Sony confirms PS2 has sold over 160 million

[XtremeBG]

160rmf said:

Because there is a difference in between selling THE MOST and selling better than another

Yes, it is. However every other case where nintendo and Sony console are really close, Sony wins. I don't know if it is because of coincidence, or because Sony did the extra mile to beat the system which is close, (the vita wii u one isn't exactly sure as we don't know exact vita figures, but till recently vita was ahead of wii U) the psp is ahead of both 3DS and GBA, PS1 is barely outselling Wii, and the recent last figure for the PS2 - 155M barely beat the DS. The only one left was exactly the PS4 with the 1.5M needed. So when you have 3-4 more cases of this happening, you begin to question is it just a coincidence, or Sony saw it in the end of every of their consoles life and do the extra mile just to beat those Nintendo console that were really close at the time.

Phenomajp13 said:

It's already been said but yes there is a difference between PS4 outsold Gameboy and PS2 is still the highest selling in history. It's exactly what they are flaunting under PS2. I find it so funny that Sony fans really are trying to defend this. Can you imagine if Nintendo said all these years ago that DS sold 154 million and then 10 years later they adjust the figures to 164 million? You think no one would notice or find that weird? Especially with the timing of a competitors product.

I just answered to the first portion of this. The second one, yes I agree. Sony, and not only Sony, Microsoft for that matter too, should report the numbers just like Nintendo did, on time, after the quarter ended, for each console (including Vita) by exact numbers at least by 10K, just like Nintendo. This is the proper way. In 2013 I knew PS2 sold more than those 155.1M and wanted to report the last official figure, but they just combined the numbers. They could also update it in 2018 when they updated the PS3 one (since those weren't reported after the March 2017 quarter ended, but they waited around year or even two if I am not mistaken, and I don't know why, maybe because of the Vita sales not getting clear at the time ? since in 2017 it was still somewhat relevant for them ?) I think they waited till 2018 or 2019 to reveal the official latest PS3 numbers (and it was written as of March 2017). Then was perfect moment to update the PS2 numbers as well as the Vita was dead by then.

Either way, I am not sure how good idea this is (particularly for the number 1 selling console thing) since if they do it for that Nintendo can easily just do a price cut by 50$ or even 70-80$ on every model, and very easy beat them for the 160M number, since without one, Switch is on track to at least finish close. So if by that Sony is challenging Nintendo, it's not so much of a challenge really, cuz at the moment Nintendo are in the better position for that one since they have the system that is still selling, Sony's one is dead, not moving, and the one thing that can move the sales was this - late update on the sales figures.

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