Thanks for the responses so far everyone.

As you all have noted, PlayStation 2 was indeed a monster when it came to sales and not just for its first three years. It continued to break records after the PlayStation 3 was released and till today holds many records that are yet to be broken.

I think that Sony really dominated the holidays worldwide thanks to the success of the console both in North America and Japan. With PlayStation 4 there is still the worldwide domination but Microsoft have successfully built up a strong Xbox brand in the U.S. whilst the console market in Japan has seen steep declines with the PlayStation 4 actually selling worse than the PS3 (to date), and we all know the PS3 didn;t hold a candle to the PS2 in Japan.

Therefore it is clear to see that Sony may struggle to hit any of the PS2 record holidays listed above. However the console continues to perform well in North America, having just had a better November than the PS2 ever did, and in Europe / PAL territories where consumers are purchasing consoles in big numbers much early on this gen.

I think it is fairly clear at this point that North America will account for at least 3 million unit sales this holiday and Europe / PAL territories should be able to easily match and exceed that number. For Japan though I don't think it will be able to perform well enough and this may be one of the main reasons why holiday sales fall short of the records listed above.

Here is some additional information for holiday 2001 that some may find interesting and help with future posts on the subject-

The PlayStation 2 sold through more than 5.3 million units worldwide between November 26th 2001 and January 6th 2002. Of that number more than 1.1 million were from Japan and 2.5 million were from North America meaning that a total of 3.6 million units were sold through during that period in both regions. If you remember, last year the PS4 sold through 4.1 million worldwide during that same period so it really shows how important Japan was to the early success of PlayStation 2 back then.

1.7 million in December NPD and 230k in December Media Create.
Like i said on Twitter, i think it should sell nearly at PS2 2003 level.

...Bth, Zhuge this avatar is old, is time for change you'r avatar even here. :P

With all the bundles and deals I say heck yes it will smoke 2001

Ryng_Tolu said: 1.7 million in December NPD and 230k in December Media Create. Like i said on Twitter, i think it should sell nearly at PS2 2003 level. ...Bth, Zhuge this avatar is old, is time for change you'r avatar even here. :P

Thanks, haha. 

I'd say over 7m so equalling 2003 but falling short of 2002.

I think that he Will Surpass the Playstation 2's 2002 Sales, because the Sales of Holyday Season Covers the Black Friday, that Now have in Several more Countries than Ever Before, this can Help to Bost the Sales to Support that the Japan isn't buying.

No console can reach ps2 numbers

Not even the Ouya ?.

I think it will be very hard... but we can always hope

Lol not even that joke of a console