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TWRoO on 31 December 2008
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321tttrini4everz said:
nordlead said:
321tttrini4everz said:
dolemit3 said:

Well, how many of those that launched with a $500 price tag had a 120 million+ selling predecesor?

 

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ummm..good point though....PS3 is bound to hit 100million due to the high selling predecessors(ps2 and ps1) plus a price cut LOL

 

just like me...a ps1 and ps2 owner, i don't own a PS3 360 or a wii.....the only console that interests me is the PS3...well it is really a matter of time b4 i get the PS3

 

Fixed again. It has been proven over and over again that sony has only produced 140m, not that 140m (or more) have actually been sold to the consumer. I'm sure they will make it there adventually, but they haven't hit it yet.

 

well i dont believe that for one second....ps2 passed 120million early last year plus the ps2 passed 100 million since 2005

i cant wait 4 Sony's next report on ps2 sales figures...july 2008 they stated it is at 140million....their next report should be out by march 2009

as of right now...i believe Sony sold 140million+ PS2 consoles to consumers

gues i will have to wait

The statement in July 2008 (made by David Reeves?) was a mistake.... he actually meant 130 million, not 140 million.

At that time in July Sony had not produced 140 million, they had just exceeded 130 million, BUT that figure is made up of PRODUCED consoles from before 2006, and only after March 2006 did they report SHIPPED.

The current figure for the PS2 as of September 2008 is 135.63 million.... but as said, that is a split total between produced and shipped.... the produced figure up to March 2006 is 117.89 million, and because this is produced and not shipped to retail, it will be about 1-2 million higher than what was shipped at the time.... which means this method is actually counting some PS2s twice. (and the reason Sony keep the figures seperate on this website:
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps2_e.html )

So 135.63 million minus at least 1 million = 134.63 million.

Of course the problem then is that the "produced" figure from before March 2006 also will include numbers of PS2s which Sony gave out as replacements to faulty early models... of which there are quite a few. Arguably many PS2s will have been repaired rather than replaced, but the replaced figure will still at least be high enough to bring down the total shipped figure to just under 130 million.

So in fact the PS2 is not yet at 140 million.... though it should get there in time..... what you should do is perhaps trust (to a point) the figures VGC has, because both the Americas figure and the Japan figure are both well over what NPD and the Japanese trackersshow. In fact the Americas figure is almost 8 million higher than what NPD has, it is arguable whether all that will be made from Canada, Mexico and South America... while VGC has Japan figures 1 million higher than Famitsu.