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Forums - Sales Discussion - If gaming was as popular in the 80's and 90's as it is now, would the GB be higher than the PS2 right now?

S.Peelman on 14 June 2013

Probably.

It also goes for the NES. That system had like 85% market share during it's generation, even the PS2 doesn't come near that kind of number. If by using the same size of market, a console today with 85% market share... it would have 210m units sold O.O!



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AZWification on 14 June 2013

 Most likely. Game Boy was a monster when it came to sales. Tetris alone sold more than 10 million units.



                
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Th3PANO on 14 June 2013

Good old Game Boy. The "console" where I made my first real gaming experience. This little fellow changed me into a gamer. Everybody knew it back then, without internet. It was the thing every kid wanted.



Pristine20 on 14 June 2013

Chances are if gaming was that big even back then, more serious competition would have joined the fray so the answer is no, not likely.



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daveJ on 14 June 2013

Keep in mind that 118 million is GB and GB color together.
Also GB was released in 1989 GBA in 2001, thats 12 years between models. With little competition.

the ps2 only had 7 years before the next model comes out and had lots of competition, GC,wii,xbox1,xbox360,dreamcast



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 Bet with tbone51: Pokeon X & pokemon Y will not sell more than 8 million in 2013

 jarrod said:The Xbox360 or ps3 will not sell more than 75million units

July 2009 daveJ said: True the wii has a large lead now but by 2017 the most likely result will be 1. ps3 2. xbox360 3. wii <-- wii's successor launched in 2011 effectively killing sales of the wii

 2009 daveJ said: The wii will not break the 50% marketshare barrier it will go below the 40% marketshare barrier though in the future. VGChartz members: Impossible, youre an idiot that knows nothing about sales