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zorg1000 said:
potato_hamster said:

I already clarified that my 150 million (approximate) is from 1997-1998 when I feel the PS1 started to take over the industry, and not the release of the PS1. I'm not sure what else you want from me.

150 million is still way off from the real number.

Also what do you mean when PS1 took over? Nintendo shipped more hardware than Sony did in FY97, FY98 & FY99.

You're right. I forgot how back ended the Gameboy's sales were. it was closer to 120 million. My bad.


PS1 sales:

FY96: 9.2M
FY97: 19.4M
FY98: 21.6M
FY99: 18.5M

N64 sales:
FY96:  11.9M
FY97: 10.0M
FY98:  7.9M
FY99:  7.1M

I mean, I don't know about you, but it looks to me like something happened in FY97 where the PS1 sold almost twice as much as the N64. Since that point it's been a rare occurrance for a playstation home consoles to sell less than 18 million (combined) in any given year outside of the PS3's rough start. As for Nintendo? It's only happened a handful of times since when the Wii was at is peak. To me, that represents a shift.