Surveying a handful of a single demographic is not that useful, Ps3_GOW. It can easily deliver skewed and inaccurate results. For reference, initial surveys of how well the NES would sell in America indicated that it would bomb horribly and never catch on. And that was from a survey conducted of children, no less, the NES' biggest market.
As for your comment, Gearbox, context is important. The PS2 was only available in Japan for almost a full year before it showed up in America and Europe. The PS3, therefore, is only doing as well worldwide as the PS2 was doing in Japan at first. Notice how it starts to lag behind PS2 sales around the 1-year mark? That's because the PS2 launched in the US and Europe then, and the PS3 cannot keep up as a result. For a better context, view the sales of the PS3 vs. the PS2 from launch in each major region: Japan, US, and Europe.
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