XtremeBG said:
killer7 said:
About PS2: it was rounded up of course. I mean, if Sony themselfes say "more than 155 million" its hard to believe 160 million or even more. For me official sales from a company count and not some "in memory of" number. 16,5 million PS2 and PS3 where shipped from April 2012- March 31. (PS2 was axed january 13, 2013). We would need the PS3 number for march 31, 2012 and march 31, 2013 for us to figure it out. I mean what if Nintendo released a Game Boy Advance (Micro was the last one) i suppose "In Memory of 83.358.295 produced units"? It would be demo stations, replacements, promotion machines for E3, TGS... But this cannot be counted as a "shipped" unit because like we both know as "colleges", these demo stations get send back to the companies. No way they repack and reship/ resell them, as they are programmed completly differently. They are not for sale/ costumer use. So 81,51 million is the official number no more no less. We do not have official PSP shipments- and like the PS2 we'll probably never know- but its save to say it cracked the 80 million number (although it was never really confirmed officially), but never did it pass the GBA. IF it did Sony sure as hell would not have kept silent about one of the most historic achievements in gaming history: Passing the sales of a NINTENDO HANDHELD (the Game Boy Advance). The Guinness Bock of Records, newspapers, media... everything would be full of it.
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Sony need to go out and confirm exact 100% units one every of it's consoles by the last single unit. That's for sure. I don't know why they don't do it.
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I hate it to say it but i think Sony is afraid that Switch could get in the area of the PS2, thats why the round up to 160 million. I think its a bit childish. It would be like Nintendo coming with an "in memory of 25,75 million Gamecubes", only to make it look like it just past the Xbox's 24,65 million. Would be childish as well because we all know it where 21,74 million, no more no less. If i was a tax agency i would come for such companies and take a closer look: You need to pay tax for every sold system because it generates income. IF you say you solld 155,1 million appels and 11 years later you "correct" the number to 160 million (thats a freakin' 5 million!!) it seems like the company sold them iligally, without paying taxes for it. And thats something a company big as Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft cannot do and they won't. Thats why Ryan's comment is useless for me, like Laydon's. I still believe he printed that number on his personal PSP. For little money i can do the same in a copyshop with any system i want.
