PS2 is now discontinued after 12 Years.

[Michael-5]

thismeintiel said:

Michael-5 said:

Funny because DS sold just as well in Q4 in USA as it did in 2011 (A little over 1 million). DS may be dead in Japan, and dying in Europe, but in USA and Canada DS is still doing decent. It's definatly possible that the DS outsells the PS2. I mean who of us thought that PS2 would be selling until the end of the 8th generation?

Also, if you go here: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=152615&page=1#21 I have made estimates on sales and shipments of PS2 units based on Sony shipment reports (Where PS2 and PS3 numbers are merged) PS2 has shipped approximatly 157.3 million units at this point, and sold 156.72 million. DS is at 154.27 million, so if DS were to top PS2, it would only need to sell 3.03 million, and that's definatly possible.

According to NPD, we had the DS overtracked for Dec. by ~86K.  We may have it overtracked in EU, as well.  So, it is definitely going to have to start selling at a much better rate, especially since the PS2 is still selling, to reach over 160M (the number I expect the PS2 end up at before truly being discontinued).

If PS2 is discontinued, that means they aren't shipping anymore units, and like I showed you in my link, I see no way PS2 has shipped more then 157.3 million units.

DS may be overtacked by 86k, it's been adjusted heavily the last few weeks. VGC is not the most accurate in keeping up with sales, hence this is why they stopped bothing with PS2.

I think DS can top PS2, but only if PS2 is truely discontinued, in all regions. If they still ship PS2's, then PS2 should remain king.

Thoughs on Wii surpassing PS1?