Erik Aston on 04 May 2007
| ColonelFury said: So you tell me. How did Sony turn it around with the PS2? The PS2 started out selling slowly. But now within a six year frame, the PS2 has sold over 110 million units. Making it the greatest selling console of all time. |
Ah, the PS2 launch fallacy. The PS2 "sold slowly" in the exact same way that the Wii is "selling slowly" right now. IE, a failure to deliver enough units to come within a mile of demand, but still setting sales records.
Check the Japanese numbers. PS2 still has the biggest launch ever in Japan--bigger than Wii and DS. In the US, Wii is outpacing PS2 as the fastest launch ever, while PS3 is tracking even with the 360 and below every other system released this decade.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
