mrstickball on 27 September 2008
Actual comparison:
Current generation is 2 years and 10 months into the lifecycle of hardware (November 2005)
To get a similar number for previous-gen hardware, you'd have to back up the time machine to late December 2002.
VGC gives us the following data for the year ending 2002:
Playstation 2: 42,595,000
Xbox: 7,237,000
GameCube: 7,080,000
Total LTD Base: 56,912,000 Hardware Units.
Now compare to a similar time in 2008:
Wii: 32,550,000
X360: 20,940,000
Playstation 3: 15,580,000
Total LTD Base: 69,070,000 Hardware Units.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
