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

[Viper1]

Turkish said:

Viper1 said:

Turkish said:

Viper1 said:

Sorry, I haven't finished the book yet.   But the current chapter is suggesting the DS will overake the PS2 before the story ends.

And next time you give away the end of a story, use spoiler tags.

No it won't. 3DS killed DS sales. I believe PS2 sales may be even higher than DS sales now.

I just told you that shipments for the DS are still higher than shipments for the PS2.

Panama said:
Aren't Sony also just launching the PS2 in lesser developed nations?

They did launch in some territories last year but haven't launched in any new ones for a while.   Recent shipments and projected shipments are still showing the numbers going way down.

Wich shipments? PS2 did in all probability around 1m last quarter, how much did the DS do?

No it did not.  Over the last several quarters, PS2 shipments have been half of what they were the previous corresponding quarters.   Q1 2011 had 1.4 million shipped.  At pace, that would suggest 700k shipped.  Combined PS2/PS3 shipment data suggests it's even lower than that for PS2...unless PS3 had a really horrible quarter.   Total expected shipments are 300-400k.

The previous quarter we have exact figures for both where the PS2 and DS each shipped between 500-600k.   We won't have Q1 2012 figures for the DS until next week but the DS will have a spike in shipments because of Pokemon Black and White 2.

Nintendo is still projecting a further 2.5 million DS shipments over the next several months.  Sony is not projecting that many.