The other way to estimate USA totals is by comparing PS2 & Xbox & GC to Wii & X360 and PS3
PS2 / Xbox / GC Wii / X360/ PS3
2000 1.1m 0.6m 2005
2001 8.8m 5.7m 2006
2002 13.8m 13.5m 2007 (PS2 / Xbox price cuts in 2002, PS3 / X360 cuts in 2007)
2003 12.7m 18.4m 2008 (X360 price cut)
2004 11.0m 18.7m 2009 (Wii / PS3 price cut in 2009)
2005 9.4m 18.2m 2010 (Kinect. Would have been 16m w/ a normal X360 year)
2006 5.9m 16.5m? 2011
2007 4.1m 13.6m? 2012
2008 2.5m 9m? 2013
Overall it doesn't look like the real crash is coming until after year 8 (2012) for current systems - it was more like after year 5 last generation. I'm calling the "crash" fewer than 10m current systems in a year.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu
