PS2 will remain the best selling console of all time by the end of this gen

[johnsobas]

Linkzmax said:

leo-j said:

elmerion said:
Wait what? the PS2 sold 120 million as far as i know, the DS already beat it and the Wii is right capalbe of beating too, not to mention... hon earth is the PS2 going to sell 10 millions in one year and the Wii 30 million on 3 years, it makes no sense

The PS2 has sold 142 M

 

the DS might not get to a number much higher than that.. because its hardware sales are beginning to hit the market saturation point.. you can tell since its down almost severily year over year..

 

not only that, but with the rumors of a new nintendo handheld.. if they really do release one, they will kill of the DS rather quickly like they did the GBA.

I still think that if nintendo doesn't end the DS, or announce a sucessor in 2010, it has a likely chance of outselling the PS2.

Twice in one week I must quote you and direct you to http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0912.pdf
Sure it's all shipping numbers, but it for sure represents that Nintendo didn't quickly kill off the GBA. The fiscal year after the DS launched, DS shipped 8.33M units, then 4.34M, then 1.59M.  That's ~50, ~25, and ~10% of its peak year(17.59M) respectively.

gba sold 22 million after the ds was released, and Nintendo didn't really support it after it was DS was released.  They kept shipping it but that's about it.  Wii has been more successful than the gba as well.