Originally Posted by
badinsults
Number of Atari 2600s sold worldwide: 30 million
Number of NES/Famicom systems sold worldwide: 62 million
People are now at the age where they grew up with the NES, and have enough money and freedom to buy things. Plus the Internet is much bigger than 15 years ago when the people who grew up with Atari were in the same mode. There are potentially twice as many people who enjoyed the NES era as the Atari era, so it is no wonder it seems bigger now. I'm sure in a few years, it will grow even more when people who grew up with the PS1 come of age.