Sony thinks PS4 sales can 'significantly exceed' PS3's

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The man in charge of Sony's games business believes PS4 sales can "significantly exceed" PS3's lifetime total.

Sony claimed last month that worldwide PS3 sales to retailers hit 80 million units on November 2, seven years after the system launched.

PS4 released in North America on November 15, 2013 and two weeks later in Europe and Latin America. Worldwide PS4 sales stood at 2.1 million units on Tuesday, according to Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House.

And House told MCV there are multiple reasons why he thinks PS4 is capable of selling far more units than its predecessor.

"It has an opportunity to significantly exceed what we've been able to achieve with PS3 and there's a couple of reasons for that," he said. "We start off with a price point that is much more consumer friendly than was there for the PS3.

"Also, one of the success stories for the business as a whole has been our ability to open up new geographies for video games over the last five years. You are seeing opportunities for new markets that we haven't tapped into.

"The other point is that we took several years to take PS3 from being a dual function device to a multi-functional entertainment device," House added. "PS4 arrives with a full suite of those non-game entertainment services right from day one.

"And that's important because there will be someone who wants this as a games device, but the fact it is a great place to view BBC iPlayer, for example, gives other family members reason to use it. That is crucial in broadening what the console's reach could be."

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MaggardoPosted:

Well, obviously the PS4 will get more sales than the PS3!

gmlukensPosted:

Every gen will come with more sales... Except the Wii XD

DreamsPosted:

agreed ps4 is a major improvement since the ps3 should take half the time it did for ps3 to reach those sales

MawderzPosted:

Yeah I think will Ps4 will most definitely exceed Ps3's sales

KatsumiPosted:

UMF
Lavish
Katsumi Well.. this doesn't come as too much of a surprise seeming that the gaming industry has grown significantly over the past 6 years, and will continue to grow throughout the lifespan of the PS4


Agreed.
Although, I don't think that the PS4 will have the same lifespan as the Ps3.

I would guess remarkably shorter.
Yeah, in the next 5 years, I reckon the best specs you can get now will be at least tripled...


Well i could see the current generation lasting at least 5 years. Last generation only lasted 6-7 if i recall

Mafia6kPosted:

Ps4 is deff going to sell more then the ps3

GossipPosted:

Obviously, next gen, more players..

LG6Posted:

I think both next gen consoles with outsell the current gen consoles

MSDSPosted:

And the Xbox one exceeded the Xbox 360 the PS4 exceeded the PS3 it's going to happen it's bigger and better that's just me though.

RantPosted:

It doesn't surprise me that the PS4 sales are expected to exceed the PS3's, it would make sense.