PS4 Ships 3.9M Units in Last Three Months, As Sony's Game Division Slides

@gameroutlawzzmjonk2pc Those games are good, but seriously you can't justify a purchase without a really good AAA title like Gran Turismo had on the PS2 or Halo on the Xbox. Maybe for some people who have $300-$400 to throw around or kids who always get what they want I say go ahead. I cannot justify a purchase over mediocre titles. Go back and look at how many great titles were released on previous game consoles within the first 2 years of its life. We're in the age of the best specs and graphics. I don't care how fast my console boots or loads a game. If the best games are from previous generations remastered and only available to be downloaded digitally why not invest the money in the original game system and game for considerably less money.

@burnedandfrozen: Bloodborne, dark souls 3, Fallout 4, Salt and Sanctuary etc. all brilliant games worth playing on the new systems.

@hyksiu: Not everyone is that hung up on graphics. Otherwise they buy PC.

@Triton: Not really. Some people can only afford one console and went with the competition.

@reefer: Well it's shipped. We don't know how many have been sold. Stores like to stock up for the Xmas season.

@sellingthings: So these weren't necessarily sold? So what's the point of mentioning this?

@jpeters36: No, you're the one that doesn't understand the numbers. Their total earnings dropped 11.3%, which Sony called "significant". IF you're going to trash Eddie about an article, make sure you know what the f you're talking about, otherwise you come off as a moron.

@jpeters36: Taking it further, this year's sales lead to an 11% drop in revenue for various reasons. Sony labeled it as significant, even if the number of plastic boxes shipped is pretty much the same, the result of shipping those boxes is seeing a lower return on investment.

Also, the trend with console sales isn't a decline and shouldn't be. As game libraries increase and prices drop sales should increase.

@jpeters36: writer must have a quota to reach to publish such garbage.. guess this is what happens when they look to hire people would journalist degrees but no tech, game or in this case sales experience

@esqueejy: it's not just the console. You'd have to buy a 4k hdr capable TV set of you don't already own one in order to make full use of the ps pro. I don't think the ps pro is going to sell that much at first.

@sellingthings: that's a bit of a silly thing to say, IMO - for one thing, clearly it does continue to sell (yes, I know these are "Shipped" not sold through numbers), regardless of how damning you think Evo Studios closing is. As for WHY it continues to sell? I can't say for certain, but it's certainly not true that it isn't getting games... I'm not sure why Sony closing down an underperforming studio that made one commercial (and critical) failure of a title for the PS4 means the PS4 has no games. For one thing: multiplats. Multiplats everywhere. Let's not kid ourselves: most of what people play on either the PS4 OR the X1 is multiplat. For another - indies and the other exclusives don't exist because sad ol' DriveClub bombed?

At the end of the day, it has numerically more games than the competition (despite the tricky pants phrasing in the latest XBox ad that hinges on the fastest network point).

Still, it's not really here nor there - my point isn't about the games or fanwars. It is about "wow, they continue to ship the same number of units to stores despite all this time and the competition?"