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BladeOfGod on 03 April 2009
Malachi said:
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Viper1 said:
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Avinash_Tyagi said:
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Neos said:
BladeOfGod said:
http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS®1=All&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=PS®3=All&weeks=156

There is so much wrong with this graph, it is not even funny.

 

 

Graph shows that PS3 sold much more than PS1 in 3 years. So it would take miracle for PS3 NOT to outsell PS1.

 

 VGchartz doesn't have complete data for the PS1 era, so those numbers are not the PS1's true sales

 

Graph says PS3 sold 21 million in 3 years and Ps1 sold 8 million in 3 years. And lets say Vgchartz undertracked PS1 by 6 million ( still a LOT, probably not true), PS3 still outsold it by 6 millions.

VGC didn't undertrack the PS because it wasn't around to actually track it.  All they have are incomplete historical sales data to go by.

 

Actual shipments from Sony were 43 million by year 3.  I don't see the PS3 hitting 43 million by November, do you?

 

 

 

So why is there Blast From The Past on the main page of the web site?

Hardware number for the PS1 is Japan only, most likely taken from Famitsu. There is number for the last generation for America and Other but Other seem to only go back to about 2004 (which may explain the difference between the number here and the shipped number from SONY financial for the PS2)

Look at PS1 JAPAN vs PS1 ALL they are the same.

Here: http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS®1=All&cons2=PS®2=Japan&cons3=PS3®3=Japan&weeks=156

 

 

O well, at least it can out sell PSP, right?



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twingo on 03 April 2009

Every gen the market has grown this gen should/could break 300 million if not more, The dif between wii and PS3/360 helps that.

Snes era 80
PS era 144
PS2 era +196
PS3/Wii/360 ????

I'am guessing first time in history two same gen console's will break 100 million.

Not Sony MS or NIN want to rush to the next gen, they all have their reasons to prolong and milk this gen for all its worth.



JRPG on 03 April 2009
saimcheeda said:

Will the PS3 Outsell its older brothers??if yes then how long will it take?if not hen what will its lifetime sales be?

 

No.



Alby_da_Wolf on 04 April 2009
twingo said:
Every gen the market has grown this gen should/could break 300 million if not more, The dif between wii and PS3/360 helps that.

Snes era 80
PS era 144
PS2 era +196
PS3/Wii/360 ????

I'am guessing first time in history two same gen console's will break 100 million.

Not Sony MS or NIN want to rush to the next gen, they all have their reasons to prolong and milk this gen for all its worth.

I totally agree. If this gen lasts 7 or more years in the role of latest gen (and another 2 or 3 as previous gen for companies willing to keep it as entry level) even the third will eventually have a good profit.

 



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