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Max King of the Wild on 14 October 2013
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archbrix said:
Max King of the Wild said:
Ps1 outsold the SNES starting off. Ps2 outsold the Ps1 starting off. The Wii outsold the Ps2 starting off... but no one is going to outsell the ps3 (a second place console) starting off this next gen... Okay guys

You really should take a look at the link Zorg provided a few posts up.  According to that you're wrong about PS1 vs SNES (not until '97) and even PS2 vs PS1 (not until '02).  Of course the Wii beat everything right away; it was a phenomenon at a mass market price.  So it's clear that it's the rare exception that a new console can come along and trounce the competition in its first year.

Now, the PS4 might beat the PS3 in 2014 given all of the circumstances (as I said, we'll see), but WiiU in its first year losing in sales to the "8 year old" PS3 and 360 given their strong support/low prices in 2013 is not surprising, which was my entire point.



The SNES and Ps1 sold more than 9 million (a fifth of SNES and a tenth of Ps1 sales) in it's 6th and 5th year on the market? Please son... theres no way.

Ps2 sold 9.21mil units in the April '00 - March '01. And Ps1 sold 9.20mil units in FY '96 with being released in America 3 months. In 2000 Ps1 sold 9.31... OMG 9.31 > 9.21... Oh wait... Ps2 launched in US and Europe in Oct and Nov... so unless you think the Ps2 can sell damn near the same amount with having about 9months less time in the majority of the world WITHOUT selling more units... then yes, the Ps2 didnt sell more units the year it launched (LOLOLOLOLOL)