PS2 2001 sales numbers vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =)

[CrazzyMan]

April-May-June.

PS2 numbers: http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=PS2&reg1=America&cons2=PS2&reg2=Japan&cons3=PS2&reg3=Total+Other&start=36989&end=37073
PS3 numbers: http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=PS3&reg1=America&cons2=PS3&reg2=Japan&cons3=PS3&reg3=Total+Other&start=39544&end=39628

PS2 April 8th - PS3 April 6th
USA - 103k <> USA - 60k
Japan - 48k <> Japan - 10k
Others - 71k <> Others - 116k
Total - 222k <> Total - 186k
Pro Baseball Spirits 5 in Japan. Dark sector and Condemned 2 in Europe. GT5P is still doing great in Europe.
PS2 vs PS3 = -112k

PS2 April 15th - PS3 April 13th
USA - 94k <> USA - 65k
Japan - 24k <> Japan - 8k
Others - 73k <> Others - 97k
Total - 191k <> Total - 170k
Very average week for PS3. No new releases. The silence before the storm of GTA4. =)
PS2 vs PS3 = -133k

PS2 April 22th - PS3 April 20th
USA - 87k <> USA - 74k
Japan - 40k <> Japan - 8k
Others - 75k <> Others - 91k
Total - 202k <> Total - 173k
GT5P release in USA. TC4 in Europe. Pretty average week.
PS2 vs PS3 = -177k

PS2 April 29th - PS3 April 27th
USA - 87k <> USA - 82k
Japan - 66k <> Japan - 10k
Others - 81k <> Others - 105k
Total - 234k <> Total - 198k
Good debute of Valkyria Chronicles in Japan. Last week before GTA4. =)

PS2 vs PS3 = -224k

 

PS2 May 6th - PS3 May 4th
USA - 81k <> USA - 151k
Japan - 56k <> Japan - 11k
Others - 70k <> Others - 197k
Total - 207k <> Total - 359k
Golden week has no effect on ps3. GTA4 release in USA and Europe. As expected, PS3 numbers increased.
PS2 vs PS3 = -91k

 

PS2 May 13th - PS3 May 11th
USA - 74k <> USA - 80k
Japan - 45k <> Japan - 8k
Others - 67k <> Others - 133k
Total - 186k <> Total - 222k
No new releases. Second week of GTA4.
PS2 vs PS3 = -38k

PS2 May 20th - PS3 May 18th
USA - 72k <> USA - 53k
Japan - 27k <> Japan - 7k
Others - 59k <> Others - 104k
Total - 157k <> Total - 165k
Again no new releases.
PS2 vs PS3 = -181k

PS2 May 27th - PS3 May 25th
USA - 75k <> USA - 47k
Japan - 24k <> Japan - 8k
Others - 58k <> Others - 100k
Total - 158k <> Total - 155k
WW Haze release.
PS2 vs PS3 = -69k

PS2 June 3rd - PS3 June 1st
USA - 69k <> USA - 44k
Japan - 27k <> Japan - 9k
Others - 59k <> Others - 97k
Total - 155k <> Total - 150k
GRID release in Europe. Quake Wars in Europe and USA. Turok and R6v2 in Japan.
PS2 vs PS3 = -103k

PS2 June 10th - PS3 June 8th
USA - 70k <> USA - 43k
Japan - 37k <> Japan - 11k
Others - 57k <> Others - 91k
Total - 164k <> Total - 144k
GRID in USA. Lego Indiana in USA/Europe. DBZ:BL in Japan/Europe. Week before MGS4 release.
PS2 vs PS3 = -123k

PS2 June 17th - PS3 June 15th
USA - 72k <> USA - 122k
Japan - 48k <> Japan - 81k
Others - 61k <> Others - 117k
Total - 181k <> Total - 320k
Metal Gear Solid 4 release!
PS2 vs PS3 = +24k

PS2 June 24th - PS3 June 22nd
USA - 75k <> USA - 55k
Japan - 83k <> Japan - 25k
Others - 70k <> Others - 84k
Total - 228k <> Total - 164k
2nd MGS4 week. PS3 sales strangely went back to normal.
PS2 vs PS3 = -112k

PS2 July 1st - PS3 June 29th
USA - 82k <> USA - 49k
Japan - 86k <> Japan - 18k
Others - 71k <> Others - 91k
Total - 239k <> Total - 159k
Battlefield: Bad Company release in USA/Europe.
PS2 vs PS3 = -187k