Dodece on 15 August 2007
Good find Ben however in a sense the data is invalid. I assume that massive PS3 spike in the chart would be the PS3 launch in Europe. That would be the time that Sony actually entered the world wide race. So up until that point it could be argued that Sony had no world wide numbers. They merely had numbers for two regions. So that basically slashed their potential customer base. Once they launched in Europe however they were no longer handicapped as it were.
Interestingly enough the question could be seen as when will Nintendo nullify the Sony market expansion spike. When can they nullify the sales spike that the European launch produced.
You are technically correct. However there was no actual contest till Sony launched in Europe.
