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bouzane on 30 April 2012
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Jumpin said:
bouzane said:
Jumpin said:

DS will still sell another 15 millions in 2 years. PS2 at best will sell another 1-1.25 million total.

The major reason DS sales went down quicker than PS2 is because PS2 didn't have a worthy successor, and DS did.

DS is only 2 million behind PS2 at this moment (probably already past it in shipments); after a probable price drop and Pome on Black and White 2 this holiday seasons, DS will be ahead of PS2 easily and probably extend the lead to 10 million within 3 years.


How on Earth is the DS going to sell 15 million units in 2 years when it's struggling to sell 25k a week?

It is selling under 25K a week in April. It will sell several million during the holiday season as it did last year. This holiday season will also include a Pokemon game and likely a price drop. A cheap enough videogame console makes a very good Christmas gift; especially a Nintendo one with a Pokemon game.

I will note that DS software is currently doubling PS2, PSP, and PSP Vita sales combined on a weekly basis. It clearly has more buyer's eyes on it than those three consoles do presently.

 

All the DS has to do is sell another 1.8 million consoles to surpass the PS2. This it will easily do during the next holiday season; it is inevitable.


Game launches don't move significant amounts of hardware, especially a sequel on such a mature platform. You seem to forget that the PS2 is also continuing to sell to this day and will likely be discontinued sometime around the DS. According to the official numbers given out by Sony and Nintendo, there is a gap of 2.88 million units, and that doesn't include PS2 sales made between Nov 21, 2011 and March 31, 2012.