Closing out yesterday's Sony Gamescom press conference, SCEI chief executive Andrew House announced the system's release dates. And in doing so, he also boasted that over one million pre-orders have already been placed for the PS4.
Following-up with that tease, Sony Computer Entertainment UK chief Fergal Gara revealed to VideoGamer.com that PS4 pre-orders are tracking "way over and above the [PS2 and PS3] pre-order number at launch day." Sony expects the PS4 will sell out at launch.
"We're not disclosing the exact number [of PS4 units] that we'll have on day one," Gara said. "Clearly we're working hard to satisfy a lot of countries. We mentioned 32 countries last night."
"The one comment I'll make about the pre-order number is first of all, it's greater than a million, and secondly, the UK represents a very healthy slug of that. We're undeniably seeing a sea change," he continued.
"I'm very very pleased with it, so we will be looking at sell outs in areas. We're doing everything we can to secure every last unit … so we an do out very best to meet the demand as it stands for day one and clearly chasing there after."
Gara admitted the high demand was a problem, "but it's a good problem to have."
The PlayStation 4 is due out on November 15 in the United States and November 29 in Europe. It is retailing for $399.
