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Viper1 on 19 October 2012
Boutros said:
Viper1 said:

Total units manufactured (this includes dev kits, debug kits, demo units, replacement units, etc...) is now at 158.2 million.  Shipped units will be a few million less.   Quarterly units have dropped to a few hundred thousand.

The DS is at 152 million shipped (as of last June) with at least 2.5 million expected over the next few months.

DS has yet to drop to a $99 price tag.  I suspect by the end of 2013 to the middle of 2014, the DS will have taken the lead.

Sony shipped 2.8 million consoles last quarter (PS3+PS2). How do you know the breakdown?

Extrapolated based on past quarterly figures for both coupled with the reduction trend the PS2 has followed.  Toss in Sony projections for the FY and it's not too hard to get an idea of what their last shipments most likely were.  Dobutful they bucked the trend for no reason.  And Sony hasn't launched the PS2 in any new regions lately nor cut it's distribution price.  And given the strength of the Yen, it's not likely they will anytime soon.

I may be off by 100k but that's about it.   Any higher than that and it simply wouldn't make sense.


Still, when you consider units sold to consumers, the DS is quite close and gaining.



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Turkish on 19 October 2012
Viper1 said:
Boutros said:
Viper1 said:

Total units manufactured (this includes dev kits, debug kits, demo units, replacement units, etc...) is now at 158.2 million.  Shipped units will be a few million less.   Quarterly units have dropped to a few hundred thousand.

The DS is at 152 million shipped (as of last June) with at least 2.5 million expected over the next few months.

DS has yet to drop to a $99 price tag.  I suspect by the end of 2013 to the middle of 2014, the DS will have taken the lead.

Sony shipped 2.8 million consoles last quarter (PS3+PS2). How do you know the breakdown?

Extrapolated based on past quarterly figures for both coupled with the reduction trend the PS2 has followed.  Toss in Sony projections for the FY and it's not too hard to get an idea of what their last shipments most likely were.  Dobutful they bucked the trend for no reason.  And Sony hasn't launched the PS2 in any new regions lately nor cut it's distribution price.  And given the strength of the Yen, it's not likely they will anytime soon.

I may be off by 100k but that's about it.   Any higher than that and it simply wouldn't make sense.


Still, when you consider units sold to consumers, the DS is quite close and gaining.

The DS will never outship the PS2. End of story.



sub-zero-TM on 19 October 2012

Hahaha stupid nintendo fans well what can you expect from a bunch of kids! DS is the best selling handheld PS2 is the best selling console period.

Hmmm the differnce between a handheald and a console? Nahhh they are pretty much the same! LOL!!!!!!!!!

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d21lewis on 19 October 2012

Snake, you did it. You always wanted that one thread that would make you. Your thread is still alive, four years later. That's something to be impressed by. If only you were here to see it.



Viper1 on 19 October 2012
Turkish said:
Viper1 said:

Extrapolated based on past quarterly figures for both coupled with the reduction trend the PS2 has followed.  Toss in Sony projections for the FY and it's not too hard to get an idea of what their last shipments most likely were.  Dobutful they bucked the trend for no reason.  And Sony hasn't launched the PS2 in any new regions lately nor cut it's distribution price.  And given the strength of the Yen, it's not likely they will anytime soon.

I may be off by 100k but that's about it.   Any higher than that and it simply wouldn't make sense.


Still, when you consider units sold to consumers, the DS is quite close and gaining.

The DS will never outship the PS2. End of story.

Sorry, I haven't finished the book yet.   But the current chapter is suggesting the DS will overake the PS2 before the story ends.

And next time you give away the end of a story, use spoiler tags.



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Train wreck on 19 October 2012
Turkish said:
Viper1 said:
Boutros said:
Viper1 said:

Total units manufactured (this includes dev kits, debug kits, demo units, replacement units, etc...) is now at 158.2 million.  Shipped units will be a few million less.   Quarterly units have dropped to a few hundred thousand.

The DS is at 152 million shipped (as of last June) with at least 2.5 million expected over the next few months.

DS has yet to drop to a $99 price tag.  I suspect by the end of 2013 to the middle of 2014, the DS will have taken the lead.

Sony shipped 2.8 million consoles last quarter (PS3+PS2). How do you know the breakdown?

Extrapolated based on past quarterly figures for both coupled with the reduction trend the PS2 has followed.  Toss in Sony projections for the FY and it's not too hard to get an idea of what their last shipments most likely were.  Dobutful they bucked the trend for no reason.  And Sony hasn't launched the PS2 in any new regions lately nor cut it's distribution price.  And given the strength of the Yen, it's not likely they will anytime soon.

I may be off by 100k but that's about it.   Any higher than that and it simply wouldn't make sense.


Still, when you consider units sold to consumers, the DS is quite close and gaining.

The DS will never outship the PS2. End of story.

For his sake he better hope so, he was so vile to the op, still trying to put up the fight now, its more sad than anything.



Carl on 19 October 2012

New guys. 2011 onwards.

Threads like this, is what made VGChartz great.

I love Snake612 and the Nintendo fanbase.



                            

Turkish on 19 October 2012
Viper1 said:
Turkish said:
Viper1 said:

Extrapolated based on past quarterly figures for both coupled with the reduction trend the PS2 has followed.  Toss in Sony projections for the FY and it's not too hard to get an idea of what their last shipments most likely were.  Dobutful they bucked the trend for no reason.  And Sony hasn't launched the PS2 in any new regions lately nor cut it's distribution price.  And given the strength of the Yen, it's not likely they will anytime soon.

I may be off by 100k but that's about it.   Any higher than that and it simply wouldn't make sense.


Still, when you consider units sold to consumers, the DS is quite close and gaining.

The DS will never outship the PS2. End of story.

Sorry, I haven't finished the book yet.   But the current chapter is suggesting the DS will overake the PS2 before the story ends.

And next time you give away the end of a story, use spoiler tags.


No it won't. 3DS killed DS sales. I believe PS2 sales may be even higher than DS sales now.



Turkish on 19 October 2012

LOL @ all the responses back then, they were so sure! Might take the time to respond to them later on.



Panama on 19 October 2012

Aren't Sony also just launching the PS2 in lesser developed nations?