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TWRoO on 04 July 2008
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Slimebeast said:
TWRoO said:
@Slimebeast. I can't quote you (damn Wii browser)

Rol has already told you you used the wrong years (and combined 2 handhelds versus 1)
I did a rough addition of 2002 (all year) and compared to 2007 (all year)

2002 PS2+GC+XB = 15.45 million.

2007 Wii+PS3+X360 = 15.15 million.

Again fewer consoles sold than last time (check the charts yourself for exact figures, I can't post them)

Handheld wise I kept with 2002 for GBA but as DS/PSP released earlier (late04/early05) I used 2006.

2002 GBA = 7.98 million
2006 PSP+DS = 9.05 million.

I don't see much significant increase.


(can you see gif smilies with that browser?)

Ok, I stand corrected.

But damn, I still can't get rid of the feeling that console unit sales have increased hugely (both in America and elsewhere).

Perhaps this is how it feels to be CrazzyMan?

Yes I can see gifs, I used to be able to quote but since ioi fixed the problem with pages over 30 posts not loading, it has also started loading the Rich Text console which doesn't work for the Wii Browser, so I can no longer quote or PM.

I have switched to my laptop though since it was annoying me.

You have been mislead by these graphs. That one shows hardware from launch for the PS2etc, (for 80 weeks) add up the 3 and you get 19.9 million sales.
Do the same for the current consoles and you get 23 million, which is not a significant increase but it isn't a decrease like the other ways.

There is no problem in using that method as long as you know the dates each console launched... and it does show that the total number of consoles sold this generation is likely to be higher than before (as it should).
The methods I used were trying to compare singular years like the revenue graphs in JaggedSacs link.

In fact I think using VGC numbers for consoles sold, and using the graphs in that link I might be able to work out the actual average price of the consoles in each year. (something I tried to do vaguely in a post above). I will have a look and see if I can.