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SunofKratos on 28 May 2012

Ps Vita 16.00
PS3: 78.00 ( since support is very strong for the PS3 i expectet it to do such numbers even if PS4 get anounced this year)
X Box 360: 76.00 ( only if no X Box 720 will be anounbced this E3, )
Nintendo Wii 101.00 ( no support= a soon death)
Nintendo 3 DS 33.00
PSP: 79.00 ( this system will also die soon )





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DieAppleDie on 28 May 2012

ps3 76m
xbox360 77m
Wii 102m
3ds 31m
PsVita 10m
NDS 155m
PSP 78.5m



kain_kusanagi on 28 May 2012

With Wii U hitting the market and Halo freaking 4 this year I just don't see PS3 pulling ahead of the 360.



the_dengle on 28 May 2012

Give or take 1 mil:

DS: 155 mil
PS2: 155 mil
PSP: 79 mil
PS3: 77 mil
360: 79 mil
Wii: 102 mil
3DS: 36 mil
Vita: 11 mil

Wii U: 5 mil



Millenium on 28 May 2012

Same positions as they are now.



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DieAppleDie on 28 May 2012

I think we are all being too optimistic with the Vita
Ryan is right, if it does well 7-8m max




ROFLMAO on 28 May 2012

May as well just put my predictions in that table :P (Current/Continuing Gen in bold)

PosPlatformNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 Nintendo DS (DS) 56.45 53.89 33.44 13.11 156.89
2 PlayStation 2 (PS2) 54.59 54.61 33.89 12.75 155.95
3 Game Boy (GB) 43.18 40.05 32.47 2.99 118.69
4 Nintendo Wii (Wii) 45.01 34.24 14.11 10.89 104.25
5 Sony Playstation (PSX) 38.94 36.91 19.36 9.04 104.25
6 Game Boy Advance (GBA) 40.39 21.31 16.96 2.85 81.51
7 PlayStation Portable (PSP) 22.34 22.84 19.86 13.48 78.52
8 Playstation 3 (PS3) 26.17 28.23 11.11 8.75 74.26
9 Xbox 360 (X360) 40.31 23.01 1.95 8.94 74.21
10 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) 33.49 8.30 19.35 0.77 61.91
11 Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) 22.88 8.15 17.17 0.90 49.10
12 Nintendo 3DS (3DS) 12.94 10.12 12.17 3.51 38.74
13 Nintendo 64 (N64) 20.11 6.35 5.54 0.93 32.93
14 Sega Genesis (GEN) 15.98 8.39 3.58 0.59 28.54
15 Xbox (XB) 15.77 7.17 0.53 1.18 24.65
16 GameCube (GC) 12.55 4.44 4.04 0.71 21.74
17 GameGear (GG) 5.40 3.23 1.78 0.21 10.62
18 Sega Saturn (SAT) 1.83 1.12 5.80 0.07 8.82
19 Dreamcast (DC) 3.90 1.91 2.25 0.14 8.20
20 Wii U (Wii U) 2.56 2.25 2.11 0.88 7.80
21 PlayStation Vita (PSV) 2.11 2.37 1.88 0.41 6.77
22 WonderSwan (WS) 0.00 0.00 1.12 0.00 1.12

I think Sony will discontinue the PSP later this year/early next year and the PS2 around the same time to save on manufacturing costs and give it's current gen all the spotlight. I also think that the DS will claim the overall crown and be discontinued June-Julyish next year with the Wii being discontinued in August-September after finally avenging their first console that failed to come first, N64 by JUST overtaking the PS1. In June-July next year.



fedfed on 28 May 2012

Wii will be 1 mil short to pass the PS1 (it will do it by the end of it's life)
3DS will add another 12/14 mil (just below N64)
Vita be below GameGear
Ds will ship 4mil more (PS2 only 1.5 putting DS 0.250 mil higher)
PS3 will do better than 360 and tehy will be 74/75 mil tie.



Switch!!!

Troll_Whisperer on 28 May 2012

360 will remain ahead of PS3.

DS will not surpass PS2.

Vita will surpass the GameGear.

Wii will remain below PSX.

3DS will surpass Sega Genesis.



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the_dengle on 28 May 2012
pezus said:

DS will never pull ahead of the PS2. The king will remain the same for years to come.

I find that hard to believe. DS is getting a huge price cut and 3 new Pokémon games this year. I'd be amazed if it doesn't pass the PS2 at least briefly, even if the PS2 eventually reclaims its title due to Sony continuing to introduce it to new territories. Nintendo will probably shut DS production down sometime in 2013 or 2014 to make it easier to push 3DS sales.