I was just thinking that now with the 3DS announced and it coming by the end of this year, the current DS sales will probably drop soon and really fast once the 3DS is available.

The difference right now is:

PS2: 136.56                                                                                                                                                                                                                Nintendo DS: 130.41

So that's a difference of over 6 million still to go. But the PS2 is still selling aswell, and the difference last week was 180k. Even if the difference would stay that big every week until the end of the year, the DS would only manage a tie. Personally i don't think the DS will make it, and next year if the PS2 is still available it will keep selling.

What do you guy's think?

Mmmmm it was announced sometimes in september 2009 that ps2 sold more than 140 millions. Thought i cant be sure exact number but its more than 136 millions. Im just searching and im finding numbers of 145,150 millions.

http://playstationlifestyle.net/2010/05/19/playstation-2-surpasses-unimaginable-150-million-units-milestone/

Anyway difference is over 10 millions, im not sure if ds can sell more and ps2 ll be still on market. 3ds is new kid in town.

It'll still sell for a few more years, and easily beat the PS2. There's plenty of room for a price cut on the DS/i, and the DS has a huge library that appeals to all sorts of people. Even as software slows down due to less major/compelling releases, the current library and continued third party support will be enough reason for people to keep buying them, who aren't interested enough or willing to shell out for a 3DS yet.

The PS2 will probably end up shipping 150 million while the DS probably ~ 160 million... small difference but IMO it will overtake it in the longrun

without a doubt it will, if I remember correctly the GBA sold something like 21m after the DS was launched so you can probably expect atleast 25m DS sales after the 3DS is launched.

The real debate concerning sales is whether the Wii will overtake the PS2 and for that I think it has a chance, but it is unlikely.

3DS is set for a release in 2011 so it means christmas will help DS sales again, taking it closer to 140M, and it could sell for a few more years and hit 165M.

100% will

A $99 DSi XL could do pretty well alongside 3DS which will be a lot more expensive (probably $249 at launch).

DS will do 20 million more.

It's a question of when, not if.  And the only thing on the horizon that looks like it may ever surpass DS is 3DS.

I now think Wii won't pass PS2 though (but it will definitely pass PS1 and possibly GB).  Part of that is that I really think we'll see a Wii successor a year sooner than PS2 did (Q4 2011), and the other half is that I doubt the Wii successor will bellyflop like PS2's did (and thus curtail sales sooner by actually transitioning it's base).

1) The VGChartz figure for the PS2 is correct, the 145 million is inflated due to Sony's previous policy of tracking units produced as sold, ie those products for replacements under warranty count as a sold console.

2) The 3DS is not releasing outside of Japan this year

3) The DS will still be selling in 2012 when the world ends, with similar trends as the PS2 saw after the release of the Wii

4) The phrase "Even if the difference would stay that big every week until the end of the year" almost makes it sound like you believe the gap is likely to decrease. Remember, this is about the worst time of year for console sales. In november, where sales might be 5 times as high, if the relative sales of the two consoles were the same the weekly gap would be 900k)