yo33331 said:
Maybe no. However no other console has also done what PS2 has done. For a few years after it's successor's launch (2006) PS2 has steep declines in yearly sales as well as sales (or shipments rather) well above 10M (14 and 13M for the years 2007 and 2008) when it's successor was already released and the gen was in full swing. Even in 2009 and after PS2 was selling 8, 7 and 6M respectively. In it's 7th and 8th year PS2 sells 14 and 13M and in it's 9th and 10th years PS2 did 8 and 7M. Even in it's last years PS2 has been doing 4 and 2M units per year which now consoles do in their second year after it's succesor or third at best. PS2 did around 2M the year before it's successor's successor launched. So when we talk about mountains Switch has a lot more to catch and conquer. |
PS2 sales trajectory is an anomaly that will never be repeated, from years 1 to 6 PS2 sold around 104m and from 7 onwards over 50m. The DS from years 1 to 6 sold 146.5m and from year 7 onwards just 7.5m. It's crazy how PS2 ended up outselling the DS when the DS' prime years were so much higher than PS2's prime years, for example the DS' fourth highest selling year was higher than the PS2's highest selling year by one million (23.5m to 22.5m). But those were some seriously badass legs that the PS2 had.
Last edited by ShadowLink93 - on 23 June 2022
