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

[johnsobas]

johnsobas said:

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.

Actually so far PS2 has sold 25 million since the ps3 launched.  The number will probably end up between 30 and 35 million.  GBA sold 22 million after the DS launched, but when you consider that GBA sold quite a bit less, if we go by percentage it sold about the same percentage of total consoles sold after the launch of the successor. 

To nail the point home the ps1 sold about 20-25 million after the launch of the ps2, it depends on how you take into consideration the staggered japanese launch for both ps1 and ps2.  Again the ps1 was quite a bit less successful than the ps2, but if we go by percentage sold after the launch of the successor it is not that different from the ps2 to ps3. 

The more i look into it the more i cannot see the wii selling less than 25 million after the launch of the next wii system.  I would guess more like 30-35 million.  The only way i see the wii not outselling the ps2 is if the next wii launches in 2011 which is highly doubtful.