Sony released its long awaited successor to the Playstation 3 on Friday, November 15th to the US and Canada, while the console will launch in Europe and Latin America on November 29, 2013. Just in its first 24 hours of becoming available to the public Sony reported selling over a million consoles, with it expecting to 5 million console sales by the end of March (end of its fiscal year). The console will compete against the likes of heavyweights such as the Microsoft Xbox One and the Nintendo Wii-U.

Being Sony’s newest console in seven years it was certainly anticipated as many had chosen to ensure they got the console on release by being able to limitlessly pre-order, an option which wasn’t available at the predecessor PlayStation 3’s launch resulting in consumers having to wait numerous weeks in order to get their hands on the console. Along with the next generation PlayStation 4 comes the newly revamped PlayStation Store (an online-based store for all Sony gaming needs) which allows greater ease of use. Judging from its opening sales, it seems quite possible that Sony will be able to reach its target 5 million sold units by the end of March.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/17/5113704/sony-playstation-4-1-million-sales