Farsala said:
Obviously it had good legs regardless due to more international launches, but it was extended due to the prices of the PS3 and 360. The Wii also greatly benefitted. The prices of the PS3 and 360 were so terrible that they didn't even peak until after year 5. |
The 360's price wasn't terrible. It had a $299 SKU and a $399 SKU at launch. Now, you could argue that maybe people held off to see what the PS3 was going to offer, but there wasn't really anything wrong with the 360's price. The real reason the PS2 did so well is because they were able to get the price down to $129 by the time the PS3 launched, and $99 a couple of years later. At that point, it was cheap enough for pretty much anyone to pick up. Especially in smaller countries that they launched it in late in its life.
@ OP
Damn. So, we are looking at 93M-94M shipped. Only two more quarters to hit 100M, and probably pass PS1.
