Console sales in general: the new guy's perspective

[eugene]

ChronotriggerJM said:

eugene said:
There on par with Xbox's first year because of Japan, and Xbox had a lousy first year.

 Ahhh I see PS3's sales are doing excelently in America ^_^; (sarcasm) of course that's counting Japan, should we deduct the 360's sales in America?

Ok, the PS3 matched a system that had virtually no international presence outside of Amercia, no killer game until a year later with Gears of War, and whose previous system was outsold by 100 million units. Im sure Sony had a higher bar to reach than to merely match Xbox's first year. And note: Xbox's second year killed PS3's first year and in reality, that matters more.