PS4 will sell more in its first year than PS3 in its peak year

[binary solo]

Troll_Whisperer said:

binary solo said:

Chartz says 14.7 million for 2011 for PS3. With 2 weeks to go it's got too do pretty much exactly 1.8 million (or are we going to be counting the W/E 3 Jan as a 2014 week?). I don't think it'll make it. I don't think PS4 will crack 1 million for W/E 20 Dec and it will drop substantially for W/E 27 Dec.

If we count W/E 3 Jan in 2014, then it's possible PS4 can average 600K per week across these 3 weeks, but that's a tall order with W/E 3 Jan likely to be around 250K.

I think it was a shoe in if 14.3M was the target, but alas it is not. Might want to change the OP AND the thread title to be PS4 first year might not quite outsell PS3 peak year.

20 million in year 2 or more likely year 3 seems highly probable. I think 20% growth year on year for 2 years running is pretty reasonable. Esp with probably a $50 price cut in 2015, and then a slim model and further price cut in 2016.  Can PS4's peak year be 10 million more than PS3's peak year? If year 4 is the peak year then possibly yes.

Where did you get the 14.7 figure? I was looking at the tools section. Says 14,313,808.

http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly/2011/Global/

Something a bit fishy about the tools graph and the yearly table being off by 400K. I also notice the 360 is higher by over 100K on the tools graph. Making the gap for 2011 according to the graph just 300-some K whereas the gap according to this table is 900K.

What to believe when the site is contradicting itself. Does the graph represent adjustments, but the yearly table reflect a static picture as of 1 jan 2012? or is it the other way around?