According to Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan, PS5 pre-orders during its first 12 hours of availability matched what the PS4 did for pre-orders during its first three months.
Based on some estimates, that would be around 1 million pre-orders for the PS5 globally during that time frame.
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Originally Posted by Destructoid
As you are all perfectly aware, it has been extremely difficult to secure a PlayStation 5 pre-order. We've detailed the retailer pre-order snafu in the past, but here's the takeaway: Only the very fortunate have managed to pre-buy the PS5. Everyone else is left to hope they can get one around launch; more realistically, they'll be able to find one in 2021.
According to a Reuters report, there's a good reason why PS5 pre-orders flew off the proverbial shelves. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan explains that PS5 pre-orders in the first 12 hours of availability matched the PS4's pre-order numbers over its first three months. Ryan points out the obvious by saying "The demand as expressed by the level of pre-order has been very, very considerable." It took PS5 half a day to do what PS4 took 90 days.
Analyst Daniel Ahmad extrapolates on this statistic and estimates that the PlayStation 5 has cleared one million global pre-orders. It's not a perfect estimate, however, as Ryan's quote seems only pointed at US pre-orders and the PS4 pre-order data is worldwide. Still, that seems to be the ballpark we're working with.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-s...-idUSKBN27C2P5
https://www.destructoid.com/stories/...t-608100.phtml