c0rd said:
Actually, it doesn't show that at all. It isn't like a console needs to sell well in all territories - according to these numbers, the DS is even lower than the Wii in Brazil. That still won't stop it from flying past PS2's lifetime numbers with ease edit: Not that I think the Wii will pass the PS2, still unsure at this point. But it's just like the 360 v PS3, the 360 has a shot at holding onto second, even with low JP numbers |
I think it's not completely fair to compare handheld to home console when it comes to sales. Handheld is sold to one individual and home console is sold to one household. Just look at Japan. There are over 47 million handhelds sold this gen. It would be pretty much impossible to home consoles to match those numbers when you consider that population of Japan is 127 million. This is also why DS will outsell PS2 rather easily even without support of developing countries. It's simply pulling numbers that are impossible for home consoles to match. This is why Wii doesn't have chance to match PS2 sales as it has same restriction as PS2. Of course it could outsell PS2 in USA and maybe in Europe but without Japan and developing countries there is just too much sales to make up in those two markets especially as Wii is already seriously slowing down in in USA and Europe. It's also pretty much impossible for Wii to sell same kind of numbers in developing countries compared to PS2 because Nintendo just doesn't have as big distribution network as Sony. Not to mention that after successor is launched it will die quickly without third party support.
