Why are U.S Weekly charts Next Gen only ??

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jlauro said:
Even if it's hard to track all the PS2 games (which I am interested in, as I have multiple consoles and nothing against buying a game for an older console). That said, I am even more interested in PS2 system sales. In March, it sold more then Wii and all of the other consoles. AFAIK, April's numbers are not publically available yet. Hope that's some of the data coming next week... As PS3 can in for the most part play PS2 games, sales of new PS2 systems could be an indication of people interested in a PS3 waiting for the price to fall. I think it's fair to compare sales of PS2+PS3 to GC+Wii... Besides, this is vgcharts, not nexgenwars... we should discuss all video games even if the focus is on the newer systems.

Last gen system sales indicate people, who are not going to buy current gen consoles in a couple of years. PS3 can play some (most?) of the PS2 games, but PS2 can play them all. It's more like PS2 buyers are definately not going to buy PS3 in a while. This doesn't mean that they wouldn't be buying 360 or Wii (still propably not), but PS3 is pretty much out of the question for them (for the next few years). It's a pity that they don't track last gen sales, but it's understandable.