| leatherhat said: I wish I could get some weekly dream cast numbers for comparison. |
Dreamcast launched November 27, 1998 in Japan. In America and Europe it was about a year later. It was discontinued at end of March 2001.
So it lived 122 weeks in Japan, 81 weeks in the US and 76 weeks in Europe. It sold 10.6 million units. If we take the longest lifetime (122 weeks) it averages at a little less than 87K a week. If we count the time it was out in Japan alone only as half (as only half the regions) it averages at 105K a week. That includes launch and holiday-boosts, it seems unfair to compare it directly with current sales of Vita.
But we can calculate the Vita-numbers the same way. VGC has the numbers of Vita until the week ending August 11 at 2,654,188. Vita launched in Japan at December 17, 2011. In NA and Europe it was February 22, 2012. That makes 34 weeks in Japan and 24 in the rest of the world. Using the full timescale we are at 78K weekly. Are we counting again the time it was out only in Japan only half it averages at 92K. This includes launch-boost, but no proper christmas-boost.
