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

[Michael-5]

ethomaz said:

Michael-5 said:

Can I ask where you read that? Sony only shipped 900k in Q3 2011, which was down from 2.1 million before that. Q4 shipments last fall were also only 600k, down 50% from the year prior. Sony last confirmed 154.4 million shipped, which was a while back too, and VGC only had PS2 tracked to about 153 million at the start of this year, before they stopped supplying this info.

Here.

Media Create also only lists PS2 selling 250 - 500 or so units a week, where it used to sell 1,000 a week last year.

http://andriasang.com/con1sh/enterbrain_sales/ (Week Ending July 1st)

I read a september report and PS2 was just below 250 sales in Japan.

In America's PS2 is also basically dead, so EMEAA is supplying PS2 sales.

Edit: Earlier in the year, PS2 was still selling 1,000 units or so, but prior to 2012 it's never sold below 500 a week. PS2 is phasing out.

@pezus is talking about the last quarter we have number... Q1 FY2012... Sony shipped ~1m PS2 down from 1.4m in the same quarter from the last year.

Last confirmed shipped state from Sony is Q4 FY2011... 155.1m.

Add more 1m in for the Q1 FY2012 and you have...

July 30th, 2012: 156.1 PS2 shipped.

Waiting now the Q2 FY2012.

PS. DS and Wii is phasing out... PS2 outshipped both in the last two quarters... I will not be surprise if it did again in this quarter (last year it shipped 1.2m in Q2).

If Sony confirmed 156.1 million PS2's shipped, and you have a link you should update wikipedia.

Also I would like you to find these sources. Sony confirmed 153.6 million shipped as of November 21st 2011: Link(Read bottom) That link opens a pdf by Sony.

VGC tracked PS2 sales at about 2.25 million last year (730k Q1, 420k Q2, 405k Q3, and around 700k Q4), which was what 100% down from 2010 sales (PS2 sold 4.59 million units according to VGC in 2010).

I don't think PS2 will be outshipping anyone in the future. Last year PS2 did ship 1.2 million in Q2, but only 0.9 million in Q3 (30% as much as the year prior) and 0.6 million in Q4 (50% as much as the year prior). They shipped 4.1 million PS2s last year, and sold 2.25 million. I really doubt that that shipped any more then 2 million (If any) PS2's this year, and I doubt that PS2 is going to sell over 1 million units WW.

Last I heard PS2 shipped 154.4 million, and according to VGC and my scaling for 2012, PS2 is still trying to sell off old inventory. With sales rates crashing, 154.4 looks like a struggle as it is.

So tell me, If PS2 shipped 4.1 million and only sold 2.25 million last year, given that shipped units dropped by 33% in 2011 (And above 50% drop in the last half of 2011), which is the biggest drop yet, How is PS2 outshipping the DS? DS has already sold 1.9 million units this year, and will likely end between 2.2-2.5 million, which will be double the number of PS2's sold at least.