Will Switch outsell DS? PS2? Or Neither? (March 2024 Update Poll)

[XtremeBG]

Quodam_Diem said:

It's quite funny the fact that besides VGChartz, wikipedia also made an edit with the "more than 155" numbers again. Maybe I have never seen in my life, online information to change so fast.
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On the official PS2 page it's still the same 160M on the both places (up in the table with all the details, and down in the sales tab) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2

By the way, another interesting thing is, long before the official PSP numbers got out of 82.5M, IGN had calculated that the PSP numbers were 82M. They too have calculated since a couple of years now that PS2 numbers are 159M. With that taking into account , the previous calculation of reset era that Trunks mentioned, and the Jim Ryan comment (and the way he hasn't just mentioned 158M but jumped directly to rounding up 160M, I am now more and more sure that the number is at least 159M.) Jim Ryan would 100% mentioned the word "over" if PS2 passed the 160M. The chances also are very slim that Sony would've missed that announcement back in 2013. And having in mind that Sony hadn't called a drop in sales in the last year of PS2 in their report leaves me to believe even more, that 4.1M is the absolute minimum for it's last year, therefore 159.2M as already calculated by others should be the bare minimum. To me the comment of Jim Ryan just helped to get the famous calculated range from 158.7 - 161.9M down to 159 - 160M.

Funny enough, as someone here called last year, Sony (or person from Sony) came out and tried to update the PS2 final numbers. So the total sales of the consoles, or maybe only the best ones, present in fact something for them .. It's not like they don't care at all cuz, the update is not made at just any time, but a time where Switch is getting close enough, to the very danger range of 140-160M. Interesting. Now only leaves for Sony (when Switch reaches 150 or pass the 155M mark), to resume the production on PS2, and start to sell it again, for all those who want one, (cuz PS5 can't play PS1, or PS2 games natively) and the show will be full. Battle for the ages.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 29 March 2024