PS2 2001 sales numbers vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =)

[Sri Lumpa]

LOL at Nutboy, but thanks for warning us with your screenname of the kind of posts you are going to do. After Crazzyman and Nutboy I am now waiting for InsaneGrandpa and LoonyMaleInfant.

Given that the Wii has already sold as much as the GC worldwide, even if it did have a similar dropoff this year as the gamecube had the second year percentagewise it still would sell much better than the GC.

And Crazzyman, you forgot 2006 for the PS3 in your table:

PS2:
2000 - 6 mln.
2001 - 22 mln.
2002 - 43 mln.
2003 - 61 mln.
2004 - 77 mln.
2005 - 94 mln.
2006 - 106 mln.

PS3:
2006 - 1.4 mln.
2007 - 9 mln.
2008 - 25 mln.
2009 - 46 mln.
2010 - 68 mln.
2011 - 86 mln.
2012 - 101 mln.

I believe it is overly optimistic as the competition is much stronger as most former Ps2 exclusive franchises are now crossplatform with the 360 and the Wii is sure to leach quite a few casuals PS3 gamers but PS3 should still get respectable numbers (except maybe in Japan if the current downward trend doesn't stop).

At least they are more believable than the numbers of the guy (with 1 post mind you) that think that the PS3 will sell 12-14 millions a year until the end of its life where it will suddenly jump to 18 millions a year.

This thread should be interesting in the next few weeks according to this graph:
http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=PS2&reg3=All&weeks=120&weekly=1

As the PS2 is getting a boost soon whereas I am not sure if there is any game big enough coming on the PS3 to counter it.

One more thing, due to the PS2's earlier launch in Japan its Christmas sales are hitting sooner so it will destroy the PS3 then until the PS3's Christmas sales hit themselves where it will be interesting to see if it can catch up with it (notice the similarity between Wii's last Christmas and PS2's 2001 christmas, they are the Everest to the PS3's Mont Blanc).

Oh and guys, don't bother getting out the quote from Crazzyman's OP about not caring... because it isn't in the forum rules and you don't get to make your own. If you guys want us to care about these arbitrary, circle-jerk rules petition Ioi to add them to the forum rules.