Wii comparisons: At 29 weeks, Wii is where GCN was at 118.2 weeks (December 15, 2003), where DS was at 35.1 weeks (July 31, 2005), where PS2 was at 29.3 weeks (September 19, 2000), and where PSP was at 56.4 weeks (January 3, 2006).
Yes, this week Wii surpassed PS2 in that count. Two caveats, though. As always, with a Media Create Wii number and a PS2 Famitsu number, it's a bit apples-to-oranges. More problematic is that Sony sold a few hundred thousand PS2 online early on, which Famitsu number doesn't account for. So while it might look big for Wii by that count, in reality it's got a bit to go until it really catches up to PS2... and it will be hard to recognize that time when it comes.
PS3 comparisons: At 32 weeks, PS3 is where PS2 was at 3.6 weeks, where
PSP was at 12.1 weeks, where GCN was at 16.0 weeks, and where
PSP was at 5.1 weeks.
You may notice that this week PS3 hits 16.0 weeks in the GCN comparison, which is a bit of a big deal since it was at decimals of 15 for the previous 12 weeks. Well, really it is this week still, but 15.99 rounds up.
PS3 vs Wii: Weekly shares 12.6 / 87.4, bringing total shares to 25.4 / 74.7. At these rates, just 1-2 weeks away from a lifetime 25/75 split. If Wii stopped selling and PS3 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 190.5 weeks (February 9, 2011).
PS2 vs DS: At this week's rates DS and PS2 meet up in 27.1 weeks (December 23, 2007) at 20.54 million units apiece. Almost exactly the same result as last week, since DS/PS2 numbers changed so little.
