One thing I don't get about PS2 110+ Million Fanbase...

We all know that the PS2 has sold over 110 million consoles...which is 2X more than the Xbox and GC combined...but the thing that always puzzeled me is why weren't software sales through the roof. I mean yea they were better then the other two, but not too much better...

Even PS3's biggest hitterest...only managed to get 7-12 million copies...which is like 8%-10% attach rate.... I mean I know how not everybody likes the same game..but still that's really low...and most games sold ~400-500,000...which is like 2-3% attach rate.

Compare that to GeOW which has sold over 3.5 million (don't know exact number)...out of 11 million consoles...thats a 30% attach rate.

Even Resistance Fall of Man...which has recently passed 2 million...out of a fanbase of 4.5....~40% attach rate...

I know the PS family has sold over 1 Billion software titles...but just comparing some of the best sellers on the PS2 compared to the fanbase leaves me asking questions like Why didn't the best sellers sell over 20 million?

You answered your own question. First not everybody buys the same games. PS' huge library made it look like ''big hitters'' sold less. The best selling PS2 titles was probably GT 3 (around 14 mill) and it was released around the time the console launched.

ps2 owners, generally speaking,are casual games therefore dont buy as many games

many people have bought the ps2 more than once so actual fanbase is probably 60-70mill

also notice MS consoles dont have lots of good games they have few and therefore the ones who have a 360 must buy Gears of Warbc its one of the very few "must have' games. Note HALO for original xbox was said to have basicaly saved the xbox

NOTE besides Gears of War, no other games has sold more than 2mill on the 360, proving my point

I'm going to say the reason why PS2 games didn't have an attach rate as high as 360 games etc is because PS2 fans are a wider variety than the competition. Some want the RPGs, some the racers,etc

FPS lovers account for most of the Xbox and 360 fanbase and Mario/Zelda lovers account for most of the Nintendo fanbase.

I'm going to say the reason why PS2 games didn't have an attach rate as high as 360 games etc is because PS2 fans are a wider variety than the competition. Some want the RPGs, some the racers,etc

FPS lovers account for most of the Xbox and 360 fanbase and Mario/Zelda lovers account for most of the Nintendo fanbase.

DarthaPerkinjan

If that last part was true, the GC wouldn't have flopped like it did.

piracy i mean we all did it geting someone to chip your ps2 but im strait now none of that for my 360 *damn warranty voiding* ¬_¬ big_boi_gamer

pffft purchase games you numb nutz...

Why do you think some games get cancelled? Because of funding from people ripping off early games....

1. more variety to choose from. 2. everyone owned a ps2 back in high school so you play games at friends houses or borrow games.RedMarzBoy

I had an xbox :(

But everyone ended up at my place playin halo anyway :)

[QUOTE="big_boi_gamer"]piracy i mean we all did it geting someone to chip your ps2 but im strait now none of that for my 360 *damn warranty voiding* ¬_¬ toxicmog

pffft purchase games you numb nutz...

Why do you think some games get cancelled? Because of funding from people ripping off early games....

hey what would you rather pay £40 for a game or £5 , im not rich out here ¬_¬

Even PS3's biggest hitterest...only managed to get 7-12 million copies...which is like 8%-10% attach rate.... I mean I know how not everybody likes the same game..but still that's really low...and most games sold ~400-500,000...which is like 2-3% attach rate.

-D3MO-

It's probably because ~80-90% of its fanbase were casual gamers (judging by your numbers, anyway).

Piracy was also a huge factor.

Variety, there was like 4-6 great games every month, add to that piracy, I think backthen if there wasn't piracy, you would see sales figures alot better, Im from middle east, Kuwait to be specific, every retailer has pirated copies of games, everygame, I remember the release of FF10 and MGS2 pirated copies was earlier one week before the actual release date.Most of middle-eastern countries+all of Asian countries+Egypt( over 80 million of population) had piracy.

Now, there is some ministries working on this problem, now in Kuwait, you will never see pirated copies after some good work, after some warnings, I don't know, maybe it was from the UN or something like that, we were in the top 5 blacklist countries of pirated products, but it was better to play 20 games for the price of 1 :P