i just like to be well informed, i don't come here to brag or cheer, i just like to know how the industry is doing

Actually, one thing this site has taught me is to be more neutral as well. Following the sales of all systems has brought my attention to some fantastic game series. As some of you may remember when I can to this site ~ 1 year ago I was an obnoxious Nintendo fanboy. Now my fanboyism is gone, I am pretty much neutral.

well its because the more sales the more games we get

Majin-Tenshinhan's post sums up my thoughts on the matter.

Not just with videogames, but with any product. If you really love a particular snack, TV series, music band, brand of clothing, movie, etc. it's to your benefit that said product does well in the market.

If it sells well, it will continue to get support.

In the case of videogames, if a particular IP sells well, you can count on the company that produces it to consider making more games, instituting a series. Other companies may look at the game's good sales and consider creating similar games. In this instance, more games like the one you like (even if they're copycats of the original) is normally a good thing.

In the case of consoles, if the machine you paid hundreds of dollars for is only bought by a small group of people, it will end up with a minuscule userbase. Small userbases pretty much ensure lower game sales, as no title is ever going to be bought by 100% of console owners (unless the game comes packed-in or something). So, if the console has a small userbase and games don't do very well on it, it won't have a significant enough presence in the market for game developers to consider making games for the system. So you'll have a less varied game library available, you'll receive less support for your game machine and in the end you get a lot less bang for your buck.

This sort of information is especially useful for potential customers. If you are weighing your options between two or more game consoles and find out one of them is selling much better than the other(s), you know you have a greater chance of investing your money on a machine that will get better support overall.

So yes, monitoring how consoles and games sell will always be of interest to those of us who love videogames.

Maybe it's the bragging that I don't complete understand

Sales matter because companies copy what is successful. As a result, when something sells well, things like it are more likely to come out in the future, while things that are less likely tend to fall away. You can watch the industry evolve before your eyes, and cheer or boo as you will.

I tend to agree with the OP as to not knowing why I should care but the thing is that I do care.

I can't explain it but I am Nintendo biased (slightly) so always happy for them when they get good HW and SW numbers. Oddly enough, I own all systems and buy most of my games 1st day and will go as far as be disappointed that, for example, GTA4 sold so much 1st week in "others" though I am one of the many who bought it 1st week...

Is there something wrong with me?

@highwaystar

I congratulate you on that....if you have the $$$, then why let a stupid fanboyism get in the way of enjoying more games?....The way I see it, multiconsole owners are always 'winners' in every generation.

 Well, if you happen to be talented and/or lucky enough to have better financial means than the average person, of course you are a winner, regardless of what you do with your money!

If a game is great and the game makes a decent profit for the developers and publishers, they there will be a pretty good chance of a sequel