If early sales figures are a reliable
barometer, Sony appears to have scored a hit
with its new PlayStation 4.
The next-generation game console, which
went on sale in North America on Friday, sold
more than 1 million units in its first 24
hours on the market, Sony announced
Sunday. The company did not say how many
pre-orders contributed to that figure.
"Sales remain very strong in North America,
and we expect continued enthusiasm as we
launch the PlayStation 4 in Europe and Latin
America on November 29," Andrew House, the
CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, said in
a statement.
While sales appear to be off to a good start,
the long-awaited follow-up to the PlayStation
3 has not been without its hiccups.
Frustrated buyers have flooded the
company's support forums with complaints of
malfunctioning units that show a flashing
blue light instead of video, crash repeatedly,
or fail to boot at all.
Sony acknowledged that some buyers had
complained of issues but called them
"isolated incidents" that were within the
company's expectations for a new product
launch.
"There have been several problems reported,
which leads us to believe there isn't a
singular problem that could impact a
broader percentage of systems," the company
said in a statement to IGN. "The number of
affected systems represents less than .4% of
shipped units to date, which is within our
expectations for a new product introduction."
However, games made for
PlayStation 3 are not compatible with the
PS4, and there is a dearth of triple-A titles
at this time.
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