why do you think people would want to buy a Wii in 2011 to 2015?
there will be no reason to buy one...

Can you tell me other things from your travels to the future?

 For the games

Yes but I think your Wii delusions and your "PS family" delusions are 2 very different and equally outlandish beasts. More to the point, a prediction 8 years in the future means nothing, because its highly unlikley you, me and this site will still be aquainted in 2015 for me to laugh at you, but your certain prediction that the PS2 wont sell another 10 million units could well happen in the next 18 months. The point of this thread for example is for John Lucas to make himself look ridiculous in 11 months time. A lot of your predictions are completely outlandish & also completely safe because they're dealing with stuff at least 3+ years into the future...

...And to be honest I dont really care to argue with you anymore because even if the PS2 sells say 7 million this year, even if the PS3 sells 12 million this year and even if the Wii only sells 25 million, im sure you will have an excuse or an answer as to why what is happening isnt a true reflection of reality and that it bears no meaning and that in the future when "this, that and this" happen, true reality will occur and Nintendo will buy their own continent and become a nuclear power.

 Why don't you say the same to Avinash and JL? Their beliefs seems founded on the same basis, only with a tad crazy in the mix. Typical Vgchartz right here.

I guess Danny355 is only comfortable answering the posts of people with predictions as crazy as his own.

I thought I replied to some of this already but anyway...

Yes I agree the PS2 will die out, its already dead compared to its glory years. But I really dont think the PS2 is a normal console with a normal lifespan or a normal death awaiting it. With the price difference to the PS3 and with the strength of its back catalogue I think it'll be around for a few more years. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree but I think to expect 10 million more sales for a console thats worst ever sales in a single year to date is 8 million is completely ridiculous.

And just to clarify, I dont think it'll clear 30 million any time soon, but I do think it will end somewhere in that region, could be 28 million, could be 25, but that sort of figure.

Everyone keeps saying "Its dead" or "It'll die soon" but, seriously, show me the figures. There is nothing to suggest this at all. For whatever reason all thats happened is that the PS2 has slyly slipped in the back door when no one was looking, right into the current generations battle. Even in its pension years its competing in hardware sales in Europe & the USA with the current generation consoles.

I am convinced the PS2 will do another 7 or 8 million this year.  

I'm not saying it'll DEFINITELY do only 10 million more till end of life, but I'm saying it's not that ridiculous. And it's certainly less ridiculous IMO than 30 million is. 15m is a good guess, I think.

And I think you missed the point of my statement, "As the PS3 picks up steam the PS2 will die out." I didn't mean that both of those things would happen to occur at the same time. I meant that one would contribute to causing the other. I firmly believe that the lackluster first year of the PS3 has abnormally extended PS2 sales. Given it a huge "Indian summer", as it were. Therefore, as the PS3 gains the momentum it should have had from the start, I expect PS2 sales to seriously fall off.

(I will note that the 40GB abomination is also helping the PS2 continue to sell. This effect will continue until/unless the 40GB is replaced/updated with BC.)

We'll see where the PS2 stabilizes after the holiday spike and, later on in the year, whether that plateau retreats further in the wake of PS3 advancements. 7 or 8 million? How many did it do in 2007?

Read my posts on this page more closely!

PS2 did somewhere in the region of 8 million last year.

I get what you're saying but I dont think sales of PS2 & PS3 are that connected at all right now, because of their price. They're effectively completely seperate entities. The 2 systems are easily the cheapest and the most expensive consoles. Its like comparing a Neo Geo to a NES.

The current success of the PS2 is due to 2 things. #1: Price. People will happily pick up a PS2 for the office TV room...#2: Chances are everyone in the office has a shelf full of games already and waiting to bring in & play. Its become the ultimate casual video games tool. Much more so than a Wii, because the Wii is more expensive and currently has a tiny, tiny fraction of the catalogue and games in circulation and it will obviously lag in that department for years. You can pick up 100s of PS2 games for nothing. The system can be bought brand new for nothing.

All thats proving quite appealing and the PS2 is looking like becoming the first genuine generation hopping console ever made.