| Anari said: PS3 isn't PS2, people. Get over it. |
So it won't sell 50m after it's successor is out. We all accept that I think. You have to look at price though because PS2 was at $200 by 2002 and 360 was at $200 in what? 2008? So PS3 has been more expensive and still hasn't hit that big price point. Aside from all that though PS3 will only need to sell less than 25% of its total after its successor is out. PS2 sold 33% of its total. It's been a longer gen so that's a reasonable drop especially factoring in the still high price. Also PSN is free so many third world customers (just getting it) will opt for that for all the indie titles it'll still be getting for awhile. In countries with limited internet Sony's single player focused IP will do very well. It's still pretty highly priced in Brazil but just got a major pricecut and will continue to sell there for some time methinks. So 20m or so after PS4 comes out isn't unreasonable. The percentages I mentioned shouldn't drop because they're not based on the big PS2 numbers just the percentage which is relative to the console and its previous sales.
