| thismeintiel said: And the PS4 wasn't exactly available everywhere at launch, either, so what's your point? Do you even know why we have staggered launches? It's because console manufacturers can only make so many of them for launch demand. Even if the PS2 had launched in a few other countries, Sony would have had to spread out those shipments meant for Japan, and the few they were saving up for the NA and EU launches. So, yea, the PS2 would have sold a couple of extra million, but it would have just sold out quicker and Sony wouldn't have had enough to keep it in stock. It's the same thing happening to the Switch right now. |
PS4 wasn't available everywhere at launch? The PS4 was available in all major markets (48 countries btw) within less than a month of release. I'm wondering what your definition of available is.
What Zorg merely pointed out was when you align the PS2 against the PS4, region for region, as you will see, the data points towards PS2 outselling the PS4 (unless you think otherwise, lol) due to the fact the PS2's pace is greater than PS4's pace of generated sales.
If people want to say PS4 has sold more in 4 years than PS2 did after 4 years they aren't wrong because it is technically true. Then comes along Zorg who breaks down the sales region for region to find a better understanding and he's called misinformed, or just doesn't get it.
It's a funny phenomenon that goes on in the brain; Ignorance. Zorg I'm sure recognizes that PS4 has outsold the PS2 in the four years of skewed availability, but he also understands the break down of the sales regions and how those regional stats showcase the upcoming event of the PS2 eventually surpassing the PS4. Then comes the actual uninformed individuals who recognize PS4 has outsold the PS2 in the four years of skewed availability but can't recognize the regional breakdown. They say "NO NO NO PS4 actually outpaces blah blah blah." Again, it's a funny phenomenon that goes on in the brain; The ignorant ones always say the other is ignorant.
