None of these next-gen systems will be the next "PS2".

[theRepublic]

Gearbox said:
The PS3 is doing just as good as the PS2 did, look at hardware from launch. Wii is doing amazing but it's starting to slow now. PS3 is picking up.

Like comon look at this line up of AAA games
Tekken 6, resistance 2, LBP, motorstorm 2, gran turismo 5, afrika, infamous, GoW3, Killzone 2, resident evil 5, wardevil and more(i got 2 lazy 2 contineu 2 say the rest)

Well I'm looking at the hardware from launch, and to me, it looks like Wii > PS2 > PS3.  The PS3 only looks like it is doing as well as the PS2 did when you align the launches.  But since the PS2 had a very staggered launch, and the PS3 had a mostly simultaneous launch, you have to look at the numbers by region to see the true story.

In other words, the aligned launches graph doesn't align each regions launch, just the very first day that the console was available anywhere in the world.

America:

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=America&cons2=PS3&reg2=America&cons3=PS2&reg3=America&weeks=156

Japan:

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=Japan&cons2=PS3&reg2=Japan&cons3=PS2&reg3=Japan&weeks=156

Other:

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=Total+Other&cons2=PS3&reg2=Total+Other&cons3=PS2&reg3=Total+Other&weeks=156

Even if you only look at the world wide graph, it is easy to see that the PS2 is going to take off in about 6 weeks, and the PS3 has no chance of keeping up.

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=PS2&reg3=All&weeks=100