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PS4 sells 2.1 million consoles worldwide according to Sony

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Just last Friday, the PlayStation 4 launched across Europe, Latin America, and Australia, but Sony announced that the console has already sold over 2.1 million units worldwide.

In a press release, Sony stated that the number represents consoles "sold through," meaning the amount sold directly to consumers and not retailers. Sales in Europe and Australia so far account for 700,000 units.

The total number of units sold is perhaps unsurprising after reports of Sony outselling the Xbox One during the 48-hour period after its European launch (and running into a few network issues).

Sony president and group CEO Andrew House writes, "Demand remains incredibly strong and continues to overwhelm the supply worldwide, but we are diligently working to meet those growing demands and to deliver additional PS4 units to our retail partners throughout the holiday season. We are extremely grateful for the passion of PlayStation fans and thank them for their continued support."

The PlayStation 4 will continue to release in more countries throughout December until hitting Japan on February 22, 2014.

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last i checked xbox one is right on their tail if not ahead by now. so much for the inferior brand theory huh? lol

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high resolution matters in game experience!

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2.1 million well informed consumers. There is hope after all.

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sony deserve it, they clearly made the best console ever. I mean it is practically the same as a pc, but with a better os dedicated for gaming for more optimal performance, easy to repair yourself, easy to develop for, a lot of indie support with the ability for indie developers to self publish their games. they have raised the bar for the console industry, and by the looks of things xbox one and wii u don't stand a chance of making as much money as they did last gen. not to mention to make an equivalent pc to the ps4 it will set you back another £50 (I have looked it up so don't bother trying to argue). sony are actually losing money on each console they sell, because they plan to make their money from the gaming (which means they will be investing a lot more into the quality of their own games). I cannot contain my excitement to what sony is going to be offering us in the near future.

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LOL fanboy. Sony isn't losing any money on the PS4, they are using sub standard pc parts that aren't even on retail sale for consumers because they wouldn't sell. In fact if you to make a PC close to the PS4 or XB1 specs then the PC would cost the same or a little bit more but would also be at least 2x better. I think you need to do a bit more research before you fanboy your mouth off.

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Sony When you will release it in India....

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Plenty of people are probably still waiting for PS4s to come back to store shelves as well, good to see all the advertising and attention to gamers is paying off for Sony. Can't wait to find one in stores, hopefully I can get one before Christmas, if not I'll be staring at games with nothing to play them on.

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Way to go Sony Keep selling your crack in a console

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Has it outsold the Wii U yet?

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Sony will vault past MS Xbox one and Wii U numbers quite easily. 2.1 Million consoles sold is a great beginning. The PS4 is still not even 1 month old. Sony looks to be making their 5 million mark for March 31st 2014.

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Please get more out there. I WANT TO BUY YOUR CONSOLE.
JUST.
LET.
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Yes, it's wonderful in here. May luck be with you in getting one.

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Congratulations Sony.

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Really great start to the generation sales wise.

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Just wait until Japan, 1 million in 1-3 days :). Microsoft better optimize the hek out of that thing or else the pattern of multiplatforms running better on PS4 will start to appear and many will switch.

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I'm a pS4 proud owner and I have to say Sony has done great. The price, the games for free(resogun, Dc online, warframe), the controller is just amazing, and the operating system runs very smoothly. The Design is very elegant, and no blod. I'm patiently waiting for the heavy hitters. I had problems redeeming lego Marvel but I waited for a day and now I have it there in my hdd....

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I agree. This is coming from someone that was relatively anti-PS3. Sony hit this one out of the ballpark. Fantastic controller, no ads in the user interface, lightning quick, great variety in the genres of the release titles, year of ps plus for 29$. I'm extremely happy with my purchase.

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I'd love to make it 2,100,001 -- so let's work harder on getting those systems out Sony!

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And it hasn't even been released in Japan, holy sh*t

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Wrong! You meant Japan doesn't really have Xbox gamers. There fixed that for ya :P

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Sony's biggest hurdle right now....keeping up with the demand. Nice place to be in business, and well-deserved, Sony has done a fantastic job with the PS4. PSN needs work tho...

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buy bf 4 for pc,yes or no or wait?

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@pohman Get it for PC if you have a good gaming rig, then I say YES (I have it on PC and it's absolutely amazing). If not, get it for whatever console you have or wait till you get a better PC.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I've seen BF4 on PS4 on the Mediamarkt store in a gigantic plasma. And it looked Amazing..my jaw realy droped.

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Us and the Australians only managed 700,000 between us? That's pretty weak, but that's probably all that has made it to retailers so far. You must try harder Sony, and strike while the iron is hot. I'd be surprised if they haven't hit 2.5 million by Christmas though.

I'm still flabbergasted that Japan won't be getting (one of) their home-grown consoles until February. I've heard the excuse, but frankly I think it's a weak one.

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the gryndbox one

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the suckbox one

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1.5 million more to reach nintendo wii u hardware sales.

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With the black friday stock I wouldn't be surprised if the X1 got a sales boost. Its not a knock on the ps4, they were just sold out. Actually not having any PS4s in stock has probably been the X1s best friend.

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If there is really a sales boost on Black Friday for X1 then it meant: 1) MS held up some units for Black Friday or 2) people bought more X1 than usual just because it's BF. Either way, it's not a good thing. Best is to sell out BF or not.

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So you are saying ppl spent $100 more on a console they didn't want just because the PlayStation was out of stock?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Have to agree with bunchanumbers. Not sure the wait times in other regions, but in Australia if you did not pre-order you are looking at a wait until approx April next year. With all the hype and advertising aimed at next gen, people who were thinking PS4 may look over at the Xbone and buy it now instead of waiting 5 months. Personally I want PS4, but you start to think some games (Forza) look good and are exclusive, other things I play (FIFA, BF, Assassins etc) are cross platform, can I miss out on unchartered or the PS4 indie scene, or is it worth waiting 5 months? I think PS4 will lose a fair few customers to MS because it is a long wait (and until patched in there is no DLNA available right now), the bone is also a media hub.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> yes. exactly. And the billions of commercials probably didn't hurt their cause either. Besides the people buying them aren't the gamers themselves.

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