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Forums - Sales Discussion - Playstation 2, has its lack of quality made its sales record untouchable?

Arcturus said:
Tispower said:
Gballzack said:

Love it or hate we all own or owned one, and with the highest sales figures of any console in history, one has to ask, can anyone even touch it? Even if the Wii is more popular and more individuals buy the Wii than the PS2, can the a relatively quality ensured product like the Wii ever compete with the PS2 of the last gen whose infamous lack of quality control coupled with cheep parts forced many consumers to buy multiple units over the last seven years. Granted, I know people who have only ever had to buy one PS2 and have never had any problems with it but I also know people who have had to buy six, yes six, PS2s due to their constant breaking, and anyone not blind knows this was no small trend (albeit not always quite so many PS2s per individual). Can the Wii ever reach the PS2's grandeur in sales with a console that isn't built to break and forces the consumer to buy a new one? Arguably more people could own a Wii than people who owned a PS2 and the PS2 could still beat the Wii in sales by the end of a respective 7 year run for each.

Certainly the Xbox and other consoles in the past have had similar problems, but none ever to the extent the PS2 has become known for. And while there will always be consoles damaged due to user error and lack of common sense, the sheer numbers can't account for this as the only cause in the PS2's production run.


Sources? Figures? Comparison Figures?


This needs to be repeated. This thread is pointless without numbers to back up the argument.


 You are very wise my friend. =)

Albeit no one seems to be providing us with independant sources etc. =( I personally, even in my so far, short life know that personal experience is no way to asess the general situation. On top of that like previous people have said, it is really to early to tell. The Wii and PS3 have only been out for 6 months, and unlike the xBox 360 neither of them have had problems from launch, so you cannot compare it to the situation of the xBox 360 to work out the reliability of the products.



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Agreed. I'm locking this topic for not really supporting it with any real facts.



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ha. when i saw this topic title I KNEW it was Gballzack's. Dude I think you're going a bit overboard with your hatred towards Sony and its customers. Oh wait your profile says 'interests: trolling on boards'.



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