That's right, its time for some more mindboggling PlayStation 4 sales numbers. This time they come courtesy of Michael Ephraim, the head of SCE Australia. "We have been truly humbled by the incredible response to the PS4 from Australian gamers," the big-wig said at a recent press event. "It is my pleasure to announce today that the PS4 is the fastest selling home video games console in Australian history." Considering the system's stellar sales in the region, this should hardly come as a surprise – but it's a very impressive statistic nonetheless.
Ephraim chalks this success up to the Japanese giant's clear and consistent plan for the console, stating: "Since the PS4 announcement, we never wavered from our vision of creating a system that is gamer focused and developer inspired." However, he was quick to reiterate that the company isn't about to rest on its laurels. "Our eyes are firmly set on the future and continuing to deliver on the promises we have made to our players," he continued.
What do you make of Ephraim's comments? Does this staggering statistic surprise you? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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Thumbs up for the sub-heading haha
I am just happy to see Sony regain it's console crown. It had the crown for the PS1 era and the PS2 era, and lost it during the PS3 era. The world is right again.
That tagline.
And what a name Ephraim is!
@thedevilsjester hear hear!
@ShogunRok He previously worked as a villain in a cancelled Final Fantasy spinoff.
Stone the crows!
All Hail the PS All Hail the PS...... PS4L
Well obviously I bought one of them!
I think the other big factor is Australia is that the PS3 had really good momentum in Australia since about 2010. the 360 killed it in early years, and overall sales of the two last gen consoles is probably very even in total, but the PS3 was a clear sales winner from about 2010 on, and I think the PS4 payed into that, especially with how the two launches went..
Having said that outselling the Wii is huge, because it was massive here too. I'm actually surprised it has sold better than the Wii did.
It's because the Dualshock looks like a boomerang.
Aussies appreciate that.
Always gets me when corporations say they have been humbled, when they've really been boasting pridefully about their success since it started. Actors do the same thing. Get on TV and boast about how great they are, pride has them swelled up the size of a watermelon, then when they're accepting their award they say "I'm so humbled". Lol no you're not, you're not even close to humility...
Not to pick on Sony because it seems like anyone and everyone is doing this nowadays, but this kind of stuff just gets me every time...
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