trunkswd said:
Considering the PS2 sold 150m+, while the Xbox and GameCube only sold a bit over 20m, that forecast going into the generation at the time seemed reasonable. But no one could have foreseen the success of motion controls or Sony messing up the PS3 launch. |
But at that time PS2 was just about crossing 100m, i think it sold 50 million or more after PS3 hit store shelves. No doubt everyone and their dog thought Playstation would dominate again but it's weird that people also thought that Xbox would easily beat Nintendo to second place like it was a foregone conclusion. Also even though the Gamecube v Xbox was close the consensus at the time was the Xbox was a Success and the Gamecube a monumental failure but the final sales were around 24m to 21.7m, Xbox won by just a couple of million.
