The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[RolStoppable]

XtremeBG said:

RolStoppable said:

The PSP figure is incomplete because announcing it would allow people to derive the sales of the Vita which Sony does not want to disclose.

I know. I am not saying there isn't a reason for it. Still the fact remains, if we should assume purely based on the Sony "accurate" data to the nearest 100k, then the chances should be 50/50. Since only 3 of them are accurate to the nearest 100k, and the other three are either not there, or not close to the nearest 100k. We don't know on which side they have decided to put the PS2 on. As I said, I also think PS2 barely passed the 160M. But judging purely by the Sony " accurate " sales page is giving us the chances of 50/50.

What isn't accurate about the PS2 figure is the date which they left at "as of March 31, 2012." Previously they had "more than 155.0m" at that same date with shipments that happened afterwards. But I'd say the unchanged date is just an oversight. The date is obviously false because previously we had elaborate maths to calculate the shipments that had happened after March 2012 and the resulting range added 4 to 7m more units to the PS2 total, giving us lifetime sales of 159-162m units.

The PSP figure is as of March 2012, but we know this one is incomplete because shipments continued beyond that date. Vita isn't disclosed on purpose. The PS4 figure is also as of a date that doesn't constitute the end of its shipments. That's the difference between these three systems and the PS1, PS3 and PS5 where the figures are either end of life or up to date which makes all of them accurate.

There's no 50/50 chance of where the PS2 belongs when you think about it. 160.0m is its end of life number.