Prediction: PS3 will reach 105 million units before the Wii

[Kresnik]

kowenicki said:

Turkish said:
33% of PS2s have been sold since the start of this generation.
Lets use the more pessimistic scenario for PS3: It sits at 85 million in April 2014. Because PS3 was not the dominant console this gen, lets say 15% of all PS3s will be sold after PS4/720 comes out. That will leave the PS3 still sitting at around 98 million. Damn impressive, even if you're pessimistic.

can you show me the dates and source of the 33% please, just so I can do some maths to obliterate your argument.  Thanks.

He seems to have done his maths using lots of round figures.  "Around" 100 million PS2's at the time of PS3's launch, "around" 150 million now, hence his 33% figure.

I think you'd have a hard time 'obliterating' his argument really, did you come up with any figures?  There could have been anywhere between 103m and 117m PS2's at the time of the PS3 launch.  Averaging out at 110m-ish (although it's probably a little higher) and using 153m as the currently sold figure, the amount is probably somewhere around 28-30% by my calculations.  Not far off what he said, but it's definitely not as high as 33% either.