| Oyvoyvoyv said: In its first 60 weeks, Ps2 sold 18,6M (http://vgchartz.com/hwtable.php?cons%5B%5D=PS2®%5B%5D=Total&start=36849&end=37269) In its first 60 weeks Wii sold 19,8M (http://vgchartz.com/hwtable.php?cons%5B%5D=Wii®%5B%5D=Total&start=39040&end=39460) That's only 1,2M difference. The Wii will have to keep going for 8 years to beat the Ps2! |
That's for the first 60 weeks available worldwide, since that starts in Nov, though the PS2 was launched in Japan in March, then was released in the US in Oct, then in Others in Nov. So it had already been out in the market in Japan for awhile, giving it a slight boost (that all consoles get after being out for a while). Yes, it did sell 18.6 million in 60 weeks, but since the Japan sales should be higher, it is only that more amazing that the Wii outsold it in 60 weeks. These are better graphs to compare with:
This shows the Wii total sales in each region after 58 weeks:
Wii Sales
Compare that to this, which shows PS2 sales in each region after 58 weeks:
PS2 Sales
When you add up the totals from each region you get:
PS2: roughly 16.8 million
Wii: roughly 19.4 million
Which is a difference of 2.6 million, which still isn't much. Interestingly enough, 16.8 x 7 = 117.6 million, which is close to what the PS2 is. Using the same means, 19.4 x 7 = 135.8 million. And that's only if the Wii doesn't see any increase year over year (which even the PS2, but then later saw year over year drops, like all consoles do/will).
NOTE: The launches are not aligned. That's why when you compare PS2 WW sales to Wii WW sales first 60 weeks, you only get this:
PS2 vs. Wii
Which is much different than the above 2 graphs. And that's because between March (the start of the graph) and Oct (roughtly 28 weeks?), only Japan had PS2s, whereas the Wii had very close launches.
Please be careful when making these comparisons. There's enough confusion sounding launches and first year sales already.
OT: Good stuff anyway. Though I use wikipedia, I do try to make sure the sources are reliable, and then do a few google searches to see if anyone else has similar data.
Edited to make links open in new window.
