The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[XtremeBG]

Soundwave said:

Yeah I think Sony needs to show receipts for that 160 number too. 

Things like store kiosk units, promotional units, maybe even defective units could/likey are part of that 160+ number as it's (well) a production number. It likely encompasses as PS2 unit produced for any reason, that's not the same as units shipped to a retailer for sale. 

That's not the same as a sold through or shipped number. Either show a sell through number or the last known shipment number is the number to beat. 

The fact that they're using a "production number" is a pretty clear sign they are being deceptive. They know damn well the final actual shipment total for the PS2, so why not just share that number instead of this number. They don't want to, because that shipment number is under 160m IMO. They are scared the Switch 1 is going to beat that number. There's no other reason to withhold that. 

They haven't said produced, but sold. " store kiosk units, promotional units, maybe even defective units " shouldn't be counted as a sold, therefore they are likely not counted towards that number. I don't know where you all saw production number. Yes Shawn Layden confirmed production number of 160.63M, but the 160M+ number Sony themselves announced is not production number, according to them, it's sold. So all those kiosks, promo units and etc. should be in those under 630k left to 160.63M. Other than that I agree, they should've been more transparent about the figures, since the last shipment update was from March 2012 with 155M. They should've came out after the quarter ending March 2013 ended, and said 160M and that's it.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 05 September 2025