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ssj12 on 04 December 2008
nordlead said:
midwinter said:
nordlead said:
The front page tracks the current generation of consoles and handhelds. If you were to put the PS2 there, then you need to put the GameCube there too, as I can still find it in some stores. So no, the PS2 shouldn't be there, as it is from the last generation. Besides, you can find the PS2 sales on the weekly pages.

 

 I thought the PS2 was still being manafactured where as the GameCube is not. Correct me if I am wrong. (I realize you can still find the GameCube, but only if stores have held on to old inventory)

you are correct. Nintendo doesn't ship any more units.

@pc sales

the site doesn't even track PC sales, so that won't happen.

no, we would track PC software if it was possible.

 



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mike_intellivision on 04 December 2008

Until about three months ago, PS2 and Xbox 360 sales were roughly the same for the last nine months worldwide (with 360 being slightly higher during the 2007 holiday season).

Since the pricedrop, the PS2 has continued on the same trend-line while the 360 has jumped in sales.

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nordlead on 04 December 2008
ssj12 said:
nordlead said:

you are correct. Nintendo doesn't ship any more units.

@pc sales

the site doesn't even track PC sales, so that won't happen.

no, we would track PC software if it was possible.

 

Wait, no what? I never said anything about the posibility or desire to track PC sales. I just said VGChartz doesn't. You don't make sense most the time.

 




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ssj12 on 04 December 2008
nordlead said:
ssj12 said:
nordlead said:

you are correct. Nintendo doesn't ship any more units.

@pc sales

the site doesn't even track PC sales, so that won't happen.

no, we would track PC software if it was possible.

 

Wait, no what? I never said anything about the posibility or desire to track PC sales. I just said VGChartz doesn't. You don't make sense most the time.

 

I was more responding to the "wont happen" part. It could very well happen if we could gain distibution sources like Valve's Steam and can get data from retailers like we do for our console/handheld sales.

 



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Staude on 04 December 2008
Machina-AX said:

I've said this before in a similar thread.

I don't think PS2 numbers should go in the top middle graph, with all the percentages and colour coded bars, because it's not part of this generation of consoles so it shouldn't impact on the market share percentages.

However, I think it certainly should go up on the weekly hardware sales figures published on the right side of the main page. It's selling strongly on a weekly basis still, and it's included in the more detailed World>Weekly drop down menus, so it is being tracked by the site. It would be nice to have it on the front page for ease of reference.

 

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midwinter on 04 December 2008

I've read a lot about how PS2 numbers are not "relevant". I would say they are still relevant if people are still purchasing the system.

I don't consider the PSP irrelevant because the PS3 came out. Obviously Sony is selling both of them and they do different things. I consider this the same relationship as the PS3 and the PS2 even though the PS3 is the eventual replacement.



Onyxmeth on 04 December 2008
matt247 said:
Then it should have PC sales too.

How do you propose we do this? PCs have different manufacturers so they would all need seperate sales tallied. Many computers aren't built for modern, non-indy releases, so how do we differentiate between them? Also how do you tally computer hardware people buy to upgrade their rigs with? It's just much too messy to deal with.

 



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halogamer1989 on 04 December 2008

We could put a box for it under the PSP section.

 

Edit: And outline the box in complimentary light orange to the blue website noting it is past gen...



Tremble on 04 December 2008

Yeah I think the playstation 2 could have its private box with the market share between ps2/xbox/GC. This console is still advertize and played by many people around the world.



Khuutra on 04 December 2008

What I want to know is

The primary purpose of this site (ostensibly) is the tracking of the sales of seventh generation consoles. I mean, typically. It's what there tends to be here.

Even if the Playstation 2 is still selling - and it is - what relevance in particular does it have towards the current gen? Would you suggest that it is undercutting the sales of another system? Should VGChartz then have tracked the GBA up until the spring of 2007?