| Mitch2129 said: All signs point to a shorter Generation though, I'd say around 85m if it's a 5 year Gen like i'm expecting, if it ends up being as long as last gen then, id say about 110-115million |
Even if it's a 5 year generation it doesn't mean sales won't keep going as they did for PS1 & PS2. Almost half of PS2's lifetime shipments were after PS3 released.
PS4 is ~10 Million units ahead of PS2 at the same point in time. It's not too crazy to expect it to hit 100 Million within 5 years, and then keep going.
| PlayStation 2 sales figures (production shipments) (based on official financial reports[1][2]) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Total sales (cumulative) | |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 | 1.41 | 1.41 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2001 | 9.20 | 10.61 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2002 | 18.07 | 28.68 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2003 | 22.52 | 51.20 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2004 | 20.10 | 71.30 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 | 16.17 | 87.47 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2006 | 16.22 | 103.69 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 | 14.20 | 117.89 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2008 | 13.70 | 131.6 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 | 7.90 | 139.5 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 | 7.30 | 146.8 |
| Fiscal year ending March 31, 2011 | 6.40 | 153.2 |








