ph4nt said:
c0rd said:
Mummelmann said:
jarrod said:
Joel12345 said:
HD twins beating wii so all is good :D
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Actually, they're not since PS3 launch... and that's two weeks before Wii even launched...
- 360 = 36,112,859
- PS3 = 36,033,462
- HD = 72,146,321
- Wii = 72,706,242
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Quite a feat beating two competitors at once. This won't last though, the Wii has been steadily losing market share for well over a year and the rate in which its happening is only accelerating with the Wii only 25k in front of the PS3 last week and no signs of any big changes soon. Let us also not forget that the PS2 will, by the end of its lifetime, probably have tripled the combined sales of its peer consoles which takes away a little part of the glory (yes, the market has grown and changed but that actually makes the PS2 accomplishment even more incredible). The DS is also a lot more impressing saleswise, I'm truly curious as to where that monster will end up in lifetime sales. 170 million? More? Crazy stuff.
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Well, the thing is, Nintendo's victory is best seen in the financials - the Wii making billions while its competitors are swimming in red to keep up. The Wii will have made far more money than the PS2, or any home console, at the end of its life. It's not as pretty or straightforward to us as sales, but it's what Nintendo has been going for, so...
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I'm pretty sure the Wii already exceeded the PS2 profits years ago.
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If you mean Nintendo has done better overall even including the PS2 then sure, probably, the PS3 costs alone probably did that never mind the money in HW/SW the Wii has generated.
But if you're talking the PS2 on it's own in terms of its HW/SW sales then that seems doubtful vs Wii's LTD so far that seems doubtful to me. The PS2 sold at a profit for ages (still is in fact) and it shifted huge amounts of SW. I expecially doubt that the Wii years ago, with say 35 or 40 million sold, was outperforming a console with well over 100M units sold in a direct apples to apples comparison.
