| Shadow1980 said:
For some inexplicable reason, the PS2 sold an ungodly sum in March, even more than it did in December. There were no real huge system sellers. Tax season might explain it, but that would be the single biggest tax season boost ever that I'm aware of. Does anybody know if the PS2 was supply-constrained in its early months? |
Dude, where does your data come from? I've been trying to create a comparison chart just like this for ages, but everywhere I look I get wildly conflicting numbers. I'm at the point where I don't know what to believe any more.
To clarify, I've been trying to create a comparison of the four most recent generations (albeit, just Sony and MS). My gen eight data is from VGChartz, and gen seven is from the table on this page (scroll down to where it says "NPD sales figures monthly table")...
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_Seventh_generation
All of this I did by monthly figures, but finding monthly sales for gen six (PS2/Xbox) and gen five (PS1) has been a pain in the ass. I've tried to piece it together from various sources - which frequently report sales by different metrics (yearly, half-yearly, quarterly) - and then make all the time-frames match by dividing out the individual months, taking averages, etc. And this is often only to discover another source that conflicts with the numbers I've been using.
In short, it's a right mess. Even Sony's official sales figures only go back to 2006...
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps2_sale_e.html
Do you know of any reliable global sales figures (preferably monthly) for the fifth and sixth gens (Sony and MS only)? I've asked others but there seems to be a dearth of information on this once you start to look back much further than the previous gen.
ColdFire - The man with no name.
