February 2015 NPD Thread! 3DS: 395k, PS4: 342k, XBO: 276k, WiiU: 96k

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SpokenTruth said:

Kerotan said:
I'm actually surprised so many people pay a lot of money to rebuy the same system again with a few upgrades. Nintendo makes a lot of money off their hardcore fans. Makes you wonder if they'll design their next one with revisions in mind. Instead of just putting out the best console they can to begin with.

Playstation:
Models - 44
Revisions - 3
Designs - 6
Colors - 5

Playstation 2:
Models - 87
Revisions - 15
Designs - 4
Colors - 26

Playstation Portable:
Models - ?
Revisions - 21+
Designs - 5
Colors - 17+

Playstation 3:
Models - 45+
Revisions - 14+
Designs - 3
Colors - 23+

PS Vita:
Models - ?
Revisions - 7+
Designs - 3
Colors - 10

I'm inclined to believe that those numbers are misleading.  All those different models you're seeing are most likely updates to the hardware to make failure and overheating less likely to happen, but not actual upgrades to the hardware's power.  Maybe a few ports will appear here and there, or the size may change... but Kerotan was mostly referring to the 3DS vs the N3DS, which is a bit different.