Hummmm... before 2007 Sony reported production and not shipment ... so there are 2-3 million PS2 counted twice (before FY2006 and after FY2007).

The number is more like 152.3m because the shipped number passed 150 million in 31th Jan 2011.

http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-brief/54103-ps2-lifetime-sales-pass-150-million

I don't think they ever officially increased their PS2 projection last fiscal year. Although I think they did the year before. From 6 to 7 million after the holiday quarter IIRC.

Strange, their figures show 155.19 - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=29643441&postcount=1

Read the titles...

PSP Worldwide Unit Sales/Production Shipments
PS2 Worldwide Unit Sales/Production Shipments
PS3 Worldwide Unit Sales

PSP and PS2 are two types of numbers: Unit Sales (shipped after FY2007) and Production Shipments (shipped before FY2007).

So the "March 31,2006 Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware -> 103.69" was before FY2007 and it showed the number of PS2 in Sony's warehouses (not shipped to retail yet)... after that the number showed the PS3 shipped to retail.

In March 31,2006 (FY2006) Sony have 2-3 million units in warehouses and just shipped it in June 31, 2006 (FY2007).

These numbers are counted twice.

The lastest official Sony cumulative number is 150 million for 31th January, 2011... Sony shipped 2.6 million between January and June 2011. I can't say how much Sony shipped in the first 30 days of January but the best scenario for PS2 (shipping nothing in January) shows  156.6m lifetime.

152.3m seems a better number showing 0.3m shipped in January 2011 and others 2.3 million shipped til June 2011.

Sony is clear about that: http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/110214_e.html

Id say sometime late 2012

DS is still at what $130, they can drop that price to $99, Or go crazy just go 50 or 75 and pass PS2 numbers in a heatbeat.

the problem there is nintendo is buisness

they will not cut it by that much as they don't need to and it won't make much effect and hurt 3DS

they don't give a damn whether DS passes PS2 or not if their own buisness is at stake

PS2 could have done the same when PS3 launched and be miles away from where it is now

I find it really hard to believe that the DS will just die off in the next year. It'll reach around 165-170mil at least when all is said and done, enough to just beat the PS2.

When? November 2012. The same month Wii U is released and the RRP of the DSi is dropped to only £59.99

But at the end of the day, ps2 will still be the best selling home console....period

DS is younger, and difference is only few millions so... yeah, DS will win.

also
http://www.vgchartz.com/hardware_totals.php
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