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scottie on 17 August 2011
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S____M____C____C said:
scottie said:
PS3-Wii gap = 35.5 million

PS3 sales last week = 126 580

Lets say that Wii sales instantly drop to 0. The Wii is immediately discontinued! Lets also imagine that the PS3 sees a sustained boost due to the price cut, christmas etc. Lets give it a 30% boost from last week in total sales. This would give it weekly sales of 164 554. This would require 216 weeks for the PS3 to outsell the Wii. This would put the PS3 ahead sometime in October 2015.

Really people, the fact that anyone voted yes is shameful/

Include a few years worth of holiday sales (around 700k in the hottest weeks), and the fact that Sony will still support the PS3 in the BRIC countries (especially India) years after the PS4 has launched, and you'll come to the conclusion that there is a small chance.

Sure, it is very unlikely, but its not a ludacris suggestion.


I will not come to that conclusion.

It is ludicrous.

I already included christmas sales in that "lets assume it sells 30% better than it has been for the entire of the next 216 weeks" thing. This is unrealistic. The PS3 will NOT average 164 554 for the next 216 weeks, and the Wii will not average 0. I was presenting best case for the PS3, and even worse than the worst possible case for the Wii. Even with that generosity, it still would not occur before the PS3 had dropped to meaningless sales levels.