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superchunk on 06 May 2011
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kitler53 said:
alfredofroylan said:


He continued, “Typically a system peaks in the second year of availability and then gradually declines. Wii was fortunate to have a number of very strong selling years in its 3rd and 4th year of availability. And from our perspective, the curve that we’re on is natural and to be expected but importantly, the sales curve is higher than any other system.”

O_o  

hmm ...  yeah, about that.     no.

hmm ... yeah, about that.    YES!

http://www.vgchartz.com/hw_annual_summary.php

Take a look for yourself.

In approx the 2nd full year of being out PS2 peaked at ~21m, GBA peaked at ~19m, DS (actually 3rd) 30m, PSP (also 3rd) 14m, and Wii 24m.... and then you have the PS360 which both are peaking later due to the other anomoly where 3rd parties aren't supporting the market leader, but instead are supporting them as a single bloc (along with PC).

EDIT: If you had further history, you could see this same typical 2nd year peak on all prevous consoles.