| CrazzyMan said: @TWRoO: Ok, i will explain this in simple way: PSone: Sony Mar-1996 - 4.26 mln. Sony Mar-1997 - 13.50 mln. Sony Mar-1998 - 32.82 mln. Sony Mar-1999 - 54.42 mln. PS2: Sony Mar-2001 - 10.61 mln. Sony Mar-2002 - 28.68 mln. Sony Mar-2003 - 51.20 mln. NOW, do you see any "regularity, pattern, rule, appropriateness" in sales of these 2 consoles? What conclusion you can make form sales of these two consoles? HINT: Both consoles sold over 100 mln. |
The Playstation was the first console by a company with no prior gaming experience, people didn't know what to expect so sales started off slow. When Sony started to prove itself, stole exclusives away from Nintendo, and Nintendo and Sega completed their self destructive paths, the Playstation's sales started to pick up.
The PS2 started out slow because it launched in March of 2000 IN JAPAN ONLY, and then launched in November/December 2001 in the rest of the world to MASSIVE SHORTAGES. In 12 months in Japan only, with 4 months of supreme shortages in the rest of the world the PS2 has outsold the PS3; this is even though the PS2 had no good game releases in that time, and the PS3 has already seen several price reductions.
As with EVERY prediction you have made, you will be disapointed with predicting any sales increase
Edit:
Simply look at the following charts and see how poorly the PS3 is performing compared to the PS2
http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS2®1=Japan&cons2=PS3®2=Japan&cons3=PS3®3=Japan&weeks=156
http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS2®1=America&cons2=PS3®2=America&cons3=PS3®3=America&weeks=156
http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS2®1=Total+Other&cons2=PS3®2=Total+Other&cons3=PS3®3=Total+Other&weeks=156
Soon enough the PS3 will be 5 Million behind the PS2 in every region as compared to where the PS2 was at a similar point in its life.
