Destiny Helps Triple PlayStation 4 Sales in September - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 October 2014 / 10,764 Views

PlayStation 4 sales exploded in September in the US to its biggest month in 2014. The growth in sale was due to the release of Destiny. PS4 sales nearly tripled when compared to August.

"Destiny broke PlayStation Network sales records across several categories, taking the top spot for pre-orders, day one sales, and week one sales," Sony stated. "One month after the game's launch, engagement among PlayStation fans continues to soar, as Destiny is the most-played title on the PlayStation 4 system with 125 million hours of gameplay."

While no figure was provided it was announced that the PlayStation 4 was the top selling console in the US in September. That is the 9th straight month the PS4 was the bestselling console.

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23 Comments

iTechHeads (on 17 October 2014)

Beast. Congrats Sony.

Yafea (on 17 October 2014)

The PS4 is a force of nature and cannot be stopped.

Nordzilla Yafea (on 18 October 2014)

PS4zilla

radha (on 17 October 2014)

Well any chance for pachter's prediction being accurate anymore?

Turkish (on 17 October 2014)

Return of the King.

fluky-nintendy (on 17 October 2014)

So the exclusive advertising DID work after all :P

bouboumorveu (on 17 October 2014)

Say my name. "PS4". You damn right!

ThatDanishGamer (on 18 October 2014)

People are estimating that PS4 sold 500k-600k. Du they ever publish the actual sales numbers?

ThatDanishGamer ThatDanishGamer (on 18 October 2014)

*do

UltimateGamer1982 (on 19 October 2014)

Wow. Absolutely insane. Holiday sales will be monstrous.

Namiirei (on 19 October 2014)

No figure privided ?

Gamekult.fr got numbers (2nd big french gaming site)

Namiirei (on 19 October 2014)

No figure provided ? And that ?

http://www.gamekult.com/actu/aux-usa-destiny-fait-le-bonheur-de-la-ps4-A139607.html

(2nd big French gaming site)

Michelasso (on 18 October 2014)

I think the specialized press instead of reporting the Pachter crap should interview him asking how the hell he manages to be so wrong so many times.

KLAMarine (on 18 October 2014)

It's unfortunate that so many bought into the Destiny hype.

Qwark (on 18 October 2014)

Well it was a good game advertised a bit too well, but the PS4 is still a wonderful console, so even if you don't like destiny The PS4 still a pretty good purchase. If you think it isn't you're just to picky or have unreasonable expectations. Xbox one will lead in thy end though because we should've faith in Pachter after all.