| Rpruett said: What lolz could you possibly have? Your favorite console with a year lead and stealing just about every third party title worth a damn with absolutely no monetary restraints can't outsell a company virtually on the verge of bankruptcy with a horrible pricing plan and late release. The only lolz to be had, are the ones that this is even a realistic possibility today. Give the PS Fanboys crap all you want...they were right. |
What lolz? The ps3 will be lucky to hit 100 million. How could they be right when the numbers show it hasn't even passed the 360 yet and they already speak of passing the Wii? They're excited, I understand that because they have reason too but at least get within 10 million of the Wii.... Especially when this gen will soon be over. I'll re-post this table, again.
It took PS3 an entire generation to potentially pass X360.
PS3 is being replaced THIS holiday.
PS3 has YOY major declines in sales even without the PS4 on the market.
PS3 has been a largely costly hardware for Sony.
PS3 will be retired in 2016 at the latest. (maybe 2015)
See chart... I'm also being very generous with the time after PS4 launches.
| Year | Sales in Millions |
| 2007 (including 2006 launch) | 9.174 |
| 2008 | 10.204 (19.378) |
| 2009 | 12.997 (32.376) |
| 2010 | 13.896 (46.388) |
| 2011 | 14.706 (61.095) |
| 2012 | 12.734 (73.830) |
| 2013 (to date plus my projection) | 9.5m (83.3) Successor Shown and Launched! |
| 2014 | 7m (90) Game support stopped. |
| 2015 | 4m (94) |
| 2016 | 2.5m (97) Discontinued. |
| Projected Final | About 97 million |
Now let's compare Wii.
| Year |
Sales in Millions |
| 2007 (including 2006 launch) |
19.508 |
| 2008 |
24.188 (43.696) |
| 2009 |
21.295 (64.991) |
| 2010 |
17.320 (82.096) Game support stopped |
| 2011 |
11.522 (93.428) Successor Shown! |
| 2012 |
5.246 (98.674) Successor Launched! |
| 2013 (to date plus my projection) |
4 (103) |
| 2014 |
3 (107) Discontinued. |
| Projected Final |
About 107 million |
