Sony confirms PS2 has sold over 160 million

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killer7 said:

Thats an asumption of some random posters. The point is they actually changed an already official confirmed number for ONE DATE TWICE! 

in summer 2012 they announced that the PS2 was at 155,1 million units SHIPPED! Thats an ice cold fact! Nobody can question that! In 2019 they changed it to "more than 155 million units sold as of March 31, 2012." Also that is a fact! And its plausible: More than 155 million sold can lead to 155,1 million shipped- a gap of 100k. Old systems don't sell too well so they sell out relativley quickley- fine with that. 

But now lets fast forward to november 2024: Sony AGAIN chainged their number: from 155,1 million shipped (2012) over "more than 155 million sold" (2019) to "more than 160 million sold" on the SAME DATE! As of MARCH 31, 2012, the date they announced 155,1 million originally! Anyone sees that and its absolutley incredible that fanboys close their eyes before this fact! If they said march 2013 we could talk about rounding up ok, but NOT announcing 160 million in 2012 but in 2024 when the Switch is probably less than 10 million shy of the PS2's official 155,1 million is just extremly unprofessional and it should have an investigation on Sonys seriosity and if they where hiding any taxes. Its clear they invented a number here just to keep the PS2 Nr.1 because they know like we all do, that the PS5 will never reach the Switch's total! 

Yep, I am with you on this one. PS2 has sold more than 155M no doubt about that, since it went to sell for another 10 months after March 2012. How much we don't know, It's clear the number is somewhere around 160M, but exactly 160.000.000 (or over) is a bit strange. No 158M ? No 158.7M ? No 159.2M and No 160.5M for example, but exactly 160.000.000. And the same date, when it was already reported it was 155M as of the very same date, it's very suspicious.

The only thing we know for sure from all of this mess is that to be the undisputed Number 1 selling console the Switch needs to sell at least 162M (since there are many people still let the range for the PS2 reach till 161.9M) the 162M number for the Switch would leave no doubts or debates anywhere.