Bodhesatva said:
Kasz216 said:
Bodhesatva said:
Sky Render said:
Actually, Bodhesatva, third place contenders rising to second place is not unprecedented. In fact, it happened just last generation: the XBOX surpassed the GameCube, in spite of the GameCube's early lead on it. Granted, that happened much faster, but it was the same basic effect.
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Rising to second place wasn't the part that I considered unprecedented: tripling sales is. Xbox passed Gamecube as a turtle passes a snail: the Xbox slowly but gradually outsold it.
By contrast, the PS3 has tripled its sales in a single region YoY, and doubled its sales YoY in another (Japan, not so much). The Xbox and particularly the Gamecube experienced stagnant sales worldwide by this time in the generation; the PS2 was on its way up, while the Xbox/GC were dwindling downwards, as the winner became clear. This time, the Wii is on its way up... and the PS3 is on its way up, too. That is unusual.
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Are you sure about that? I wouldn't be surprised if something like the Neo Geo did the same thing.
Keep in mind we don't have any actual concrete data for any other of the "Super price" consoles.
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Yeah, we do -- the 360. Regardless, the Neo Geo never got to >140k a week averages, or even close to it, so it's hard to make those comparisons at this point.
I'm not saying the PS3 is going to launch to victory, Kasz. I'm just saying it's bucking the historical trends so far (third place consoles gradually diminish in sales or, at best, stagnate) and thus it could surprise us again in the future.
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The 360 was actually cheaper compared to the PS2 at launch when you take into account inflation. (on one model.)
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/images/relative_prices.gif
