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BenKenobi88 on 26 December 2007

Why is 10 million the number? I would assume a "lap" would be selling double of your competitor.



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Sky Render on 26 December 2007

I would think it's based on the average sales per year of a console in the market overall. Which usually does work out to about 10 million or so, if you average together every console's yearly sales for a generation of consoles.



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ferret1094 on 26 December 2007
Lulive said:
I don't understand how many people think 360 will stay in front of PS3. PS3 will eventually sell more units than 360 and eventually in 2 years if not less will "lap" the 360. Wii. will.Wii.will.rock you. Or just lap by a few thousand times other machines.
 
 Agreed. As the PS3's library grows and the price falls it'll become a more desirable purchase than the 360. The 360 is already cheap and already has a good library of games yet the PS3 is matching its sales from launch. (http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php) I'd be shocked if the 360 outsells the PS3 over its lifespan.

 

 



Thrillhouse on 26 December 2007
Yojimbo said:
I think by the end of 2008 PS2 will have lapped GC 10 times 21m vs 121m.

When you kind of think about that in terms of a race...

Its like the GC got off the starting blocks... stumbled a bit... and then just fell over while PS2 just kept on running around and around.

 

And @ Sky

That is exactly where I heard the term. Its based on some sort of average sales per console in the total market.
Now, whether it is a good analogy or not, I do like the term. Kinda fun



Predictions For Last Full Week of Sales in 2010)

WII - 80.35 Million

360 - 43.88 Million

PS3 - 41.40 Million

More terrible predictions coming Jan. 2011!!!

CB on 26 December 2007

I think the DS will have lapped the PSP again by the end of february. :p



 2008 Predictions:


Wii: 44 Million
Xbox360: 25 Million
PS3: 22 Million

DS: 90 Million
PSP: 37 Million
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MrPickles on 26 December 2007

Going by this definition, with current numbers, the Wii has already 'lapped' the PS3.



ismael on 26 December 2007
Soriku said:
My post count laps you all!
you don't have 10mill posts more than me xD

 



yoshiboots on 26 December 2007

good that the ds is an olyimpic runner



Thrillhouse on 26 December 2007

=) Just because you are twice the distance away from something does not necessarily mean you "Lapped" It

You need an arbitrary starting and end point.
In this case its 10 million

As for Soriku and posts...
Lets say an average "hardcore" Poster will get to 2000 posts.
That would mean this guy lapped my sorry self almost 4 times.
There is absolutely no real study for my thinking, but there ya go!



Predictions For Last Full Week of Sales in 2010)

WII - 80.35 Million

360 - 43.88 Million

PS3 - 41.40 Million

More terrible predictions coming Jan. 2011!!!

Thrillhouse on 26 December 2007

Anyone with some art skills want to draw an oval race track?
HA!



Predictions For Last Full Week of Sales in 2010)

WII - 80.35 Million

360 - 43.88 Million

PS3 - 41.40 Million

More terrible predictions coming Jan. 2011!!!