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zorg1000 said:
DonFerrari said:

So help us out. The SW Sony have in place to PS2 launch wouldn't push sales on the West, but if they had decided to launch in West the games would be available or they wouldn't sell much more than what they had being just in Japan? You need to pick one horse. It either would or wouldn't impact sales majorly having WW launch.

It's all hypothetical but if Sony had wanted a WW launch of PS2 than it's more likely they would have it in Fall 2000, not March.

Since anything we throw at the case that haven't happened is purely hypothetical then no one can say it isn't the right way to compare the launch aligned by first release date even if in this case it have PS2 Japan only and PS4 on more markets (still wasn't full globe). I even remember a famous thread of the smart 13 vs 49 or something like that comparing Xbox tiered launch versus Sony more spread, and that MS would demolish Sony on those markets and the extra months to other territories wouldn't impact much. And in a way the first couple months both consoles sold very near to one another, and even Xbox had shortages. So assuming that if PS2 was to be released WW at that time would mean much more sales can't be proven.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."