| XtremeBG said: I personally would agree that PS2 didn't reached 160M sell to units (to end consumer), but not because all of the reasons that are given here (not that they are not viable, but they are a little bit disputed), but because of 1 main thing. I just can't see and imagine how for example in late 2012 or early 2013, PS2 reaches 160M sold to consumers, and Sony didn't ring the bell right then and there. This is the most sus thing for me. |
Yes, that was always the common argument here on VGChartz: if the PS2 had reached the 160 million mark, Sony would have communicated it. Therefore, we assumed that the definitive final number had to be below 160 million.
On the other hand, you could naturally also argue that at that point in time—with the successor's successor, the PS4, coming to market soon—the PS2 simply wasn't relevant enough anymore for such a press release, or that it might have cast a poor light on the much slower-selling PS3.
For me, the decisive factor is also what exactly Sony counts as sell-in for the PS2. That could be the reason why the PS2 might not have actually shipped 160 million units to the market.
