Sony CEO: Casual Games on PS2 to Compete with Wii Coming

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omgwtfbbq said:

Played_Out said:
Given that the PS2 sold more in the last year than either the 360 or the PS3, I would say it is far from being a poor business plan.

By covering both high and low-end markets, Sony actually managed to sell more home consoles last year than super-mega-hit-makers Nintendo, yet there are people who still prophesise doom for Sony and fail to understand the logic of their strategy.

BOTTOM LINE: They are better at business than you are.

ORLY?

You say Sony sold more consoles than Nintendo? Oh, of course, I see, you limit the playing field to home consoles, removing the amazingly successful DS out of the equation and having Nintendo's mainstay hampered by supply. So basically what you're saying is that with two products, aimed at two completely separate markets, Sony managed to outsell a single product from their competitors (not even their most successful one at that), that was severely supply constrained?

Console	Wii	PS3	PS2
Total	16,758,451	7,730,681	9,096,275

Yes, you would be correct there. The Sony totals add up to 16,826,956, which shows when you cherry pick your data you can find a way that Sony has beaten Nintendo (just). All hail Sony, they managed to... wait, what's this?

	GC
Total	189,649

What's this? You thought the Gamecube was dead? Well, it has risen to steal victory for Nintendo from the very jaws of defeat! Even when you tilt the odds as much in favour of Sony as you possibly can, Nintendo still manages to defeat them, selling 16,948,100 consoles, more than 100,000 above that of Sony.

Life is cruel, sometimes. Especially if you're a Sony fanboy =)

Heh, clever.