| yo_john117 said: Thats hella impressive....but also to keep things grounded you have to remember that this gen is about twice as long as others have been. |
I'd say in net it's about 50% longer. Wii is only going to last 6 years as Nintendo's lead console, which is pretty consistent with past lead consoles.
But it's not just the same annual sales across twice as many years.
Here's annual sales, including all past and previous gens in each year.
2010-81 million
2009-89 million
2008-98 million
2007-87 million
2006-61 million
2005-55 million
2004-46 million
2003-50 million
2002-48 million
2001-35 million
At the peak of the boom, it really was twice as big as last gen.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
