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

[Michael-5]

ethomaz said:

Michael-5 said:

Well, if Nintendo is selling a larger % of what it ships, does it matter if PS2 is outshipping the DS? I mean in Q1 (Jan-March), PS2 only shipped 600k. How many units did DS sell? DS is at what 1.9 million sold this year. If I assume PS2 shipped 75% as well as it did last year (which I think is a high estimate), that would put PS2 shipments at 2.7m for Jan-Sept (which includes the hard 600k Sony gave for Q1). If I assume it's doing 50% as well (which is very possible based off FYQ4 or Q1 figures), this put PS2 at 1.9 million shipped, or what DS has sold so far.

I think you're an excellent debater, and you have definatly shed some light on this for me, but I think it's still too early to be definintive that the DS won't surpass the PS2.

However it is possible that it won't, although I believe it will. I think for any debate on VGC this is a good conclusion.

DS only shipped 460k in Q1.

If it just one quarter... I think it's ok think like you were thinking now but it's quarter after quarter PS2 shipping more then DS.

A comparison for FY2011 / FY2012.

Quarter	DS	PS2
Q1 FY 2011	1.44	1.4
Q2 FY 2011	1.14	1.2
Q3 FY 2011	2.06	0.9
Q4 FY 2011	0.46	0.6
Q1 FY 2012	0.54	0.8-1.0
Q2 FY 2012	0.44	?

DS is not selling that good because after the holidays (2.06m) Nintendo shipped just 500k per quarter... if DS is selling that good Nintendo was shipping way more...

PS2 is not selling this good too but except the Holiday quarter (the Q1 2011 too) it outship the DS in every quarter.

So maybe your right then. I didn't realize DS sales have crashed so hard lately. I still find it hard to believe that PS2 is selling/shipping this well over 10 years after its release, but you did make a good point.

I still think DS has a chance at passing PS2. I just feel DS is selling a larger portion of its shipped figure. Still.....

Guess 3DS will have to take top spot, it's outpacing the DS so far.