Topic: The PlayStation Fan Thread

Because Nintendo have only been able to shift around 4 million sales in a year and initial sales soon decreased rapidly (this is beginning to change but again very slowly) compared to Sony who have shifted 1 million in the first day on sale will this rate of sales continue who knows but its more likely PS4 will shift another 3-4 million units when its released in Europe and Japan then the Wii U which has been available to consumers for a long period of time and is still not selling huge numbers or attracting much attention plus Sony have really pushed their advertising campaign to gain public awareness.

@Jazzer94
My point was that Nintendo's goal is just as reasonable as Sony's. Sony needs to sell 4 million and Nintendo needs to sell 5 million within the same period of time.

We'll just have to see what happens...

Um...Nintendo needs to sell 5 million when it's been selling 10s of thousands before. The PS4 just sold 1 million in a day. In one region. I think it's safe to say that Sony's goal is far more reasonable, provided they can keep up with demand.

The Wii U launched in the U.S. before other regions as well. 400,000 Wii U's sold on launch isn't taking Japan or Europe's sales numbers into account for the launch period.

My guess is that PS4 will sell half as much as it has in the U.S., in Japan, and 1/3-1-2 of that in Europe. That would get them to almost 2 million systems by the end of March.

Doesn't PS4 launch in February in Japan? That's 1 month to reach 5 million sales including Japan numbers.

EDIT: In other words, Japan only has 1 month to contribute towards the goal of 5 million.

I got nothing against the PS4. I think its awesome. I will say this though... If this console doesn't flop in Japan on launch day then I would be incredibly shocked. There are literally no must buy JRPGs for the PS4 for Japan. The PS4 is obviously more geared towards the WESTERN market right now. The JRPGs won't come until later.

We were talking about total sales within a 5-month period, not launch week sales. If you want to constantly change the subject like you always do, please talk to somebody else. (But on that subject, That 400,000 was the launch week. The PS4 did 2.5 times that in a day)

@CanisWolfred
I didn't change the subject at all. It's a fact that Japan only has 1 month to contribute to Sony's goal of 5 million systems by the end of March.

We were talking about the 5 million sale goal. The Wii U will have the entire Japanese market for 3 months straight between the U.S. PS4 launch and the Japan PS4 launch.

I acknowledge 1,000,000 sales is great, but the system probably won't be available when it comes to demand in the U.S., and won't be available in Japan at all.

I think you are greatly underestimating the sales potential of the PS4 in Japan and Europe you do realize that the PS3 was sold more in both regions and was the more popular system, I think it can easily sell a million plus units in both regions.

@Jazzer94 coughs loudly Start naming some JRPGs available for the PS4 at launch for Japan. C'mon, I dare you. You know what the Japanese crowd has to look forward to when it comes to PS4 right now? Knack, Killzone: Shadowfall, AC4, Battlefield 4, COD: Ghosts, etc. Games like Persona 5, Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy XV won't come until much later. I'm not saying that the Japanese crowd doesn't care about games that aren't JRPGs because a good number of them bought GTA V. But that was just one game.
And let's be real here.
The PS4 IS NOT GEARED TOWARDS THE JAPANESE CROWD RIGHT NOW.
MOST Japanese developers will keep making games for the PS3 and 3DS and OCCASIONALY... The Vita.
Most Japanese developers will jump to PS4 when they see the massive install base from PS3/3DS move on to PS4.
Thats why Sony is making the PS4 come out later in Japan than America and other regions.
They know the Japanese crowd doesn't care at all about those games I mentioned.

1. There's a new Yakuza game at launch. Other 'Japanese' games coming out would are a Mobile Suit Gundam game, Guilty Gear Xrd later in the year, and MGS Ground Zeroes, if that even counts.
2. I don't recall there being many JRPGS available at the Wii U launch, but I'm pretty sure it did fine there.

There's never a JRPG at launch, Blastoise-San. What the hell are you talking about?

@Blastoise-San.

Final fantasy a relam reborn beta
Deep down Beta
Natural Doctrine

Four JRPGs at PS4 launch.

@Sony_70
Deep Down looks like Dead Space with spears, swords, and magic etc. to me.

@SCAR392

I dunno man Capcom is calling it a RPG and I'm getting a real Dark Souls/Monster Hunter/Dragons Dogma feel from the non future gameplay.

@Sony_70
I get what you mean, but that's why I'm saying that it's Dead Space with swords, magic, etc. in a fantastical fairy tale/medieval world. Even Dead Space could be considered fantastical in a way, since it's in space. The only reason why they're calling it an RPG is because there's more stats and such.

Dead Space definitely isn't as custom, but that's the vibe I got besides Monster Hunter. The gameplay looks almost identical as Dead Space, IMO. That's not an insult. Just an observation.

It's funny how sales suddenly matter . After the PS3 came dead last and was dead for so long, so much below the Wii, and sales "didn't matter". lol.

@dumedum So if the Wii U sold a million plus consoles over Christmas time you wouldn't discuss it in the Wii U section of the forum?

Um besides the pointless argument of what console "won" last gen, for the people who bought a PS4, what do you think of the interface? Better than the PS3's XMB?

I really want to get myself one, hopefully some day.

...So... I heard Knack was pretty good regardless of what most of the critics said. It's kind of a shame though, but like Zombi U, I feel that this is the kind of launch game that will find its audience regardless of how it's rated. I myself want to try it out but I don't think I'll be getting a PS4 for another 2 years (when I earn my degree) love the art style and the way Knack can use his size and the materials of the of the surroundings to his advantage.

To those who have played it, How does it fare for you?

Eh, there's an audience for every game but there's likely a very, very small one that actually enjoys Knack. lol

On another note, THE PS4 IS OUT FOR DELIVERY

Going to pounce on that UPS guy like a leopard on a bunny