Correction for you, if you read it right you would see it says in the US only "the Wii U sold 425,000" and "the PS4 only sold 197,000 units" and as I say again in the US only so the Wii U has still beat the PS3 but only in the US

CRMPosted:

Thats insane, i wonder what xbox will be

BlizzardDHPosted:

harrys00007 Lol its funny how a Wii U sold more but, I don't see why they would as there terrible


That's incorrect, the Wii U sold over 425,000 over the first week of release. Whereas PS4 sold over double that in 24 hours.

MrDeaanPosted:

Lol its funny how a Wii U sold more but, I don't see why they would as there terrible

DissPosted:

Katsumi
ImgBurn 1 million isnt that much but i quess thats only 1 day


Seeming that Sony only sold 197,000 PS3's on launch it is a significantly better launch then that of the last generation


That's a large step up if you ask me.

KatsumiPosted:

ImgBurn 1 million isnt that much but i quess thats only 1 day


Seeming that Sony only sold 197,000 PS3's on launch it is a significantly better launch then that of the last generation

MSXPosted:

1 million isnt that much but i quess thats only 1 day

GeorgasmPosted:

I guess we'll have to wait and see what MS can pull out the bag.


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