PS3 Sales Up 130%, Xbox Hits 28 Million

[Kanazuchi]

I always try to stay out of what will no doubt devolve into a fanboy flamefest, but when math happens, it gets harder to keep my yap shut.

...doesn't that mean that the ps3 has sold more faster than the 360 considering the 360 has been around for a year more than the ps3 has been

Damn you. Now I'll have to attempt math.

...

Just for fun, the Wii was released in November 2006, same month as the PS3, making 27 months difference.

100,000,000 / 27 = 3,700,000

Making the Wii beat out both the 360 and the PS3 by a cool 3 Million.

Sales figures taken from this news article, release dates taken from Wikipedia. Numbers rounded.

Please cite your source on that hundred million Wii figure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii
I'm seeing 34.55 million units sold as of the end of September 2008. And given that one of the major criticisms of Nintendo's handling of the Wii is their slow production rate, I seriously doubt they've manufactured and sold 65.45 million units in the three months that Wikipedia's article doesn't cover. So let's go with the numbers I see there, 34.55M units from 11/06 to 9/08:

34,550,000 / 22 = 1,570,000

Still very impressive, but not quite the monstruous margin you're giving them.

I already own a 360, and the ongoing recession will impede my ability to acquire a Wii or a PS3. Which is fine, I don't see either console going away in the next two or three years, and really I need new windows and a new front door before I need a machine that will play Zack and Wiki or a Blu-ray player that happens to run God of War 3 as well.

Why all the flaming anyways? Why can't we just be glad we can get one of these technological toys to keep ourselves amused?

 

[Novajam]

I always try to stay out of what will no doubt devolve into a fanboy flamefest, but when math happens, it gets harder to keep my yap shut.

Damn you. Now I'll have to attempt math.

...

Just for fun, the Wii was released in November 2006, same month as the PS3, making 27 months difference.

100,000,000 / 27 = 3,700,000

Making the Wii beat out both the 360 and the PS3 by a cool 3 Million.

Sales figures taken from this news article, release dates taken from Wikipedia. Numbers rounded.

Please cite your source on that hundred million Wii figure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii
I'm seeing 34.55 million units sold as of the end of September 2008. And given that one of the major criticisms of Nintendo's handling of the Wii is their slow production rate, I seriously doubt they've manufactured and sold 65.45 million units in the three months that Wikipedia's article doesn't cover. So let's go with the numbers I see there, 34.55M units from 11/06 to 9/08:

34,550,000 / 22 = 1,570,000

Still very impressive, but not quite the monstruous margin you're giving them.

I already own a 360, and the ongoing recession will impede my ability to acquire a Wii or a PS3. Which is fine, I don't see either console going away in the next two or three years, and really I need new windows and a new front door before I need a machine that will play Zack and Wiki or a Blu-ray player that happens to run God of War 3 as well.

Why all the flaming anyways? Why can't we just be glad we can get one of these technological toys to keep ourselves amused?

Oh bugger. I took the Hundred Million from this article, and that's the PS2's number of units sold. Typos. Very Sorry, and thankyou for pointing out the mistake.

EDIT: Removed the Wii part entirely for clarity.

 

[Radelaide]

I can smell the fires of war that the gametrailers crowd are bringing over the hill.

it's not a flame it's just an observation and some basic math really

Does that ever stop the flamewars?

 

[HyenaThePirate]

I have a question that no one ever seems to consider in these discussions.

Of all the new PS3 or Xbox 360 owners.. how many are people who already OWN the other system?
I have an xbox 360 i got on opening day and a PS3 I got on opening day.
Regardless of which I tend to play the most, I always wonder in these "who is selling more systems" comparisons when people start using the numbers to argue which system is 'superior' if anybody ever takes into account that group of gamers who simply.. like GAMES and own BOTH systems because we like GAMES?

 

[DeadMG]

Seconded!

 

[HyenaThePirate]

It means nothing.
Because any unit you sell at that point becomes an 'extra percentage'.

But percentages dont sell systems.
Games do.
When Sony figures that out, they'll be a-ok.