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scottslater said:

Anyone know which is the better system for generating revenue (adjust for inflation)? Given that the Switch has never had a price drop and the PS2 had several (4) in the first 6 years it doesn't really seem measuring by just units sold is a fair assessment.

And these price drops were significant:

PlayStation 2 price cuts:

October 2000 $299 (launch price)
May 2002 $199 (-$100) 33%
May 2003 $179 (-$20) 10%
May 2004 $149 (-$30) 16%
April 2006 $129 (-$20) 13%
April 2009 $99 (-$30) 23%

Price cuts | Video Game Sales Wiki | Fandom

This feels a little bit like we’re moving the goalpost. If the Switch really wanted to become the best selling console of all time, Nintendo should’ve enforced price cuts. It would be insanely impressive if the console with almost no price cuts in its entire run managed to pull ahead of PS2, but ultimately when it comes to the question of which console sold more units, the PS2 almost certainly wins.