When will the Switch outsell the PS2 and pass 160M ?

[Jumpin]

KLXVER said:

It was known forever that PS2 sold about 156 million. Now in the last years its 160 million. Maybe next year its 165 million... Its never beating it.

Sony announced that PS2 finished production by January 2013 and didn’t update sales figures officially, indicating that the number shipped beyond this point was insignificant (or less than a million). Otherwise, we’d have seen shipment numbers by Sony.

March 2010 it had shipped 146.8 million.
March 2011 it had shipped 153.2 million.
March 2012 it had shipped 155 million.

It’s unlikely it shipped more than 100-500K given the heavy decline in sales in FY 2012 (selling about 30% year over year). Another 5 million is absurd. If they suddenly saw a massive surge in sales into the next fiscal year, they wouldn’t have cancelled it. They cancelled it because it stopped selling and they likely no longer produced any long before the announcement.

There was some ex-Sony guy who said 160m. That’s where the number comes from. But Sony said 155 million, not 160. So confirmation bias resulting in the “160m” number being repeated without any scrutiny. Now more than ever, because certain fans don’t want to see Switch surpass PS2.

Last edited by Jumpin - on 06 November 2024