Of course the sold to retail / shipment data we get from financial reports are the most trustworthy for comparison (as this data needs to be correct and isn't that much dependent on estimates / extrapolartion based on only a part of the market).
It would be nice to quick and easy comparison on when a platform overtook another platform in a more objective manner.
For example we lack data with regard to the original Playstation, one of the most successful game consoles of all time, but we do have this data:
|
1994 |
December 31 |
|
|
0.30 million |
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1995 |
May 4th week |
|
1.00 |
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|
December 31 |
|
3.40 |
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1996 |
March 31 |
|
|
4.30 |
|
|
May 15 |
|
|
|
5.00 |
|
|
November 30 |
|
|
|
10.00 |
|
|
1997 |
March 31 |
|
|
|
13.50 |
|
June 30 |
|
|
|
17.60 |
|
|
August 20 |
|
|
|
20.00 |
|
|
September 30 |
|
|
|
22.50 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
|
28.20 |
|
|
1998 |
February 5 |
|
|
|
30.00 |
|
March 31 |
|
|
|
32.82 |
|
|
June 30 |
|
|
37.32 |
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|
August 21 |
|
|
|
40.00 |
|
|
September 30 |
|
|
|
43.14 |
|
|
December 21 |
|
|
|
50.00 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
|
50.70 |
|
|
1999 |
March 31 |
|
|
|
54.42 |
|
June 30 |
|
|
|
58.40 |
|
|
September 30 |
|
|
|
65.21 |
|
|
December 2 |
|
|
|
70.04 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
|
71.82 |
|
|
2000 |
March 31 |
|
|
|
72.92 |
|
June 30 |
|
|
|
73.55 |
|
|
September 30 |
|
|
|
75.92 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
|
79.61 |
|
|
2001 |
March 31 |
|
|
|
82.23 |
|
June 30 |
|
|
|
85.44 |
|
|
September 30 |
|
|
|
88.26 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
|
89.29 |
|
|
2002 |
January 31 |
|
|
|
89.48 |
|
March 31 |
|
|
|
39.63 |
|
|
June 30 |
|
|
90.30 |
||
|
September 30 |
|
|
|
92.20 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
|
95.22 |
|
|
2003 |
March 31 |
|
|
|
96.41 |
|
June 30 |
|
|
|
97.24 |
|
|
September 30 |
|
|
|
98.20 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
99.22 |
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|
2004 |
March 31 |
|
|
|
99.72 |
|
May 18 |
|
|
|
100.00 |
|
|
June 30 |
|
|
|
100.29 |
|
|
September 30 |
|
|
|
100.89 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
|
101.73 |
|
|
2005 |
March 31 |
|
|
|
102.49 |
