Posted by Allan on 01/14/06 03:10

On 13 Jan 2006 06:22:00 -0800, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:


>What's the market penetration of console games v. dvd players?
>
>Not a rhetorical question, I'm actually curious. I'd suspect that DVD
>players (and DVDs themselves) far outpace consoles.

Well...

http://www.video-games-survey.com/consoles.htm

Total Video Game Console Global Shipments by Model - up to end 2003

Model


Units Shipped (mn)


Year Introduced

Sony PlayStation 1


94


1994

Sony PlayStation 2


66


2000

Nintendo GameCube


14


2001

Nintendo GameBoy


121


1989

Nintendo GameBoy Advance / SP


48


2001 / 2003

Nintendo N64


33


1996

Microsoft Xbox


15


2001

Sega Dreamcast


7


1998

Bandai WonderSwan


1


1999


(Sorry the cut and paste is ugly.... check the link for a better Idea)

Basically... end of 2003... there were 399 million "Video Game
Console Global Shipments".

Not having much luck finding the number of DVD players out there at
the end of 2003. Can anybody help?

>If that's true,
>then it would be difficult to extrapolate general behavior patterns
>from a sample represented by console gamers.

May not be true... just can't find the number tonight!! D!oh






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