PS2 sales not too good

All right, I found sound info on the Japanese GBA launch figures and we\'re both kind of right.

From IGN

The sales figures are in, according to Japanese publication Famitsu. And the Game Boy Advance has crossed that 1,000,000 milestone in just three short weeks.
The initial shipment of 650,000 units sold through on March 21, its first day of availability. And to date, according to Famitsu, there have been 1,132,612 sold since its launch. Nintendo\'s well on its way of selling through its projected 24 million units worldwide, a position it plans to hit in March 2002.

It may not be three times as popular, but the Japanese are clearly more into handhelds then the americans are.

Originally posted by Jumpman
but the Japanese are clearly more into handhelds then the americans are.

Yes, it was them who started all this Pokyourmom crap.

Originally posted by EmperorRob
Yes, it was them who started all this Pokyourmom crap.

LOL that was good.

I can name multiple reasons why it is selling low right now. Mainly the rumor of a price drop comming soon. No one wants to buy somthing that will cost $100 dollars less in a month or 2. Also as mentioned before, the new consoles coming soon. Why do you think nearly every game seen at E3 was anounced for fall, and that\'s when the price drop will be, they need to make the PS2 the better deal this fall.

The GBA is not that far ahead now.   If you judge by weekly sales charts, the GBA is only outselling the ps2 by 10,000 units


HARDWARE  6/11 ~ 6/17
System Sales #
GameBoy Advance   52,998
PlayStation 2   43,275
Dreamcast   4,279
GameBoy Color   3,655
PocketStation   2,857
WonderSwan Color   2,752
PS One   2,529
Nintendo   64 978
Neo Geo Pocket Color   235


http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/5534/topten.htm#Sales

Attention!! do not pay attention to coremagizine\'s jap. sales charts they are completely wrong. Famitsu or this other one can\'t remember have entirly different #\'s. Matter of fact the last chart I saw fom famitsu had GT3 at #1 again so........

Why is anyone bothering to compare the sales figures of a portable console and those of a home console?

This is so pointless its ridiculous.

The hugely varying price brackets do not put them in direct competition: they are not leeching each others hardware sales.

The topic of this thread is \'PS2 sales not too good\'. For a relative drought in games coupled with the fact that its summer there will be a seasonal drop. Its the norm.

The reasoning behind this thread topic? PS2 sales look poor next to GBA sales. And I say GBA sales look poor next to petrol sales. Because its just as relevant.

**Common Sense Newsflash**

Hardware sales DO NOT MATTER. Its the games that we PLAY and the ENJOYMENT that we DERIVE that count.