PS3 Won’t Sell As Much As PS2, Since Competition Was Less In The Old Days, Says Former Sony Boss

Phil Harrison, former Sony boss thinks the PS3 won’t sell as much as the PS.

He told that the PS2 in its days did not have so much competitors to deal with and was the ”unreachable” console in its life-span. The PS3 with competitors like Wii and the Xbox 360 will have low sales and hard times, according to him.

“I hope PS3 can match PS2, but I think the market dynamics are slightly different,” said Harrison.

“For a large chunk of its life-cycle, the PS2 didn’t really have any competition anywhere in the world, so Sony was able to sell a huge number of units. If PS3 does reach the same level it will take longer and it will be a more difficult challenge.”

However he wishes the PS3 to be a great success like the PS2.

Sony Computer Entertainment founder Chris Deering is more optimistic:

“In the case of both PS1 and PS2, we sold more Slim units than original models,” he said. “The PS3 Slim has only been out a couple of years. If you could get a PS3 for a hundred pounds… Can you imagine? It could go much higher and last longer,” said Deering.

The PS2 has sold 142 million units whereas the PS3 has sold 43 million units as of yet.

Via Strategy Informer