{"id":60705,"date":"2013-12-03T14:08:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T12:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=60705"},"modified":"2013-12-03T14:09:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T12:09:36","slug":"2-1-million-ps4-units-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/60705-2-1-million-ps4-units-sold","title":{"rendered":"2.1-million PS4 units sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Andrew House has announced that the PS4&#8217;s North American debut on 15 November 2013 was PlayStation\u2019s largest ever, with more than one million gamers picking up a PS4 in just 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Following the PS4&#8217;s launch expanding to a total of 32 countries, including Europe and Latin America, Sony&#8217;s tally has hit 2.1 million PlayStation 4 consoles sold.<\/p>\n<p>This comes along with the news that <strong><a title=\"PS4 best-selling console in UK history\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/60688-ps4-best-selling-console-in-uk-history.html\" target=\"_blank\">PS4 is the best-selling console in UK history.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to personally thank PlayStation fans, both old and new, for your vote of confidence. The best part: the PS4 journey has just begun. In addition to an incredible line-up of PS4 games from the best developers in the world, we will continue to introduce valuable new features and services to PS4 in the months and years ahead,&#8221; said House.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While PS4\u2032s capabilities will continue to evolve, our commitment to gamers and breakthrough entertainment remains steadfast. We believe that videogames represent the pinnacle of artistry and entertainment, and we will work tirelessly to make sure that PlayStation remains the best place to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for your passion and your support \u2013 we couldn\u2019t have done this without you,&#8221; concluded House.<\/p>\n<p>Sony\u2019s Playstation 4 launches on 13 December at a recommended retail price of R6,299. The console will have accessories such as extra Dualshock 4 controllers and charging stands available on launch, although the PS4\u2032s vertical stand and the red and blue controllers will not be available on launch.<\/p>\n<p>Ster Kinekor Entertainment has now confirmed the recommended pricing for the PS4 bundles and peripherals in SA: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/60290-ps4-bundles-games-peripherals-sa-pricing-revealed.html\">PS4 bundles, games, peripherals: SA pricing revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a title=\"PlayStation blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.eu.playstation.com\/2013\/12\/03\/ps4-global-sales-update\/\" target=\"_blank\">PlayStation Blog<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More PlayStation 4 news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/60637-sony-explains-overpriced-psn-games.html\">Sony explains overpriced PSN games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/60635-sa-psn-prices-reduced-on-ps4-games.html\">SA PSN prices reduced on PS4 games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/60558-ps4-south-african-game-prices-shock-on-psn.html\">PS4: South African game prices shock on PSN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/60440-infamous-second-son-sa-release-date-confirmed.html\">InFamous: Second Son SA release date confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has revealed they sold 2.1-million PlayStation 4 consoles worldwide during their launch week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":57548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[31,1938,1239,1853,71],"class_list":["post-60705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-active","tag-andrew-house","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-sony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}