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

[Viper1]

pezus said:

Lulz. Viper1, you must be laughing at yourself now.

Not really.   Look at what he was predicting.

Prediction:
PS2 - 160 million - early 2011. 
Reality:
It won't even be 160 million in early 2013.

Prediction:
The Wii will probably sell another 20 million copies in the next 2 to 3 years.
Reality:
2 years later, it sold 30 million more.

Prediction:
The sales of the Wii will be around 90 million copies and by then Nintendo will probably make the decision to discontinue the console.
Reality:
It's about 97 million and nowhere near close to being discontinued.

Prediction:
by 2012 or 2013, The Wii's WW sales will be at 90 or 100 million copies by the time its discontinued
Reality:
He's got the figures closer but it's not going to be discontinued any time soon.

Prediction:
The way I see it, it will be impossible for the Wii to outsell the PS2 in WW sales.
Reality:
This he got right. 

If you keep reading my posts, you'll note my main issue with him was his insinstance that the Wii would be discontinued so quickly, not so much that it wouldn't pass the PS2 in sales.

Turkish said:

Viper1 said:

I just told you the most recently known DS figures.  I've bolded them above.  Well get Q1 2012 figures next week.

Now, you want to explain to me how the PS2 goes from 500-600k in Q4 2011 to 1,000,000 in Q1 2012?   Especially given that every previous quarter has seen a drop in half of the shipments form the previous FY.   Shipments were dropping by half from quarter to corrsponding quarter and yet they jump from  500-600k to 1 million for no reason?

I'm using actual figures here.  Comparing them against previous quarters and the corresponding quarters of previous fiscal years.    You're getting 1 million from people that are just assuming based on the assumption of PS3 doing just 1.7-1.8 million of the 2.8 million shipped.

Now you tell me which figures are not only more realistic but based on actual trends and extrapolation and which figures are just hoping.

Dude, where do you get these numbers? You are very confusing. Are these Vgchartz or official numbers from Sony? The latest numbers are 2.8m for PS3+PS2, its a safe bet to assume PS3 did around 1.8m.

Read carefully.  Those figures are for Q4 2011 from both Sony and Nintendo.

Q4 2011
DS - 520k
PS2 - 500-600k

Q1 2012
DS - Numbers are to be released next week
PS2 - Sony combined the PS2 and PS3 figures together.  Total is 2.8 million.

I am asking how could the PS2 go from 500-600k in Q4 2011 to 1 million in Q1 2012?   How would it just double its shipments for no reason?