sounds kinda enron to me...
It has been claimed that Nintendo has sold somewhere between 13 and 25 million GameCubes.
It has been claimed that Microsoft has sold a few more.
I can't dispute either claim. Both companies appear to be telling a realistic picture of their sales.
What I have to dispute is the numbers involved when the Playstation 2 is concerned.
Depending on the quoted source, Sony has sold 55 million units. That's believable.
Or 70 million units. Incredible, but still believable.
Or 90 million units. Really good for them, but I'm starting to wonder about this.
Or 110 million units. Umm...and this happened when?
The latest numbers are totally unbelievable to me. They're claiming over 200 million units sold.
Yes, 200 million. And that number comes less than a year after the 110 million claim.
I don't believe this number.
Sony having a 50% share of the market (a figure they've even claimed), based on the numbers claimed by their competition, would have them having sold about 50 million units. At 200 million, that would mean the Gamecube and XBox would have had to sell 100 million units a piece. And neither has.
When the PS2 was announced, Sony made a lot of claims about the power of their console. Even today, not one piece of software on the PS2 has reached those claims. Now with the PS3 coming, we're being told about its awesome power and what will come with it. Cell Processor, Blu Ray drive...
Sounds like a lot of codewords telling me that we're getting more of the same.
So, who's going to let the world know exactly how many PS2's have actually been sold?
Don't hold your breath waiting for Sony to do it. We'll have Duke Nukem Forever before then.
It has been claimed that Microsoft has sold a few more.
I can't dispute either claim. Both companies appear to be telling a realistic picture of their sales.
What I have to dispute is the numbers involved when the Playstation 2 is concerned.
Depending on the quoted source, Sony has sold 55 million units. That's believable.
Or 70 million units. Incredible, but still believable.
Or 90 million units. Really good for them, but I'm starting to wonder about this.
Or 110 million units. Umm...and this happened when?
The latest numbers are totally unbelievable to me. They're claiming over 200 million units sold.
Yes, 200 million. And that number comes less than a year after the 110 million claim.
I don't believe this number.
Sony having a 50% share of the market (a figure they've even claimed), based on the numbers claimed by their competition, would have them having sold about 50 million units. At 200 million, that would mean the Gamecube and XBox would have had to sell 100 million units a piece. And neither has.
When the PS2 was announced, Sony made a lot of claims about the power of their console. Even today, not one piece of software on the PS2 has reached those claims. Now with the PS3 coming, we're being told about its awesome power and what will come with it. Cell Processor, Blu Ray drive...
Sounds like a lot of codewords telling me that we're getting more of the same.
So, who's going to let the world know exactly how many PS2's have actually been sold?
Don't hold your breath waiting for Sony to do it. We'll have Duke Nukem Forever before then.
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