In bigjon's article comparing game sales on PS2 versus PS3, one of his hypotheses for the 'casual' PS3 titles selling less is that the 'casual game player has moved onto the Wii'. I wholeheartedly disagree with that assumption. So why have these games fared worse on the PS3? The simple reaon is that many players are still playing their PS2s.
One of the reasons for the slow uptake of the PS3 is the strength of the older system. GameCube and Xbox owners had no choice. Their consoles are pretty much dead. But the PS2 continues to have solid releases and in fact the PS2 was the second best selling home console last year outselling the 360 and PS3.
Every PS2 sold continues to be a 'win' for Sony. It generally delays that user from upgrading to any of the newer systems. And the longer that transition takes, the more likely that user will buy a Playstation product in the future. Not that there's anything wrong with that. ;)
Numbers are like people. Torture them enough and you can get them to say anything you want.
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