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

[Michael-5]

pezus said:

Michael-5 said:

ethomaz said:

July 30th, 2012: 156.1 PS2 shipped.

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 50% 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.

100% down is not possible lol. Surely you mean 50%? VGC doesn't track PS2 accurately, I thought that had been established eons ago. Sony has released Q4 and Q1 numbers since that update in the link, but they add them in with PS3 numbers now so it's harder to say exactly, but we can estimate them pretty well based on PS3 sales.

Yes I meant 50% down, I was thinking backwards where 2011 numbers are 100% higher then 2012.

Oh I know VGC doesn't track PS2 well. If you read my Q2 Update I mention that VGC was off by 8 million in EMEAA (Don't know where they put it because VGC's total was correct).

So based off updated numbers, what were the combined PS3/PS2 shipments in Q4 and Q1?