DS is at 121m.....how long until it beats the ps2?

[Zucas]

akuseru said:

Zucas said:
Well I don't see the point in separating it by home console and portable console. Both compete on the same market with the same potential consumers. I guess only difference would be is that a home console could be seen as "1 per household" and portables as "1 per person" but considering the best selling system is a home console it is hard to see that as completely relevant.

This however is VERY relevant! For instance my best friend has 2 younger brothers. The family has 1 NEs, 1 SNES, 1 N64, 1 GC, 1 Wii, 6 gameboys (GBC and GB) and 4 DSs. So they have bought 4 times the DSs compared to any home console they own. The same goes for any family I know of. Each family member (mostly kids) have 1 handheld each and 1 home console for sharing. How many families with 3 or more kids are there in the world? all which are potentially 3 DS buying families???

and even though the PS2 had the slim version, you have to consider: DS, DSLite, DSi, DS LL (or whatever...) which all bring new features to the console and should almost be tracked separately imo ( not really, but almost =P )

Well I can't consider you ancedotal sales trend to really say much abou the rest of the world but I would agree home console more for a family while portable console more for an individual.  But that isn't somethign I can prove just an instinctual feeling of how I think it would be.  But doesn't mean they shouldn't be compared on the same level.  Both are onthe market and are selling to people interested in gaming entertainment.  Just because one appeals to more potential customers doesn't mean we should handicap the other one haha.