Sky Render said: This article is mostly just more evidence that the first year of a console isn't entirely indicative of its future. Also, there was a lot less PS2 bashing going on back in the day than there is PS3 (and Wii) bashing going on now. The pro-DreamCast crowd was particularly vehement in declaring the PS2 to be a death-knell for Sony around 2000, largely because they felt Sega's pre-emptive release of the DreamCast at an affordable price ensured it would triumph. That led to a number of only semi-informed articles such as this one. Indeed, the insult "DelayStation", popular nowadays, was thrown about with wild abandon by Sony's opposers back around 2000 and 2001 as well. To be fair, though, the PS2 didn't really take off until its first price drop; before that, it wasn't really obvious that it would become the system of choice for its generation. |
Well PS3 has had multiple price drops and it still hasn't taken off, While Wii has yet to even be plentiful in stores
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)