TheSource on 07 May 2009
Ail the pattern is as the HW base grows, avg games bought per users in aggregate declines
This is what it looked like for PS2:
| PS2 | HW FY | SW FY | SW FY/HW FY | SW FY/HW LTD | LTD SW/LTD HW | Year Ending |
| FY1 | 1.41 | 2.9 | 2.06 | 2.0567 | 2.057 | Mar-00 |
| FY2 | 9.20 | 35.4 | 3.85 | 3.3365 | 3.610 | Mar-01 |
| FY3 | 18.07 | 121.8 | 6.74 | 4.2469 | 5.582 | Mar-02 |
| FY4 | 22.52 | 189.9 | 8.43 | 3.7090 | 6.836 | Mar-03 |
| FY5 | 20.10 | 222.0 | 11.04 | 3.1136 | 8.022 | Mar-04 |
| FY6 | 16.17 | 252.0 | 15.58 | 2.8810 | 9.420 | Mar-05 |
| FY7 | 16.22 | 223.0 | 13.75 | 2.1506 | 10.097 | Mar-06 |
| FY8 | 14.71 | 193.5 | 13.15 | 1.6343 | 10.477 | Mar-07 |
| FY9 | 13.73 | 154.0 | 11.22 | 1.1655 | 10.554 |
Mar-08 |
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu
