http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Wvzgi5cpc&feature=PlayList&p=52EB70F61A29C7D1&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=4
Ballmer at CES 2010. Five minutes into the video he says that "since we launched the first Xbox, more than 500 million games have been sold [shipped to retail worldwide through December 2009] accounting for more than $20 billion in revenue".
March 2010 SW LTD by System (Years over 15m)
PS2 - roughly 1513m (9 years)
PS1 - 962m (10 years)
DS -718.5m (5 years)
Wii - 544.8m (3.5 years)
GB - 501.1m (12 years)
NES - 500.1m (8 years)
SNES - 379.1m (6 years)
GBA - 377.3m (6 years)
X360 - 336m? Estimated (4 years)
PS3 - 290.5m (3 years)
PSP - 251m (4.5 years)
N64 - 225.0m (5 years)
Xbox - 218m? Estimated (5 years)
GC - 208.5m (5 years)
Gen - 169m? Estimated (4 years)
Sat - 86m? Estimated (3 years)
DC - 63m? Estimated (2 years)
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu