| Scoobes said: Edit- Wait a sec, I think I found the data you were referencing (from financial reports) in which case the numbers need to be put into context. 1.41 million Yr 1 PS2 sales accounts for less than 1 month of sales in Japan only; 3.61 million Yr 1 PS3 sales accounts for 5 months in Japan and the US 9.2 million Yr 2 PS2 sales accounts for first full year of sales in Japan, plus 5 and 6 months of sales in the EU and US respectively; 9.24 million Yr 2 PS3 sales accounts for the first full year of sales in all three major regions. In that context, it doesn't look so good for early PS3 sales. You could apply this regional context for PS4 and in US/EU (and overall) it still looks good for PS4 considering it's at 8.4 million in the space of 8 months. Japan looks to be a bit of a bust by comparison, but overall, it's still on course to beat 100 million lifetime sales. |
I only go on the financial reports since they are the most interesting historically.
You are right about the releases, and I should have thought about it. Sadly we don´t get breakdowns per region, it would have been more interesting. It still looks really good for PS3 sales though since those aren´t bad numbers in any way.
