This comes up again and again. It's mentioned in forums as if it's a fact (happened today!), and it's pissing me off a lot to be honest. Let's deal with the facts shall we:
Generation 3:
NES + Master System + Atari = 61.91 + 11.8 + 3.77 = 77.48 Million
Generation 4:
SNES + Megadrive + TurboGrafx + CDi = 49.1 + 40 + 10 + 0.57 = 99.67 Million
Generation 5
PS + N64 + Saturn + 3DO + Jaguar = 102 + 32.93 + 9.4 + 2 + 0.25 = 146.58 Million
Generation 6
PS2 + Xbox + Gamecube + Dreamcast = 153.6 + 24 + 22 + 10.6 = 209.2 Million
Generation 7
Wii + PS3 + 360 = 100.6 + 81.6 + 80.6 = 262.8 Million (and counting!!!)
So PLEASE tell me where this BS is coming from!?