| Spindel said: Sorry still don't believe in 160+ million sold units. |
I think everyone with a bit of logical thinking does not believe it. The PS2 was at 155,1 million shipped as of march 31, 2012, thats an ice cold fact. It was changed to "more than 155 million" in 2019 and now in 2024 its "more than 160 million in march 31, 2012. They did not even updated the year. It should be january 13 2013 when production ended (or maybe march 31 2013 when the last production quater and with that shippments ended. There where no PS2/PS3 hardware hipments reported since april 2013 but only PS3 shipments. Now they try to revise it because they poop their pants because of the Switch.
I will tell you something that probably causes an enourmous outrage here: I'm starting to think 155,1 million was the final number. If they had said 160 million as of march 31, 2013 a man could have taken it as rounded up and it would somehow be at least a bit closer to reality, but not with march 2012!! Also the "one of the most selling consoles of all time" when Sonys PS2 IS obviously (still) the most selling console of all time really questions Sonys seriosity! And it shows that even Sony themselfes know that the Switch will pass 155 million and they have no argument anymore.
What comes in with this number getting higher and higher: We know 16,5 million PS2 and PS3 where shipped in FY 2012/13. It lessens PS3's total leaving a chance it did not outsell the xbox 360. 162 million PS2s would be a massive 6,9 million PS2 systems in 10 months, leaving only 9,6 million for the PS3. Then 87,4 million must be wrong. The Xbox 360 surpassed 84 million back in june 2013. That was the last number we got.
Summa sumarum: Over 160 million is NOT correct and this number extremly stinks, 30th anniversary or not.
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