PS2 sold more than 158.6M lifetime

[Dr.EisDrachenJaeger]

Kane1389 said:

JazzB1987 said:

Dr.EisDrachenJaeger said:
DS almost sold that much I think

When you think about how many phat PS2's died because of the cheap drive  you realize that a ton of PS2s were just bought to replace broken ones, millions bought a PS2 solely as a super cheap DVD player etc. then basically the DS already won in  "bought for gaming" and "bought because wanted   not had to(replace old one)" terms.


Btw Does anyone know specifics about all those  "PS2 free with phone contracts"?

Does the PS2 count as sold when the"phone contract company" gets the PS2 (since they buy it?) or is it just sold when a customer signed the contract and gets the console?  In Europe millions of PS2s were bundled with phone contracts. (I got my slim that way and it still works like a charm had to replace my broken PHAT that died due to DISK READ ERROR bullshit)

PS2 sold 40M+ when DVDs were already dirt cheap and disk reading error has already been fixed. The reason why PS2 outsold DS (and it keeps on selling while the DS is completly dead) is because Sony knows how to support their consoles for a long time + PS2 selling for cheap in developing markets.

Oh there's also undisputedly the best library of games on any system ever made.