The Forgotten Story -- The PS2's Continued Success

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dumbo said:

FreeTalkLive said:

leo-j said:
Anyhow, its not true that ps2 owners will "likely" jump to a future playstation platform simply because most of the american ps2 owners jumped to the Xbox 360.

Right, so far, PS2 owners are moving to 360 and Wii. However, it is possible that as PS3 continues to pick up steam less and less PS2 owners will buy PS3s. So, a year from now, more American PS2 may be buying PS3s and Wiis instead of 360s and Wiis.

So, while the thread creators post was interesting, the conclusion is wrong :)

I'm not asking "to be annoying", but is there any evidence that 360/Wii owners previously owned a PS2?

Looking at the stats for NA:

- the xbox sold 16m, and I'd guess "nearly all of them" have upgraded?

- ditto the GC?

If both those groups upgraded, then that's 28/9m "consoles", add in new Wii users, and there's a huge market for an immediate upgrade, without even including PS2 owners?

I'd guess multiple console owners muddy the water, along with people who bought a GC/XB and then converted to PS2...

 Well, I for one have a GC and a PS2 from last gen.  This generation I decided to get Wii and Xbox 360.  I know I'm a multi console user, but I stick to two consoles a generation.  And I stayed with Nintendo for one, and for my second one went with the Xbox this time.