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PlayStation 4 crosses 6 million sales following strong Japan launch

The PS4 hits another sales milestone, with at least 3 million console owners also buying PlayStation Plus.

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The PlayStation 4 has now sold more than 6 million units worldwide, following the machine's launch in Japan at the end of February.

370,000 units have now been shifted in Japan, Sony announced today. The PS4 has now blitzed past Sony's 5m sales target for the end of March, and 13.7 million games have been sold on PlayStation 4--including 2.1 million sales for Killzone: Shadow Fall.

On top of all that, at least half of those six million PS4 owners have signed up to PlayStation Plus, which will generate another sizable wad of revenue for Sony. A chunk of that is at least partially attributable to the fact that PlayStation Plus is now required to play multiplayer games, which isn't the case for PS3 and Vita.

Sony also announced that 100 million "Shares" have been captured--although at least five of them are me accidentally forgetting that it's not the Select button any more--and the PS4 has also been used for more than 3.6 million Twitch and Ustream broadcasts.

Sony Computer Entertainment president Andrew House said he was "absolutely delighted that PS4 is off to such a great start in Japan."

"The responses we have received for the PS4 system's integrated social capabilities have been phenomenal, and I couldn't be more thrilled that gamers are utilising these unique features to engage, share, play and connect with users around the world."

"[Sony] will continue to expand the world of PlayStation by growing its library of breakthrough games and bringing more innovative features and services only possible on PS4."

GameSpot senior news editor Justin Haywald, AKA my boss, laid out why he thought the PlayStation 4 was ahead of the Xbox One over the weekend.

How many PS4's will Sony sell before the end of its financial year in March?

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Today is my birthday. My awesome wife tried to buy me a PS4 yesterday. They were all gone. When she called the Sony store she was told due to the Japanese release no new consoles would be coming in for a while. Screw you Japan.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> oh well, happy birthday :)

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<< LINK REMOVED >> best birthday present in disguise. Go get yourself an x1. Unless you like consistently dipping framerates, lower twitch resolution, being lied to that killzone mp is 1080p, and...octodad.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>yeah join the xcrap loser team...lol they truly are losers :)

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Proof? Also better versions of multiplat on our console ftw.

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And you wear a T-Shirt that says you spent a night at Billgate's house and all you got was a but ache and the T-Shirt you have on for all your troubles.

Get out of here kid.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> hey look everyone this guy has his head up MS's arse.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> I'm not up Sony's anything if they **** up they **** up and I'll admit it, just like yesterday with the whole KZ MP being less then 1080p debacle, but that matter not to me since I don't like KZ all that much.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> What are you doing outside of Sonys arse?

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> If you care about Twitch then xbone is probably the better choice. If you care about games and not some crappy sites then get a PS4. If you want to have everything available and care about money then get a PC. So easy. Seriously, who cares about Twitch? I had to google it to know that it is.

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Pretty impressive for a system that can't hold a steady 60fps on a game like COD. lmao.

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Or doesn't play Kill Zone in 1080p.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Correction the multiplayer does not run in 1080p the Single player run just fine at 1080p,

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And 30fps. I'm not saying it's not a gorgeous game, because it is. I just find the whole resolution and frame rate argument funny when fanboys couldn't really tell the difference.

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Stop being a hater xbot

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I'm not hating. I'm saying, in a perfectly legitimate manner, that I am impressed that a system that can't hold 60fps on COD is selling well. No more no less.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Theif have already been patched and run great now, furthermore COD run just fine, but you would know that since you have never played it on a PS4.

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@evil_snuggles although with PS4 Thief shown to dip to 20-25fps I'm even more impressed : P

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What's the deal with all the no games bullshit? I have Killzone, Battlefield 4 and Fifa 14 and I don't get enough time to play them! I'm sure these are not the only games available, right? I haven't had the chance to purchase Need For Speed and I know there are a few more games coming out soon. There were a few free games, which I only got to download and not play.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> lotta kids, dropouts, low-lives, and unemployed here in the states. that's why usa is the biggest game market. i'm in the same boat as u. i only have time to finish couple games a month.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I love Killzone Shadowfall, add my psn: "NateIsGod4"

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This just shows how Sony is a respected brand in the gaming industry. It sells 6 million units even it doesn't have much games.

Congrats to Sony!

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> This proves ..... oh shut the **** up

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Sony is winning. You're the butthurt one.

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I predict no more sales updates from Microsoft lol

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good. I'm glad that sup-par twitch streaming and framerate problems haven't kept it down. Now...back to my x1.

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Okay lets make you wake up!

Ps4 internal bandwidth is 176 gigs a second.

Xbone is 68 gigs.

When your esram is included its.....

Wait for it......

124 gigs a second.

Still over 50 gigs behind its like the ps4 is a xbone plus 2 ps3s put together in power.

There is a large difference there.

So what does this mean well as devs learn to squeeze more out simply put ps4 will have 40% more juice available to squeeze which WILL matter and is a way larger difference than the ps3 and 360 had.

Now that isnt to say textures and render distances makes the whole game but considering sony has better games too.

Yea it does ps4 infamous bundle is outdoing titanfall bundle deal with it.

So better games and they look better and cheaper thats 3 strikes xbot's your out.

Now I am sure you will go "fanboy shutup sony gonna go bankrupt and yo just trying ta demonize MicroSoft".

So here is my preinstalled response.

One Sony has over $7 billion in reserves and slipping profits not the misconceived lack of profits and their gaming and movie sectors are running strong.

Simply put their not a BlackBerry repeat.

Than demonizing ms actually no. They did that for me.

Xbone is none repairable none hdd upgradable/replaceable the kinect 2 has the same issues their media selling point crumbles when tv integration is a hit and miss and basic already have to pay for functions like netflix are locked behind a paywall.

Than the controller is none included rechargeable what is this 1995?

Also their drm stunt everything costs more.

More expensive for gold.

Have to buy aftermarket charging or more batteries.

Mmo's cost 5 $ more and require gold to work.

Online only games dont require ps+.

Want a hdd upgrade have to get new console.

Opening it voids warranty (ps4 doesn't do that)

On top all that it costs $100 more to begin with.

So yes more expensive across the board almost.

Plus required full game installs and even though you spend so much on it ms shafts you with advo gaming?

So they make even more off you.

Point is they demonized themselves.

Original xbox ps2 and n64 are my favorites by the way peace out!!

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@alexwhitfield You know why not a bit of that grammar and punctuation slaughter makes a difference? Because gaming, being a form of entertainment, is entirely reliant on each individuals opinion. If what I like is not the PS4, or the games on it, then the technical specs will be irrelevant. This is essentially a war of opinions, where you are a fanboy overstating his opinion with tons of irrelevant information. Understand this, idiot fanboys? It really is a simple concept to grasp.

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How is costing more not relevant, how is it shafting you with advertising and bad functionality on top of it not relevant?

I get your point but it is blown out of proportions, as well let me say I enjoy debating and as said above my favorite consoles are not even current games consoles.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> wow. You've almost convinced yourself that you didn't, or aren't going to make, a bad purchase. Keep up the good work! I especially like where you talked about DRM, you know..the DRM that never happened yet still is talked about as if the x1 uses it? lol. Please go play octodad or something.

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It is a bad investment one I said drm stunt as in just because someone says sorry for punching your face doesn't mean it didn't happen and no I am playing killzone the better version of bf4 and blackflag with infamous on pre-order.

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<< LINK REMOVED >>"Want a hdd upgrade have to get new console."
Or just wait for the update which allows you to you external HDD's

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Hdd ya know the one in it also play it how ya want but ps4 also gets a win in the ssd support field.

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Go Sony. Go Playstation. Xbox One? That single player campaign in Titanfall....oops, forgot it doesn't have one. Good luck if you really believe thats the next Halo.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I find it hilarious that people think not having single player in Titanfall is a bad thing. Yeah..cause I buy battlefield for the riveting story. lmao..

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PS4 has much much to improve. I am still angry that Sony stripped all it's media player capabilities from the PS3, and here I thought it will build from the PS3. I still use my PS3 a lot more because it does more.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> not for nothing but at this point sony doesn't want everyone selling their ps3's, don't you think that would have been the case if they included all those features and had backwards compatibility?

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