| totalwar23 said: Exactly. When the PS2 came out, it had no competition (I'm not going to even talk about the Dreamcast) When the Xbox and the Gamecube came out, the PS2 still had no competition because both consoles were just so far behind. And the situation with the PS3? Not so much. The Wii is winning in Japan. The 360 is leading in the US. It's got a good deal in Europe but the Wii still has it beat. By the end of this generation, the people who bought PS2's will mix up and buy different consoles : 360s, Wiis, PS3s, and with that, it'll be very hard for the PS3's to reach 100 million. Also Consoles sales for last generation never got close to 200 million in sales. Yet, your prediction has the PS3 and Wiis selling 280 million units alone. Why the huge growth? |
why the huge growth you say? well i have 2 main reasons:
1, more and more people own more than one console because of the exclusives that each can offer. people are doing their pswii60 combos or pswii, or wii60, and all that shit.
2, the wii has captured a whole new audience into the gaming scene. now you see elderly people and business people with wii's. people you didnt even think would own a console. this in turn increases the install base in the gaming market. im pretty sure that alot of the people who bought a wii werent ps2 users or even gc users last gen.
and like i said, ps3 sales are pretty much on par with ps2 sales when you align launches. now im not saying it will become fist or even second, but at it's current rate it can reach 100 million.
