The last official announcement from Sony was on their 30th birthday page with PS2 sales over 160M. So the remaining units left to ship for the Switch to brake the 160M mark are 2.8M (157.2M shipped by 30.09.2026). If the forecast is met, Switch should have shipped ~158M as of March 2027. Although the PS2 numbers may be anywhere between 160M and 161M (since Sony didn't wrote 161M and did rounded by a million for every other console), for simplicity let's put the target of this poll at 160M for the Switch.
PlayStation 2 vs Switch 1 Comparison
| Quarter/Year |
PS2 - Quarterly | PS2 - Lifetime |
NSW - Quarterly | NSW - Lifetime |
(+/-) Quarterly | (+/-) Lifetime |
| 2000/2017 | 1,410,000 | 1,410,000 | 2,740,000 | 2,740,000 | +1,330,000 | +1,330,000 |
| April - June |
1,130,000 | 2,540,000 | 1,960,000 | 4,700,000 | +830,000 | +2,160,000 |
| July - Sept. | 980,000 | 3,520,000 | 2,930,000 | 7,630,000 | +1,950,000 | +4,110,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 2,880,000 | 6,400,000 | 7,230,000 | 14,860,000 | +4,350,000 | +8,460,000 |
| 2001/2018 | 4,210,000 | 10,610,000 | 2,930,000 | 17,790,000 | -1,280,000 | +7,180,000 |
| April - June |
4,340,000 | 14,950,000 | 1,880,000 | 19,670,000 | -2,460,000 | +4,720,000 |
| July - Sept. | 4,620,000 | 19,570,000 | 3,190,000 | 22,860,000 | -1,430,000 | +3,290,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 5,420,000 | 24,990,000 | 9,410,000 | 32,270,000 | +3,990,000 | +7,280,000 |
| 2002/2019 | 3,690,000 | 28,680,000 | 2,470,000 | 34,740,000 | -1,220,000 | +6,060,000 |
| April - June |
4,590,000 | 33,270,000 | 2,130,000 | 36,870,000 | -2,460,000 | +3,600,000 |
| July - Sept. | 8,290,000 | 41,560,000 | 4,800,000 | 41,670,000 | -3,490,000 | +110,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 8,030,000 | 49,590,000 | 10,810,000 | 52,480,000 | +2,780,000 | +2,890,000 |
| 2003/2020 | 1,610,000 | 51,200,000 | 3,290,000 | 55,770,000 | +1,680,000 | +4,570,000 |
| April - June |
2,650,000 | 53,850,000 | 5,670,000 | 61,440,000 | +3,020,000 | +7,590,000 |
| July - Sept. | 8,780,000 | 62,630,000 | 6,860,000 | 68,300,000 | -1,920,000 | +5,670,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 6,830,000 | 69,460,000 | 11,570,000 | 79,870,000 | +4,740,000 | +10,410,000 |
| 2004/2021 | 1,840,000 | 71,300,000 | 4,720,000 | 84,590,000 | +2,880,000 | +13,290,000 |
| April - June |
710,000 | 72,010,000 | 4,450,000 | 89,040,000 | +3,740,000 | +17,030,000 |
| July - Sept. | 1,990,000 | 74,000,000 | 3,830,000 | 92,870,000 | +1,840,000 | +18,870,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 7,390,000 | 81,390,000 | 10,670,000 | 103,540,000 | +3,280,000 | +22,150,000 |
| 2005/2022 | 6,080,000 | 87,470,000 | 4,110,000 | 107,650,000 | -1,970,000 | +20,180,000 |
| April - June |
3,530,000 | 91,000,000 | 3,430,000 | 111,080,000 | -100,000 | +20,080,000 |
| July - Sept. | 5,010,000 | 96,010,000 | 3,250,000 | 114,330,000 | -1,760,000 | +18,320,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 5,360,000 | 101,370,000 | 8,220,000 | 122,550,000 | +2,860,000 | +21,180,000 |
| 2006/2023 | 2,320,000 | 103,690,000 | 3,070,000 | 125,620,000 | +750,000 | +21,930,000 |
| April - June |
1,975,000 | 105,665,000 | 3,910,000 | 129,530,000 | +1,935,000 | +23,865,000 |
| July - Sept. | 4,445,000 | 110,110,000 | 2,930,000 | 132,460,000 | -1,515,000 | +22,350,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 3,535,000 | 113,645,000 | 6,900,000 | 139,360,000 | +3,365,000 | +25,715,000 |
| 2007/2024 | 1,955,000 | 115,600,000 | 1,960,000 | 141,320,000 | +5,000 | +25,720,000 |
| April - June |
2,660,000 | 118,260,000 | 2,100,000 | 143,420,000 | -560,000 | +25,160,000 |
| July - Sept. | 3,280,000 | 121,540,000 | 2,620,000 | 146,040,000 | -660,000 | +24,500,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 5,400,000 | 126,940,000 | 4,820,000 | 150,860,000 | -580,000 | +23,920,000 |
| 2008/2025 | 2,390,000 | 129,330,000 | 1,260,000 | 152,120,000 | -1,130,000 | +22,790,000 |
| April - June |
1,510,000 | 130,840,000 | 980,000 | 153,100,000 | -530,000 | +22,260,000 |
| July - Sept. | 2,500,000 | 133,340,000 | 910,000 | 154,010,000 | -1,590,000 | +20,670,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 2,520,000 | 135,860,000 | 1,360,000 | 155,370,000 | -1,160,000 | +19,510,000 |
| 2009/2026 | 1,380,000 | 137,240,000 | 550,000 | 155,920,000 | -830,000 | +18,680,000 |
| April - June |
1,600,000 | 138,840,000 | 670,000 | 156,590,000 | -930,000 | +17,750,000 |
| July - Sept. | 1,900,000 | 140,740,000 | 610,000 | 157,200,000 | -1,290,000 | +16,460,000 |
| Oct. - Dec. | 2,100,000 | 142,840,000 | ||||
| 2010/2027 | 1,700,000 | 144,540,000 | ||||
| April - June |
1,600,000 | 146,140,000 | ||||
| July - Sept. | 1,500,000 | 147,640,000 | ||||
| Oct. - Dec. | 2,100,000 | 149,740,000 | ||||
| 2011/2028 | 1,200,000 | 150,940,000 | ||||
| April - June |
1,400,000 | 152,340,000 | ||||
| July - Sept. | 1,200,000 | 153,540,000 | ||||
| Oct. - Dec. | 900,000 | 154,440,000 | ||||
| 2012/2029 | 660,000 | 155,100,000 | ||||
| April - June |
1,200,000 | 156,300,000 | ||||
| July - Sept. | 1,100,000 | 157,400,000 | ||||
| Oct. - Dec. | 1,600,000 | 159,000,000 | ||||
| 2013/2030 | 1,000,000 | 160,000,000 |
Few notes:
PS2 sales in the chart are with all of 2013 included, because the shipments of almost 5M in 2012 and 2013 for sure continued to clear out through all of 2013, therefore the last batch of sales, helping PS2 reach 160M, should've happened sometime by the end of 2013.
Nintendo Switch's data in the chart is sales, rather than shipments, since the PS2 one is combination of both, and it's tail end from 2007 onwards is pure sales. Therefore I think this way it's more fair. Either way it's the same thing in the end, whatever is shipped will be sold.
PS2 data is slightly corrected or rounded for the chart line where info wasn't presented, because it is for every 4 months, not every 3 months like the official data for PS2 is here, therefore it is accurate as possible, but of course can't be 100% on point for every period, because we don't have the exact data on sales for the PS2 by month or for every 4 months. (I do all of my lifetime charts this way, I prefer it, it's easier for me, it looks nicer in my opinion, for PS2 specifically it may not be the most accurate way, since the data is for 3 months, but for everything else it is, and since the charts are based on sales data from this site, and we have the monthly data for anything else, I won't change the type of the chart just for the PS2 alone).
Since PS2 had shipped 117.89M as of March 2007, Sony changed their reports from there on out to sold units. Those were 115.6M as of March 2007 again officially reporter by Sony, therefore in order to meet that number in the table I had to cut out 575k from each of the quarters in 2007, in order to reach 115.6M instead of the shipped 117.89M. It's not the most professional way, however we don't have the sales numbers for the year prior to that, that gets it to 115.6M, and I wanted the table to be one and the same, not two separate ones. The 160M sold numbers came in late 2024, with a date of 2012, but in order to be exact with the numbers, and shipment reports up to March 2012, I put those extra units for the quarter after this which is the only logical thing to do since PS2 was shipped until the beginning of 2013.
The sales after March 31st 2012 are at least 4.9M and for simplicity I use that, not 5M or more, since Sony does not state how much over 160M they have sold. I am also using exactly 160M as the final number for PS2. As you can see I have put 2013 quarter numbers in the table. How did I get them? First of all, as I said the total should be no less than 4.9M (since that is needed to reach 160M from the previous official number - 155.1M). I have no official source for anything, but I have enough of a info to get to those numbers, so take them as a grain of salt, since none of those are 100% official, but they should be accurate enough. Here is a post how I estimated the first two quarters: post and here is one thread that will leave here, for anyone interested in more details about all of this:Thread. The holiday quarter I got from Wikipedia page of the PS2, when you go to "Later years and discontinuation", although I couldn't find any official source for that. And the last one, I got when I just removed all three quarter numbers from the total number for the FY. It's not the best, but it's better than nothing.
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