Aielyn said:
The DS is still selling, the PS2 is no longer being manufactured. With, at worst, a 5 million difference right now, there is a quite respectable chance that the DS will overtake the PS2. The DS did only just pass the PS2 shipment numbers from late 2011... but what that really means is that the DS has sold better than the PS2 relative to launch, and has a reasonable chance of selling better in terms of final numbers. |
Not selling much, as shipments show. And as I stated, it's already been shown it is ~800K overtracked. Also, it has never been confirmed the PS2 has been discontinued, only that it has stopped shipping to Japan. If Sony stops combining PS3 & PS2 in their Q4 report for March, then it will be confirmed. Now, at the rate the DS is selling now, which is probably still overtracked, it will take over 7 months to make that back up. And considering DS sales for 2012 were actually ~2.7M, if the DS is down another 61%, that would put total lifetime sales at the end of 2013 at ~154M. That would make it ~154.5M shipped. Still ~3M less than where the PS2 sits today. And if you think Nintendo is going to keep the DS on the market for more than 3 years more, just to pass the PS2, you have another thing coming.
I think its time Nintendo fans let thi one go. Being the 2nd best selling console of all time is nothing to sneeze at.
