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Mars on 06 March 2008
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Stever89 said:
Lone_Canis_Lupus said:
 

Mostly agree with everything you said. I mainly meant the remaining people still with PS2s. I don't mean all 120mil PS2 owners. I really only expected like 20-40 million people still with the PS2 without any next-gen systems as well. I think the main chunk of casuals from the PS2 have mostly all moved to the Wii or at least 360...not sure because there aren't really any statistics to be sure. But the Wii has sold 20+ million...I think a majority of those might have been PS2 owners as well.

Those still with the PS2 I expect as a majority to either go to the PS3 or 360...though a good chunk of them might still go to the Wii. And as far as your statistics, that's mainly what I expected, 20-25 million hardcores moving to the 360 or PS3....that's what I expected from the start. I see 20 million moving from the PS2 to the PS3 as a big increase...does it not seem like that much? Cause that's kind of what I expected...


The only problem is that only about 50 million consoles have been sold this gen. Meaning even if every single one that bought a console so far owned a PS2, we'd still have another 70 million PS2 owners without a current gen system. You see 20 million going from PS2 to PS3... yes, that's big. But I still 50 million moving from the PS2 to the Wii. That's a lot more. Also, I think the 20 million (from PS2 to PS3) will be split between 360 and PS3, maybe more in favor of the PS3, but still split. This lessens the increase. Basically, the 2 HD consoles will fight themselves for a market that's not all that big to begin with, while the Wii will attract some from that market, and many more from the casual market, and even more from the non-casual market. All while selling their hardware for profit. And let's face it, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are only in this for money. And so far, only Nintendo has hit gold.


 those number are utter jokes.

Nin is patted on the back for expended the market but well if they expended the market then they arent taking former PS2 owners now are they. 

If PS2 owners were going to the wii they would be buying games, but 3rd part wii sales are crap.  Even real games form nin stuggle.  Former PS2 owners would eat up a great game like Metroid but look at its pathetic sales.  Wii is selling to people that have NEVER played console games. 

While 360 is not doing all that much greater then the original xbox, and its software sale show shooter do best on it.