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Kasz216 on 05 February 2010
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MikeB said:
Darc Requiem said:

Kasz ended this thread a while back. It's fun to see the delusional keep ignoring him though. The original post ignores the fact that the PS1 would have been out for 4 fiscal years in Japan, 3 fiscal years in North America and Europe. The PS3 has been out for 4 fiscal years in Japan and North American, and 3.5 fiscal years in Europe. In this flawed comparison the PS3 has been on the market for 1 year longer than the PS1 in North America and six months longer in Europe. Thread logic = Fail.

Nomatter the headstart in 2 regions, taking equal timeframes last quarter the PS3 sold just as much as the PS1 did for the equivalent quarter. So IMO despite the much cheaper entry pricing of the PS1 at that point, the PS3 performs well and considering how well the PS1 did in the end certain fans too quickly made this gen out to be a sprint instead of a marathon.

PS3 actually performed BETTER last quarter then the PS1. 

6.5  million for PS3 vs 5.7 for PS1.   With the 5.7 being under Sony's old shipment figures.

Though whether such a comparison is valid is iffy.

Afterall since the PS3 had the 2 region headstart that means it's ahead in the "Sales ramp" so to speak by a year in the US... and like 9-10 motnhs ahead in the EU


For example 1 year later.... the PS1 shipped 3.41 million in the US in the equivlent quarter and 2.59 million in the EU.  Combined with the 1.45 million that shipped in Japan in 97...

 

and you've got ~7.45 million vs 6.5 million.