| HappySqurriel said: With 45 Million PS2s sold the PS2 only sold 984,598 pieces of software The fact of the matter is that most gamers are not obesessive enough to buy more than a couple games a year; if they own a system long enough (say 5 years) they will end up with a library of 20 or so games. Systems which have reached a mainstream market rarely have a (particularly) strong attach rate ... |
What? I think your numbers are way, way off. If what you stated were true, then Halo 3 sold in one week three times more than the entire PS2 library sold in 5 years. I think you're missing a few zeros.
But your point is well taken. The majority of gamers are casual who buy 3-5 games over the life of a system. That's why the 360's unheard of attach rate of close to 6 is pretty amazing but not surprising considering the system has the most games, and the most well reviewed games.
