More industry figures...

[Phube]

			 Sony			   Nintendo		Microsoft		   Industry
Y/E 1998	 $902,811,090   $1,023,333,867					  $1,926,144,957
Y/E 1999   $1,102,563,557   $1,301,350,000					  $2,403,913,557
Y/E 2000	 $722,738,949   $1,368,207,547					  $2,090,946,497
Y/E 2001	-$449,776,290	 $677,576,000						$227,799,710
Y/E 2002	 $629,101,056	 $895,872,180   -$1,135,000,000	  $389,973,237
Y/E 2003	 $935,569,253	 $834,333,333   -$1,191,000,000	  $578,902,586
Y/E 2004	 $627,195,212	 $993,161,303   -$1,337,000,000	  $283,356,515
Y/E 2005	 $419,888,799   $1,056,056,202	 -$539,000,000	  $936,945,001
Y/E 2006	  $69,129,058	 $774,478,055   -$1,339,000,000	 -$495,392,887
Y/E 2007  -$1,970,923,859   $1,914,666,388   -$1,969,000,000   -$2,025,257,471
Y/E 2008  -$1,079,994,103   $4,322,637,887	  $426,000,000	$3,668,643,783

Y/E 09Q1	  $51,113,208   $1,124,452,830	  $178,000,000	$1,353,566,038
Y/E 09Q2	-$379,471,154   $1,278,759,615		

Total				
   $1,579,944,775  $17,564,885,209   -$6,906,000,000   $11,339,541,523

Full Year Average
	 $173,482,066   $1,378,333,888   -$1,012,000,000	  $907,815,953

Profitable Years				
		8		11		   1			 9

Non Profitable Years				
		3		 0		   6			 2

Average in Loss Year				
  -$1,166,898,084		   N/A   -$1,251,666,667   -$1,260,325,179

Average in Profit Year				
	 $676,124,622   $1,378,333,888	  $426,000,000	$1,389,625,094

[Samilktray]

This is 1 of those, Who Cares?

Kinda threads.

[Phube]

This is 1 of those, Who Cares?

Kinda threads.

*affects Monica from Friends voice* I know!! *ends*

[GLC]

This is 1 of those, Who Cares?

Kinda threads.

that thread you made up earlier about its sad to see topics with no reply, this should be one of them!!

[Finnegan]

I really don't see why you're so competitive, Phube.

Nintendo make games for girls, children and families. Sony and Microsoft are in the market for gamers. I sell both, day in, day out - and they just don't go off the shelves to the same customers. 360 and PS3 are in direct competition, I can understand banter between the two, the Nintendo consoles just aren't, and the sooner you realise you're the only one that cares the sooner people will stop mocking you!

[Phube]

I really don't see why you're so competitive, Phube.

Nintendo make games for girls, children and families. Sony and Microsoft are in the market for gamers. I sell both, day in, day out - and they just don't go off the shelves to the same customers. 360 and PS3 are in direct competition, I can understand banter between the two, the Nintendo consoles just aren't, and the sooner you realise you're the only one that cares the sooner people will stop mocking you!

One day, maybe you too will understand.. but then maybe not!

[Finnegan]

One day, maybe you too will understand.. but then maybe not!

Understand what?

Comparing the markets for Wii and DS to the 360 and PS3 is like comparing sales of Happy Meals to gourmet cuisine.

[Phube]

I know no one care...

But here they are from the US... to all those "analysts" who said the Wii was a fad...

2 years on:

[GLC]

knob off

we all know ps3s are the best (can of worms now open)

[Trumpet]

The wii sells well because FAMILIES buy them.

I couldn't care less about figures, as an 18 year old lad, the majority of my friends, with consoles have chose the 360. One friend has all 3, the PS3 collects dust on a tv stand and the wii is boxed.

[lavrentis]

I'm with Phube. fook the ps3 and xbox 360, it's just a graphics race. Personally speaking with an xbox 360 and my brother having a ps3 the wii is FAR MORE enjoyable.

[Fox You Forest]

I really don't see why you're so competitive, Phube.

Nintendo make games for girls, children and families. Sony and Microsoft are in the market for gamers. I sell both, day in, day out - and they just don't go off the shelves to the same customers. 360 and PS3 are in direct competition, I can understand banter between the two, the Nintendo consoles just aren't, and the sooner you realise you're the only one that cares the sooner people will stop mocking you!

Quite simply that should end the argument.