Poll: Can the PS3 hit 100 million lifetime?

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Wright said:

Gilgamesh said:

Shouldn't be a problem, the PS2 sold another 44 million consoles after the PS3.

Yet again, the Ps2 had no competition whatsoever. It crushed the other consoles, and several price cuts after 2005 were the icing on the cake. You can't really say the same about the Ps3.

You're right, but you can also look at the fact the PS2 was cut to $129.99 MSRP over 6 months before the PS3 was released (April 2006) and say the PS3 at $200 (the 12GB SKU no one wants) or $250 have far more room to drop in price. You could also say it only needs 19 million more or so to hit 100 million as opposed to 44 million.

... But then you could also say the PS2 was a full year younger going into its second stage of life at 6 years old where as the PS3 is going into its second stage of life at 7 years old. You also have to factor in the PS3 being much weaker in the beginning where as the PS4 is much stronger right off the bat, which might end up eating into the PS3's tail-end sales more than the PS3 ate into the PS2's tail-end sales.

That's what makes this all interesting to me, as there's multiple ways to look at things.