Sony 'looking at a PS4 sell-out situation'

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Sony Is anticipating a PS4 sell-out at launch, with PlayStation UK boss Fergal Gara claiming the company's struggling to satisfy pre-orders.

On Tuesday, when Sony announced a PS4 release date of November 15 in the US and November 29 in Europe, the company said more than one million PS4 pre-orders had been placed worldwide.

And Gara told OPM the figure is "higher than we've ever seen in 20 years".

"The problem with pre-orders, which is a good problem to have, is that they're very, very high," he said.

"As an ex retailer myself I understand this at least as well as anyone else: we need to help retailers manage the expectations of their customers and not let them down. And that is why we advise them that, from August the 5th, they should not guarantee anyone they will get their unit on day one".

"We are going to be looking at a sell-out situation and chasing demand, it's a problem, it's kind of a good problem to have, but it is a problem and we're trying to manage that as responsibly as we possibly can."

PS4 will be available in 32 countries this holiday, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House said on Tuesday.

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KatsumiPosted:

Fuzzeh_X
Gossip Sony is so cocky, I hope it blows up in their face.
Lmao Sony is so cocky it's not there fault people like there console more lol what a ridiculous comment they can't just make another 1 million consoles, I hate kids on this site that think they know what goes down behind the scenes, Sony had a lot of consoles ready but they got overflowed with preorders and there is proof of that because Gamestop one of the biggest video game retailers in the world recently said the waiting list for the Playstation 4 had over 1,500,000 people on it which is a very overwhelming amount.


It's likely was more pre-orders than they expected there to be, even if they made more consoles it wouldn't be able to meet the INCREASING demand for them. More and more people are looking to get the PS4 every day, more people than consoles that are being made that is.

InfantingPosted:

Boar
Gossip Sony is so cocky, I hope it blows up in their face.


They have been quite cocky with insults but I don't think it will blow up in their face sadly.


Sadly have to agree with Boar. But yeah..
Sony are quite cocky!

InfantingPosted:

Katsumi
Utilities Did this happen with the PS3?


I don't believe it did. The demand for the PS4 is much higher than that of the PS3


Yeah, agree with Katsumi. It's next generation. Bringing more
gamers attention this time...

Corn_DogPosted:

slapshot101 I hope that they will be able to start coming up with way more consoles some where but on the actual launch day I don't think that they will sell out everywhere. They already have consoles reserved for the launch day to buy at stores without a pre-order.


I honestly can say that I really believe they will sell out everywhere, Idk about you but have you seen some of the desperate people who haven't been able to pre-order one yet? It's also only August... I have a couple buddies who found a Bestbuy that was still taking pre-orders earlier this month that is basically in the middle of nowhere and was over two hours away and were able to pre order it then bragged about it and between their other friends who went and pre ordered the rest after, that Bestbuy ran out of them. So now I know like 7 people who plan on driving almost 3 hours to get theirs on launch and like I said it's only August...

gmlukensPosted:

Fuzzeh_X
Gossip Sony is so cocky, I hope it blows up in their face.
Lmao Sony is so cocky it's not there fault people like there console more lol what a ridiculous comment they can't just make another 1 million consoles, I hate kids on this site that think they know what goes down behind the scenes, Sony had a lot of consoles ready but they got overflowed with preorders and there is proof of that because Gamestop one of the biggest video game retailers in the world recently said the waiting list for the Playstation 4 had over 1,500,000 people on it which is a very overwhelming amount.


The bias is strong in this one

Fuzzeh_XPosted:

Gossip Sony is so cocky, I hope it blows up in their face.
Lmao Sony is so cocky it's not there fault people like there console more lol what a ridiculous comment they can't just make another 1 million consoles, I hate kids on this site that think they know what goes down behind the scenes, Sony had a lot of consoles ready but they got overflowed with preorders and there is proof of that because Gamestop one of the biggest video game retailers in the world recently said the waiting list for the Playstation 4 had over 1,500,000 people on it which is a very overwhelming amount.

KatsumiPosted:

Utilities Did this happen with the PS3?


I don't believe it did. The demand for the PS4 is much higher than that of the PS3

KatsumiPosted:

Boar
Gossip Sony is so cocky, I hope it blows up in their face.


They have been quite cocky with insults but I don't think it will blow up in their face sadly.


The PS4 will still be a pretty good console despite the Sony's insults. I couldn't see it blowing up in their face what so ever.

AustraliansPosted:

Don't want to criticize, but Fergal? Wtf?...

Dr-PonyfilePosted:

it would not surpise me if both Xbox Ones and PS4's sell out at launch as others have said its good for them but not good for us.


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