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MikeB on 04 February 2010
homer said:

Interesting. How long after the PS1 did it take for the ps2 to come out. Just wondering.

6 years, but considering the PS3's specs it's not unlikely a PS4 will take much longer to release. I think it's more likely we will rather see upgraded PS3 specifications for long after the PS3's first 6 years like a new control scheme (optional extra), upgraded storage space and potentially an even slimmer slim model, etc. Sony 10 year+ plan for the PS3 seems entirely feasible at this point.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

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Kasz216 on 04 February 2010
roccerfeller said:
hmmm

something is off about that comparison.

The PS3 simply is not selling at as fast a rate. I don;t think the PS3 will do as good this year as the PSone did.

Still, great to hear Sony is out of the red. PS3's an awesome system. Its awesome that the market can handle three systems, each selling really great.

Good call.

 

For one PS1 released in Japan in December 1994... it released in the US/EU in September of 1995.


Vs Playstation 3 which was released practically simaltaniously in November of 2006.

 

So the PS3 has about a year advantage in two of the three big markets in this comparison.

 

If you add in the extra year for Europe and NA PS1 sales are about 46.04 million at this point.  Minus a short amount for shipping since they didn't change reporting methods yet.  Though that's less important then this generation considering how popular the PS1 was.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html



MikeB on 04 February 2010
roccerfeller said:
Still, great to hear Sony is out of the red. PS3's an awesome system. Its awesome that the market can handle three systems, each selling really great.

Many new kinds of console gamers seem to have entered the market, the console market has skyrocketed. But on the other hand PC gaming sales have rapidly declined over the past years.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

Burning Typhoon on 04 February 2010

LOL... You know... the PS3 also performed better than the Wii back in October 2009, if I'm not mistaken....

The gaming industry has grown since those days, if the PS1 made 2/3 of the market, that's obviously a lot, but, the PS3 isn't doing anywhere near 2/3s of the Market, and Wii barely has over half. So, yeah, the PS3 is not performing as well as PS1, because it doesn't have 2/3s of the market. The industry has grown, and so has the technology in the systems, so, to me, PS3 isn't doing anything too great what-so-ever.... I'll tell you what, though, I want my Sonic the Hedgehog 4, and I want my Mod Nation Racers RIGHT NOW!!! lol.



Pho_Hybrid on 04 February 2010

I'm wondering the same thing too, just too bad VGchartz doesn't have a chart for PS1 :(



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Kasz216 on 04 February 2010
Pho_Hybrid said:

I'm wondering the same thing too, just too bad VGchartz doesn't have a chart for PS1 :(

I just posted a chart for PS1 shipped figures.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html

 

The reason the Ps3 mistakenly looks like it's doing as well as the PS1 is because the PS1 launched a year later in the US and EU while the PS3 launched simaltaniously in all markets.



Blood_Tears on 04 February 2010
Kasz216 said:
Pho_Hybrid said:

I'm wondering the same thing too, just too bad VGchartz doesn't have a chart for PS1 :(

I just posted a chart for PS1 shipped figures.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html

 

The reason the Ps3 mistakenly looks like it's doing as well as the PS1 is because the PS1 launched a year later in the US and EU while the PS3 launched simaltaniously in all markets.


No it didn't, it launched Nov/06 in Japan and US. March/07 in EU and Others.



Kasz216 on 04 February 2010
Blood_Tears said:
Kasz216 said:
Pho_Hybrid said:

I'm wondering the same thing too, just too bad VGchartz doesn't have a chart for PS1 :(

I just posted a chart for PS1 shipped figures.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html

 

The reason the Ps3 mistakenly looks like it's doing as well as the PS1 is because the PS1 launched a year later in the US and EU while the PS3 launched simaltaniously in all markets.


No it didn't, it launched Nov/06 in Japan and US. March/07 in EU and Others.

The point still remains... it had a HUGE jump on the PS1 if you blindly compare the first launch dates together.

When you compare them properly with all the launch dates aligned... the PS3 is not selling like the PS1.



peachbuggy on 04 February 2010

Also, the numbers published in the OP are SHIPPED numbers for the PS3. Not SOLD.



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Grimes on 04 February 2010

This is like saying the Phantom Menace is more successful than A New Hope.



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