Gaming explosions happen in prime number generations.

[Dr.Grass]

scottie said:

Dr.Grass said:

"Gen 6: PS2 and friends. Marginal growth."

Hate to rain on your parade there, but no-one will take you seriously anymore after calling PS2's gen one of 'marginal' growth.

 

Snes, Genesis = 77.64

Ps1, N64, Saturn = 144.23
PS2, GC, xbox, Dreamcast = 197.57

 

Growth between Snes era and PS1 era = 86%

Growth between PS1 and Ps2 eras = 37%

 

Edit: Lol @ your maths Dr grass

You rounded up PS2, Xbox, GC, Dreamcast, Saturn and rounded down Ps1, N64

Those figures are rough at best.

 

And you're wrong on two accounts:

I rounded down the Dreamcast

The PS2 was the exact number given by Wikipedia

 

Also, I started off with the fifth gen and was maybe a little too exaggerated with my rounding. If you look at the numbers the various consoles are close to then you could hardly blame me. 100, 30 and 10 are quite appealing and round numbers. Jumping back and forth between wiki and a thread late at night is prone to not be the most exact method. The whole purpose was just a rough estimation.

Even if growth was 'only' around 40%, then that's still MASSIVE. Sure, growth this gen has been more, but the Wii disrupted the market. I guarantee that any console manufacturer would be happy with a 40% growth for gen 8.

Also, I'm actually a Mathematician so your comment hurts  :(

:P