Not really much of a race in Japan.....

[Blah]

[QUOTE=Steerfroth]

Another irritating difference is the charges are not compatible.

[/QUOTE]

Are you serious? That's so stupid! If the GBA charger is compatible with the DS fat, then they surely didn't need to change it for the lite!

[Paul Campbell]

[QUOTE=Blah][QUOTE=Steerfroth]

Another irritating difference is the charges are not compatible.

[/QUOTE]

Are you serious? That's so stupid! If the GBA charger is compatible with the DS fat, then they surely didn't need to change it for the lite!

[/QUOTE]

Calm down.  I'm pretty sure they switched to this one because it allows the possibility of a more advanced interface cable, since this plug is the same that is used to both charge and connect things like digital cameras to computers.

[Johnny]

More Importantly, I would like to see the US Console Race Statistics.

[Steerforth]

If I happen to stumble across some US numbers I'll post them, unless they make Nintendo look bad.

Also, I am not surprised the Phat is on the shelves even if people can't find the lites. I have an original, my wife got a lite, and I don't play the phat unless it's on coop. It is a big POC compared to the lite, the screen seem BLACK after you are used to the lite. The buttons are maybe a little more comfortaable, and it looks way cooler. You would have thought these 2 peices of hardware launched 15 years apart, instead of 2 years.

[m0zart1]

[QUOTE=Johnny]More Importantly, I would like to see the US Console Race Statistics.
[/QUOTE]

Here are April 2007 console and handheld sales for the US, as reported by here:

NDS - 471,000
Wii - 360,000
PS2 - 194,000
PSP - 183,000
360 - 174,000
GBA - 84,000
PS3 - 82,000
GCN - 13,000

And here is the measure of performance for the first six months of each console in the US, as reported here.

Wii - 2,470,000
PS2 - 2,200,000
XBOX - 1,900,000
GCN - 1,540,000
360 - 1,384,000
PS3 - 1,271,000

And here is the total sales so far of each handheld and console in the US, as reported here.

PS2 – 38.2 million
GBA – 35.7 million
GCN – 11.7 million
NDS – 10.9 million
PSP – 7.4 million
360 – 5.4 million
Wii – 2.5 million
PS3 – 1.3 million

All of these are US figures, and do not include the rate in Canada, Europe, Australia, or Japan.

[ActRaiser1]

[QUOTE=m0zart]
And here is the measure of performance for the first six months of each console in the US, as reported here.

XBOX - 1,900,000
[/QUOTE]

Not that I'm arguing or anything but how on earth did MS sell 2 million units to a console that's not being manufactored or sold anywhere?  I haven't seen an xbox on a shelf in well over a year.  All the retailers just have 360s.  Am I missing something?

[m0zart1]

[QUOTE=ActRaiser][QUOTE=m0zart]
And here is the measure of performance for the first six months of each console in the US, as reported here.

XBOX - 1,900,000
[/QUOTE]

Not that I'm arguing or anything but how on earth did MS sell 2 million units to a console that's not being manufactored or sold anywhere?  I haven't seen an xbox on a shelf in well over a year.  All the retailers just have 360s.  Am I missing something?
[/QUOTE]

I said "the first six months of each console in the US".  This means that it is what the XBOX sold in its first six months, more than five years ago.  It's just an extra comparison.  These sales are not recent.  The value of this kind of comparison is to see the adoption rate of each console in its infancy.

[J.M. Vargas]

[QUOTE=m0zart]Here are April 2007 console and handheld sales for the US, as reported by here:

NDS - 471,000
Wii - 360,000
PS2 - 194,000
PSP - 183,000
360 - 174,000
[b][u]GBA - 84,000
PS3 - 82,000[/b][/u]
GCN - 13,000[/QUOTE]

Two titans enter the ring, only one comes out alive!  The videogame battle for the ages, the thrilla in Wiivilla, a duel to the death: PS3 versus... Gameboy Advance??!!

[ActRaiser1]

M0zart, I'm an idiot.  Thanks for the clarification. 

[Blah]

[QUOTE=J.M. Vargas]

[QUOTE=m0zart]Here are April 2007 console and handheld sales for the US, as reported by here:

NDS - 471,000
Wii - 360,000
PS2 - 194,000
PSP - 183,000
360 - 174,000
[b][u]GBA - 84,000
PS3 - 82,000[/b][/u]
GCN - 13,000[/QUOTE]

Two titans enter the ring, only one comes out alive!  The videogame battle for the ages, the thrilla in Wiivilla, a duel to the death: PS3 versus... Gameboy Advance??!!

[/QUOTE]

I'm betting on the PS2. I bet that it'll last at least another 6 generations.