Sony announced that it has sold over one million PlayStation 4 units in the first 24 hours of the North American launch.
The PS4 was released in the United States and Canada on Friday, sold at a retail price of $399. Reuters reports that the number meet's Sony's announcement of over a million orders in advance and they expect "2.5 million to 3 million PS4 shipments in the fourth quarter of North America."
Sony Corp had previously announced it had received more than 1 million advance orders for the console. Still, the initial sales figures are Sony's first salvo in a battle brewing with Microsoft Corp's Xbox One console, which goes on sale Nov 22. Sony is also hoping its console can help build a platform for recovery at the Japanese company's money-losing consumer electronics operations.In comparison to the previous console, Joystiq reports Sony sold only 197,000 PlayStation 3 units in the first two weeks. Also, it's beaten out the Wii U with Nintendo's next-gen console selling 425,000 units in the first week of its release.
With all the excitement surrounding the next-gen consoles, and the economy being healthier than the majority of last generation's life cycle, it shouldn't be hard for Sony to meet their expectation of selling five million units by the end of their fiscal year in March.
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