a couple of things:
-Looks like the PS3 won MS FY
Microsofts Fiscal Year - Worldwide Hardware Unit Sales (Unit: Million)
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Console Jl-Sp'11 Oc-Dc'11 Ja-Mr'12 Ap-Jn'12 Jl'11-Jn'12
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PS3 3.7 6.5 1.9 ? 12.1 + Ap - Jn'12
360 2.3 8.2 1.4 1.1 13.0
Wii 1.79 5.61 0.88 0.71 8.99
PS2 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.0 2.7
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Console Jl-Sp'10 Oc-Dc'10 Ja-Mr'11 Ap-Jn'11 Jl'10-Jn'11
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PS3 3.5 6.3 2.1 1.8 13.7
Wii 1.93 8.75 1.36 1.56 13.60
360 2.8 6.3 2.7 1.7 13.5--(13.7 according to MS)
PS2 1.5 2.1 1.2 1.4 6.2
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Console Jl-Sp'09 Oc-Dc'09 Ja-Mr'10 Ap-Jn'10 Jl'09-Jn'10
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Wii 3.53 11.30 3.48 3.04 21.35
PS3 3.2 6.5 2.2 2.4 14.3
360 2.1 5.2 1.5 1.5 10.3
PS2 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.6 7.3
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-Microsoft's Fiscal Year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30
-Sources: Sony,Nintendo,Microsoft (Sell-in Numbers)
-Microsoft and Nintendo can't survive without strong NPD sales
First Half of 2012 - Worldwide Hardware Unit Sales (Unit: Million)
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Console Ja-Mr'12 Ap-Jn'12 First Half'12
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PS3/PS2 2.5 2.8 5.3
360 1.4 1.1 2.5
Wii 0.88 0.71 1.59
360/Wii 2.28 1.81 4.09
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-Sources: Sony,Nintendo,Microsoft (Sell-in Numbers)
Way beyond that. The PS1 is an easy target.It's unfair because the emerging markets are way bigger now and the PS3 is already #1.
What the PS2 has done for the PS3 since 2006 has been incredible. The PS2 completely destroyed the Wii in the emerging markets,and the Xbox 360 in Continental Europe, kept the PlayStation brand alive and relevant,and generated profits when the PS3 was vulnerable and weak.
The PS3 will eventually overtake the Wii.In a few years people will realize that the PS2 won the sixth and the seventh generation of consoles.