First nine quarters of sales for Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Generation systems (U.S. sales only).

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Shadow1980 said:

 

 Here's a graph showing cumulative yearly sales, aligned to the first January 1 following launch:

Wow, that's really interesting. The Wii is only just now crossing over PS2. No wonder people thought it would pass PS2. That's some incredible hardware legs on Sony's part. And the fact that PS3 didn't pass the original Xbox until it's 5th year and is about to sell almost twice as much lifetime just further proves how unpredictable these things can be.