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alfredofroylan on 13 May 2010

An analyst (Not Pachter) said that after NPD numbers.

The Nintendo DS is expected to become the best-selling console of all time by the end of this year.

According to NPD analyst Anita Frazier, the United States install base of Nintendo's portable console should surpass that of the PlayStation 2 "by October or November."

Though Nintendo DS sales are slowing down considerably, it was still the best-selling system of April, pushing 440,800 units in the United States.

Combined with Nintendo's recently announced figures, the DS has sold well over 129 million units worldwide since its launch 5 1/2 years ago.

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How many years took PS2 to become the best selling console?



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Boutros on 13 May 2010

*Portable* Console



Because: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console



leo-j on 13 May 2010

129M

vs

146M

um? Btw.. PS2 sold "shipped same thing in the end.." more than the XBOX 360 so far in 2010, so it's still selling quite alot..

and the 3DS is coming out, this year too? So idk whats going to happen.



 

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menx64 on 13 May 2010

No surprise, the DS is best console of this generation...



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MontanaHatchet on 13 May 2010

The PS2 became the best selling console ever in 2007 (about 7 years or so from launch, if we're talking worldwide). I could be wrong (since I'm a bit drunk).



 

 

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TheSource on 13 May 2010

I'd go by December 2010 but the idea is right. DS is less than 5m behind PS2 in the USA. It outsells it by at least 300,000/month most of the time now. November will see DS outsell PS2 by over a 1m units I'd imagine. DS will beat PS2 by 2m+ in December. So yeah, for hw, DS > PS2 by the end of 2010 in the USA.



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Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 on 13 May 2010
Boutros said:
*Portable* Console



Because: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console

Still a console. It's like separating Laptops from Desktop PC's.



ph4nt on 13 May 2010

After USA, the last pillar to fall will be Others, it might take a little longer there since Sony seems to spend a lot more time bringing their consoles to all the smaller countries than Nintendo.



Boutros on 13 May 2010
Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 said:
Boutros said:
*Portable* Console



Because: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console

Still a console. It's like separating Laptops from Desktop PC's.

I never considered handhelds and consoles the same. It's different market.

It's more like comparing a Mac with a Ipod.



Smashchu2 on 13 May 2010
Boutros said:
Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 said:
Boutros said:
*Portable* Console



Because: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console

Still a console. It's like separating Laptops from Desktop PC's.

I never considered handhelds and consoles the same. It's different market.

It's more like comparing a Mac with a Ipod.

Macs and iPods serve different purposes. Ipods are meant to play music on the go. Computers are meant to do numerous things like typing, surfing the web, watching vidoes and so on. They serve two different jobs and you can not substitute a Mac for an iPod.

Handhelds and consoles are both videogame machines and are designed to do the same thing: play video games. The only difference is that one is portable and the other is not, but they fill the same role. Thus, they are in the same market and consumers will compair the two when they decide to buy videogames.