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NEWS: Sony Sells 8.4 Million PS4s in 3rd Quarter




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lanierd2



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:26 pm Reply with quote
Consoles sell on sheer simplicity. How can a gaming device with only 3 exclusives the whole year sale so well. Its nuts. Good for them though. Better product than the X1
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Sam Murai



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:33 pm Reply with quote
I probably shouldn't be, given Xbox One's pre-launch gaffs and it being a new PS console, but I have been very surprised at the numbers that the PS4 has pulled in thus far. Obviously, it was going to move a good amount of units, but 35.9 million?! And that's "sold", not "shipped"! "Highly impressive" might not suffice…

That said, I'm holding out until they release a PS4 with 4k/Ultra HD BD support. Beyond redownloading DOA5LR onto it and partaking of its next-gen-exclusive content, there aren't any games that I am interested in on it right now, either. I have been more than content with my PS3 and besides bumped-up graphics and power (with a lesser gulf than the transition from PS2 to 3), there isn't anything that the new one does that I either can't already do on the old one or are interested in using, feature-wise, on the new one. Since I primarily got the PS3 for BD 1st, streaming 2nd (initially a distant one because of so few services, but I bought it right before the market exploded), games as a nice bonus, it would feel redundant to get a PS4 if it can't doing something different like 4k/Ultra HD BD, or something more drastic.
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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:00 pm Reply with quote
lanierd2 wrote:
Consoles sell on sheer simplicity. How can a gaming device with only 3 exclusives the whole year sale so well.


As the 360 made it clear you don't need exclusives to sell a video game console
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