PS2 2001 sales numbers vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =)

[CrazzyMan]

CrazzyMan, I will be interested to see how the PS3 2008 numbers compare to PS2 2001 numbers. Though I find the comparisons unfair (since 2008 is really the PS3's second year on the market, while the PS2 was only one the market for a year in Japan by 2001), I will be looking forward to just how well the PS3 does to the PS2.

That fair or unfair thing..

is that fair to compare ps2 japan sales which started in march and had 1 mln. consoles available in first 4 weeks with ps3 in november, which had only around 250k?
is that fair to compare ps2 sales of usa which started in October with ps3 sales which started in november?
is that fair to compare ps2 sales of europe which started in November with ps3 sales which started in march?
is that fair to compare x360/wii sales of europe which started in November with ps3 sales which started in march?
is it fair to compare ps3 sales in others(which did only 30k in first 16 week), with x360/wii sales in others of their first 16 weeks?
is that fair to compare sales of console which cost on launch 600$ with consoles which cost 250$ and 400$?

That`s why if you will compare sales from launch in every region, it will be also JUST unfair. It`s unfair to compare any sales of system, which are not launched in same time, same price and etc. BUT you can JUST look/comapre at sales of system from it`s 1st year of LIFE, 2nd year of LIFE and etc. =)

3) 2008 is second PS3 year, 2001 was second PS2. PS2 sold 16 mln. in 2001.
PS2 launched in March 2000. Was selling for 10 month.
PS3 launched in November 2006. Was selling for 1,5 month.

10 month of 2000 close to 1 year? YES.
1,5 month of 2006 close to 1 year? NO.
12 month of 2007 close to 1 year? YES.

Overall:
2000 PS2 = 2007 PS3.
2001 PS2 = 2008 PS3.

I am not looking at system sales, when they reached 1 year selling time in every region(though i could, but this would be still unfair and not interesting for me), i`m just looking at sales since 2st year of system LIFE(system life begins when it`s first time available in the world and end when stoped officialy being produced). =)
And again, comparing ps2 WW sales since march 2001 to march 2002 with PS3 sales since November 2007 till November 2008 is just uncomfortable, and you CAN`T see how system where doing in same month. IF you will compare november ps3 sales with march ps2 sales, you will only see how systems were doing in different month of their 2nd year.
While taking same month of 2nd year, will show how system were doing in more similar conditions. In january any system sales usually goes down, in Christmas goes up.
Month is only one fair condition - objective parameter.