Wii vs the PS2 curve

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TheSource said:

I feel like I'm always saying this but:

 

PS2 and PS3 had staggered launches world wide.

PS2 had numbers comparable in its first weeks to PS3 in the Americas and Others combined just from Japan sales.

 

Sony Console Availability

PS3: November 2006-March 2007

Others & Americas only

PS2: March 2000 to October 2000

Japan only

 

You have to look at the regions individually to get an accurate worldwide PS2 & PS3 comparison. Wii is something of an exception because it launched worldwide between November 15 2006 and December 15 2006 in the major markets.

 

Regionally:

Japan  PS2 had a 4.4m lead at comparable points

Europe is the closest. But PS3 is still 15% of the PS2 pace.

Americas is the worst in raw numbers. Six million off the PS2 pace so far.

 

 

Agree for Japan and America although if you look at this year it seems the US situation is improving, the Japan one is getting worse.

 

The jury is still out for Others as if you align launch you have the PS2 having 2 holydays in Others vs the PS3 having only one so far.

If you look at individual years you see the PS3 had a worse start than the PS2 there but is doing much better in its second year...( 2008 LTD PS3 sales in others beat ANY PS2 year in Others up to this point...even the mighty 2003 when the PS2 sold 7.7 million units in Others). Question is will the PS3 have enough stamina during the holydays to continue at the same rythm there...