ok i have been doing monthly sales comparisons of the ps2 2001 vs ps3 2008 in others. The ps2 sold 5,635,965 units through 2001 in total others alone. and i think the ps3 can beat that, i would have put the ps3 higher but closer looks at the data shows that a bulk of ps'2s sales came in December which probably means it was supply constraint through the year and sony were stocking up for the holiday season.
RED is total month sales. Purple is Monthly average
PS3
JAN 444,501/111.12
FEB 342,656/85.664
MAR 518,404/103.681
APR 448,644/112.161
MAY 605,216/121.043
JUN 381,987/76.398
JUL 321,027/80.257
AUG 370.724/74.144
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
PS2
JAN 243,390/60.849
FEB 245,830/61.457
MAR 359,958/71.997
APR 297,527/74.381
MAY 256,014/64.004
JUN 318,160/63.632
JUL 318,507/79.627
AUG 268,913/67.228
SEP 380,690/76.138
OCT 430,815/107.704
NOV 682,840/170.710
DEC 1,833,321/366.664
Total so far
PS3= 3,433,153...... 3,466,847 left to reach my prediction
PS2= 2,308,299...... 3,327,666 ps2's left to sell in 2001
i will keep it updated, laugh if you will, i am being deadly serios though so this is not a joke thread
EDITED:
this thread is not comparing the sales its just to show you a rough estimate on how the ps3 is doing so far this year using the ps2's sales as a guide, so please dont wofl on to me about its fair to compare the ps3 2008 with ps2 2002 because i am not doing a comparison. I decided to use the ps2 sales for 2001 next to the ps3 sales 2008 because the ps3 needs to sell slightly under the ps3 for the rest of the year for my prediction to come true,
so if the ps3 is beating the ps2 that means the ps3 is on track to reach my prediction.