Sony: PS4 Demand Will Outstrip Supply Into the Summer

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When Sony6758.TO +1.50%’s PlayStation 4 launched in November, it sold out on its first day. It may be the summer before the consoles are fully stocked on shelves.

An employee of an electronics chain promotes the release of Sony’s PlayStation 4 in Tokyo.

In an interview at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, Andrew House, head of Sony’s PlayStation division, said the company is seeing robust sales in all the regions the PS4 is being sold.

“We’re struggling to keep up with demand,” which has been highest in the U.S. and Europe, House said. “Conservatively, as we get into the early summer months, we’ll be closer to a full supply situation.”Constrained supplies have led some retailers to trumpet when they are able to stock up.

In January, MicrosoftMSFT +2.70%, which in January said it had sold more than three million of its new Xbox One consoles through the end of 2013.

Microsoft hasn’t updated its figures since. A spokesman said the company is planning on updating numbers in its quarterly reports. Sony also declined to offer new sales data.


A key moment for Microsoft was the launch of “Titanfall,” a highly anticipated space-age war simulation game from Respawn Entertainment and Electronic ArtsEA +0.05%. The game was made exclusively for the Xbox One, older Xbox 360 and PCs, a move analysts had said could draw some customers’ attention away from PlayStation while juicing demand for Microsoft’s devices.

House said demand has remained steady in the U.S., including during the launch period for “Titanfall.” Sony will be launching its own exclusive PS4 title Friday, a superhero game called “Infamous: Second Son.”


://m.us.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-33717
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amazon is only ONE retailer. and not many people trust buying a ps4 off the net and waiting for it in the mail. :comeon:
 
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Uncle_Ruckus said:
amazon is only ONE retailer. and not many people trust buying a ps4 off the net and waiting for it in the mail. :comeon:
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I don't know why. Unless you're buying it frome some shady two bit site, you should be fine.

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still better off buying one of these systems towards holiday season or even next year...rather build a sick ass htpc in the near future that cuts my cable bill because i'm going to get rid of like 3 boxes with a cablecard reader and its ports I can attach to the other tv's in the house
 
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