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Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House has suggested that PS4 “demand may well outstrip supply” after the console made all the right headlines at E3 this week. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the PlayStation boss said Sony has raised internal sales forecasts for the upcoming console following the positive reception shown by consumers and retailers over the past few days.
Sony revealed the actual PS4 hardware for the first time on Tuesday at its E3 press conference, where it also announced a Christmas release date in Europe and the US and a PS4 price of £349 / €399 / $399, which is $100 less than Xbox One’s launch cost. Consumers and retailers alike also reacted positively to the news that PS4 won’t impose restrictions on used games or require regular online check-ins, unlike Microsoft’s console.
SCEA CEO Jack Tretton said GameStop executives had told him the retailer would purchase "every single [PS4] unit" Sony can manufacture, a claim the WSJ verified with a spokesperson for the retailer. Meanwhile, SCE UK MD Fergal Gara told GamesIndustry.biz PS4 isn't in "mass manufacture right now" but that he expected to have “very significant stocks for the UK".
Related Platforms:PS4
Topics:E3, E3 2013
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Tjwoods18 - 4 hours ago
Confusing how people are quoting sales data solely from Amazon when, most likely, Walmart will be the biggest seller of Xbox one and PS4. They have physical presence in almost every town of every state, so it stands to reason that they would be a better measure of sales data. Reply Report Tjwoods18 - 3 hours, 57 minutes ago
Not to mention Target, Costco (maybe) and best buy. Reply Report
Eightboll812 - 3 hours, 53 minutes ago
Exactly, and you won't have to wait 2 days to get it via local brick and mortar outlets. Even if Amazon manages to ship two days early so you get it the day of, anyone who really wants it the second it comes out would rather order from a store that has a midnight opening, rather than wait till 4pm for the truck to show up. Amazon didn't even carry the Wii U and all its pre-order craziness. Reply Report Eightboll812 - 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
I don't know how they are "breaking records" when out of the top 3, two are the two different PS4 pre-order SKUs, and the #1 is PS4. http://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-video-games/zgbs/videogames/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=themanroomcom-20MS has only the "day one" SKU for pre-order, and Sony has two pre-order SKUs. the launch day is all out, and that is sitting in 3rd. The standard is in the top spot on Amazon. So go figure.If you don't like it sitting at number 2, you can go pre-order another :-)All this is irrelevant anyway. The whole toy shortage at Christmas stuff is now so ridiculous, you can't tell anything until the dust settles. If you watch Ebay, you see people who show pictures of piles of stuff in their living room. And last year, people ended up sitting on their Wii Us because the retailers managed to keep getting new stock. After the first week, only idiots bought on Ebay, because the market fell out. And that's with probably several hundred thousand units sitting in living rooms unsold. The "shortage" is a contrived shortage from all the people trying to make it big with reselling on Ebay. They soak up all the launch units, CREATE the shortage, then try to play the hero on Ebay. Even last year, the Wii U pre-order expectations of Gamestop alone was over 1 million on the waitlist (that's after the pre-order was filled). They were saying something like after Jan before you could even get one. And yes, if that wasn't stressed enough, that was the **Wii U** we are talking about. The hype was ridiculous.It's normal for people to buy 2 or 3 knowing they have a few weeks to watch the market and sell at inflated prices if Ebay gets crazy, and return it if not. There's no risk at all. The fact that Xbone day one editions are still even open for pre-order is embarrassing. Reply Report
slimjim441 - 4 hours, 11 minutes ago
I was going to retort in kind, but you pretty much covered it all. Reply Report
aaron-smith - 7 hours, 10 minutes ago
Really? Amazon released a statement saying that preorders for the One were breaking records. People need to quit crying about DRM. True security will always infringe on a users rights. Deal with it and move on. Reply Report
ultimatepunchrod - 6 hours, 16 minutes ago
I'm not opposed to the XBone (my plan is actually to get the PS4 this year and the XBone next year), but I disagree that honest, legitimate consumers who don't pirate games have to bare the brunt of these sorts of protections for game developers and publishers when hackers and those who do pirate games will just find a way around it at some point. Reply Report
ParagonT - 5 hours, 33 minutes ago
That makes absolutely no sense... How can it be called "security" when they're infringing on your rights? Does that sound like its making you feel safer? If losing your rights equates to security, then there's nothing left to protect. Derp!On another note, this has less to do with rights and more to do with interests because we don't 'have' to buy their system. Which is why most of us are not going to buying the Xbox One. #Deal With It Reply Report Eightboll812 - 5 hours, 24 minutes ago
"Derp!"LMAO. Yes, that and I'm more secure when a burglar has a gun trained on me in my house and I have no gun to protect myself. Reply Report
Redeater - 4 hours, 8 minutes ago
I've said this before and I'll say it again....if you are a die hard fanboy you are a fucking idiot. I have preferred the Xbox for the last 2 generations. While I plan on getting an XBone I will be buying a PS4 first and the majority of my game purchases will be for the PS4. (The licensing fees are how they make their money anyways.)People like myself are "dealing with it" by moving to the PS4. If you are so blinded by rabid fanboyism that you can't see how MS isn't putting the customer first anymore, that's cool. Stick with the Xbone. I'll see the rest of you on the PSN. Reply Report
BladedFalcon - 3 hours, 55 minutes ago
Guys, derpy fanboy hey, nothing to see... move along... Reply Report insaneawesomeme - 7 hours, 18 minutes ago
It wouldn't be "ANY" launch without some excuse for not enough consoles from day one. There I fixed that for you. Reply Report ultimatepunchrod - 6 hours, 13 minutes ago
100% correct. Sometimes hardware manufacturers intentionally reduce the supply size in order to be able to say that they've "sold out everywhere" which makes the launch look much more successful than they may be. Sony, MS, and Nintendo do not want a bunch of machines sitting on shelves because then it looks more like no one wants them as opposed to having empty shelves where it looks like everyone wants one. Reply Report nonevilcookiemonster - 7 hours, 41 minutes ago
Yeah, it is. Playstation 4 has been pre-ordered 3x more then the Xbox One http://www.noshitshurlock.com/playstation-4-ahead-of-xbox-one-in-pre-orders-on-amazon/ Reply Report CUFCfan616 - 8 hours, 12 minutes ago
it wouldn't be a Playstation launch without some excuse for not enough consoles from day one Reply ReportShowing 1-15 of 15 comments
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