Parker Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) Sony wanted to sell 5 million PlayStation 4 units worldwide by March of 2014, correct? If this is true that means the PS4 will already have at least 3.3 million units sold because I'm sure there are other retailers with systems on backorder too. I'm sure there will be a lot more sales when the system releases worldwide too. Earlier this week, Sony announced sales of the PlayStation 4 had passed one millionunits in the first 24 hours after launch in North America. But according to GameStop, the retailer expects over twice as many people are still waiting to get their hands on the console, according to a report from Bloomberg. A recent conference call had GameStop claiming upcoming PS4 sales of 2.3 million. According to the same report, launch sales of the PlayStation 4 are already 80 percent higher than the launch of the PlayStation 3. GameStop made the claims during a call with industry analysts on Thursday. Sony stated a portion of the one million PlayStation 4 units sold in the first 24 hours after launch included pre-orders, but it's not immediately clear if GameStop is arriving at the 2.3 million backorder number via actual orders or just prospective sales in general. On an interesting note, GameStop shares had fallen by "as much as 11 percent" prior to the conference call where the staggering sales projections were made. Source: IGN The PS4 is off to quite the start and I imagine the Xbone will have a pretty damn decent launch too. It will be interesting to compare sales figures and see how much of a difference Microsoft reversing policies really made. Parker Edited November 21, 2013 by Parker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xVolloxx Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Saw this earlier , this is great for Sony ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrk_01 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 But seriously, this is awesome news for Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddle666 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Great news for Sony. Next week Ps4 will release in Europe and the sales will go up fast I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Wow, this generation is gonna sell quite big, apparently! Good for PS4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikolaiiKB Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 That is awesome! Hopefully i will get my ps4 next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorry777 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 good and bad but still nice for Sony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwilightSpira Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Can you all believe I can't find it? My local gamestop told me today they will probably call me on tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon8r351 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 There's going to be a lot of disappointed people trying to get this as a Christmas gift and having to wait on backorder. This reminds me of when the Wii got released a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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