HappySqurriel on 19 December 2007
The 'Other' region accounts for ~34.5% of system sales across the DS, Wii, XBox 360, PSP and PS3; and it also accounts for ~39.2% of PS3 system sales. If you adjust PS3 sales outside of the 'Other' region to match the average sales across all platforms the PS3 would sell 8.82 Million systems, if you adjust sales in the 'Other' region down to match the average sales across all platforms the PS3 would sell 7.2 Million systems.
In other words ... I think it is fair to say that the 'Other' region has saved the PS3 from a fairly embarrassing first year on the market, and if sales in the rest of the world were as strong the PS3 would not have as much criticism.
