PS4 has Sold Through Over 1 Million Units Within 24 Hours of the Launch in North America

[Veho]

Nice.

Does that number include preorders?

 

[LockeCole_101629]

Damn, people actually went out and bought the PS4? I guess I was wrong to assume everyone understood it is an overpriced underpowered PC.

why this is underpowered?
can you get the same/better results in PC gaming with $400?
even the cheapest i5 combo (Proc, 8GB RAM, Motherboard, 500GB Drive) already passed $400 mark, and I don't think you'll be able to play heavy games with IntelHD.

 

[Arras]

why this is underpowered?
can you get the same/better results in PC gaming with $400?
even the cheapest i5 combo (Proc, 8GB RAM, Motherboard, 500GB Drive) already passed $400 mark, and I don't think you'll be able to play heavy games with IntelHD.

http://www.logicalincrements.com/
Here are some good PC builds for all price ranges. That said I have no idea how powerful those are so I'll refrain from commenting on that.

 

[raulpica]

That's like saying that a lawnmower is a car because it has a petrol engine.

The car doesn't let you mown the lawn, nor the lawnmover gets you to work. Errr.. Bad example.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

The car doesn't let you mown the lawn, nor the lawnmover gets you to work. Errr.. Bad example.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/ ;O;

 

[Foxi4]

The car doesn't let you mown the lawn, nor the lawnmover gets you to work. Errr.. Bad example.

The PS4 doesn't let you do spreadsheets, create presentations, code and compile applications, do graphics design, create electronic music etc., meaning it doesn't do everyday general computing. The PC does. Because it's a Personal Computer. Not a console. The PS4 is a console. It does games.

Perfect example.

 

[Veho]

The PS4 doesn't let you do spreadsheets, create presentations, code and compile applications, do graphics design, create electronic music etc., meaning it doesn't do everyday computing. The PC does.

So you're saying the PC does what Sonydon't wait that doesn't sound right

 

[Foxi4]

So you're saying the PC does what Sonydon't wait that doesn't sound right

Of course it does what a console doesn't - that's sort of the point of PC's, they do more than games (for more monnies, too ).

 

[ElYubiYubi]

I see a lot of haters here. No other console has sold like that(I think). Yet we have to wait and see if the Xbox One can break that record.

 

[raulpica]

The PS4 doesn't let you do spreadsheets, create presentations, code and compile applications, do graphics design, create electronic music etc., meaning it doesn't do everyday general computing. The PC does. Because it's a Personal Computer. Not a console. The PS4 is a console. It does games.

Perfect example.

It was more of a "can do most of the things" not "all the things" example, but whatever

 

[Nathan Drake]

I see a lot of haters here.

Wut? This thread has just devolved into console vs PC for the umpteenth time on this forum (and in just over one page). Regardless, you'll see a lot of PS4 hate on this site anyways just because this is primarily an audience of Nintendo fanboys who refuse to understand basic ideas for the sake of their brand loyalty. Said fanboys are going to ride the hardware failures until they're no longer relevant, calling back on them to justify why the Wii U is a better purchase long after the relevance of them has passed. You'll see more hate from PC elitists who, after three decades of them, still can't seem to comprehend why people may buy game consoles, regardless of how many perfectly logical reasons you throw their way. If the Xbox One does well, you'll see some fantastic GBAtemp hate backtracking as they praise the Xbox One and bash the PS4 because, hey, being flip floppity is the cool thing around here.

I guess the point of this is way to state the obvious.

 

[Foxi4]

It was more of a "can do most of the things" not "all the things" example, but whatever

...all the things?

Spoiler

 

[sjones900]

Sony also disclosed that 0.4% of PS4's were defective in some way... So that's 4,000 units? Not too bad, frustrating for some, but it's to be expected with the launch of a new console.

 

[Nathan Drake]

Sony also disclosed that 0.4% of PS4's were defective in some way... So that's 4,000 units? Not too bad, frustrating for some, but it's to be expected with the launch of a new console.

That was their estimated percentage of defective units. In all likelihood, it's probably closer to 1%, but it's still nowhere near an unacceptable rate of failures.

 

[Foxi4]

Wut? This thread has just devolved into console vs PC for the umpteenth time on this forum (and in just over one page).

It's mostly because people assume that when a console is based on x86_64, it's a PC... and yet nobody was raving that all of the consoles last generation were Mac's since they were based on PowerPC (yes, even the PS3 - the CELL's PPE is a PowerPC-based core).

 

[McHaggis]

Those are pretty big numbers from the PS4. I guess all the people underwhelmed by the Wii U for the past year finally got the opportunity to do something about it. That second link is really misleading, though: it's a rumour, for one thing, and the source itself doesn't cite any sources and looks like it was written by a ten year-old.

 

[Terenigma]

Thats... an impressive figure for day 1! I dont think the Xblock wrong can match those figures, i just hope playstation really hone in on what they've set up this year. Its been a great year for them, they've promised alot and delivered something great. They just need to keep people interested with top notch games over the next year and the public will be in the palm of their hand.

 

[DinohScene]

Crash on PS4?
Oh my, time to get to the store then.

 

[Joe88]

It's mostly because people assume that when a console is based on x86_64, it's a PC... and yet nobody was raving that all of the consoles last generation were Mac's since they were based on PowerPC (yes, even the PS3 - the PPE is a PowerPC-based core).

I suspect someone (I wont name name's ) is going to come in here real soon and start posting pc graphics card specs and benchmarks and how much better they are to all consoles combined

 

[Foxi4]

I suspect someone (I wont name name's ) is going to come in here real soon and start posting pc graphics card specs and benchmarks and how much better they are to all consoles combined

I have no idea who you're talking about.