Sony is about to win 2 generations in 1

[Raze]

HikenNoAce said:

Raze said:

HikenNoAce said:

Raze said:

HikenNoAce said:

The PS3 is the leader in most countries.

Stop nitpicking, you know we're talking globally. I'm sure the console sales in Istanbul aren't going to help Sony much in making up that deficit between the PS3 and Wii.

If you want to talk globally then the PS3 is still outselling all other consoles by a fair margin.

Currently, yes, but at the current rate, it won't catch up to Wii lifetime sales for a LONG while yet. Thus the original point, is that the lifetime sales will not surpass the Wii.

 

At the current rate of ~13M per fiscal year? I don't think it will take a LONG while.

Also, just because it takes a while does not mean that it will not pass the Wiis.

You're being overly generous with those numbers. The current gap between Wii and PS3 sales is approx 100k/week, or 400k/month. That correlates to 4.8 mil/year at the current pace, which we'll say holds mostly true through slumps and holidays alike. Let's even be generous and say the numbers are 7mil/fiscal year, which is FAR more logical. The current Wii lead is 22m, which would take over 3 years, given these logical numbers, to catch up to the Wii.

Both systems will fade away to dismal numbers within another year or 2. The PS3 will come close, but it won't surpass the Wii, unless they start handing them out for free.