The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

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CourageTCD said:

trunkswd said:

According to Shawn Layden that PS2 picture is real with 160,636,885 units produced. Sold wise Sony has stated over 160 million, so the final total is somewhere between those two figures.

Shawn Layden confirmed this picture of what was "the last PS2 production unit" is legit

Now we know it produced 160.6M. Not all units in production will be shipped and Sony only confirmed 160.0M on their website. We know the PS3 had a production total of +88M yet only shipped 87.4M

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— John Welfare (@johnbp.bsky.social) December 2, 2024 at 12:35 PM

I missed this back in December 2024. Geez, no wonder people mock Sony for taking PS2 numbers out of theirs sleeves every now and then. If this image was  true after all, why did they take so long to confirm it, then? Well, in the end, Shawn Layden is not working at Sony anymore so this information is not actually official.


Edit: Well one can make a point that VGChartz' numbers are also not official and we use it to discussion anyway..

I know people like to believe Sony pulled 160m units out it's arse, but there were other outlets, including references on Wikipedia that had estimated that Sony had sold around 158m-160m Units for years.

Perhaps Sony didn't look at the number much because there's no brownie points for most console sales in the corporate world and they were focused on the PS4 release by then, two generations on. Also no one was focused on what was he biggest seller. It's only the Switch closing in on the number that Sony thought perhaps they should have celebrated the milestone of what the PS2 achieved.