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Pinkie_pie on 30 November 2024
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XtremeBG said:
Pinkie_pie said:

I didn't know Sony said 155m in 2018. If they really did say it was at 155m in 2018 then why did we have outside parties saying it was at 160m or near it for years. Even vgchartz had it at 159m. Btw I only read these numbers from posters on vgchartz. I dont remember I ever saw it as low as 155m. Surely there must be reasons for them to think it could be above 160m. Maybe Sony they didn't bother adjusting the number since 2012 or 2013 when it was at 155m. As to your question will Switch surpasses the PS2 and when. I have no idea and I don't care. Seriously I don't know when Nintendo releases their next console and when Nintendo phasing out the switch. Currently it's at 140m so I think the minimum it will do is 150m and could go as high as 170m if Nintendo don't phase out the switch until 2030?

Sony said over 155M back in March 2012. This was the last update they did to the PS2 figures. The last official report. Of course since then It sold more. So the final number is more than 155M for sure. In 2018, as far as I remember they haven't updated the number, but just said 500M for all the PS consoles, and they just copy and paste the numbers from the last reports for most of their consoles (excluding the Vita). I am not sure if then was the time when we got the final PS3 numbers or the year after - 2019. But for sure I remember how we didn't had exact confirmed PS3 numbers since 2013 (the 80M announcement). And despite updating those in 2018 or 2019, they were still as of March 2017. As for the other consoles, they just copy and pasted the information. They haven't updated the numbers. If they did they would update the PSP one's too, but they were again at 76M as of 2012. As far as Switch goes, it's over 144M by end of October.

Thanks for the information and clearing things up. I just read that 5m PS2 were sold in 2011 and that the PS2 was produced until early 2013. There were also new Fifa game released for PS2 in 2014. I don't think it's hard to believe they could ship another 5m since March 2012. It was very cheap and most of those 5m were probably sent to countries without huge economies and people were buying it up as soon as they heard it was discontinued. Also I'm gonna change my minimum number for the Switch from 150 to 155m since you told me it's at 144m not 140m.