Following a recent update onSony’swebsite, thePlayStation 2is officially the best-selling console of all time - but potentially not for long.Thank you in advance toMatt Wales over on Eurogamerfor the original source!The PlayStation 2 is (as of March this year) 24 years old, with the very first models dropping on March 4, 2000 in Japan.AdvertSince then, according to changes made tothe official PlayStation websitelast night, the PS2 has gone on to sell a whopping 160,000,000 units.For comparison, that’s more than the population of Mexico or Japan. It’s also more than the population of the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlandscombined.Its status as the best-selling console of all time wasn’t actually in doubt prior to Sony’s recent update, but it is nice to get some official figures directly from the horse’s mouth.However, it likely won’t stay the best-selling console of all time for much longer. One console is rapidly closing in on Sony’s record, and it will likely topple it at some point in the next couple of years.AdvertAccording toNintendo’smost recent estimates, they’ve sold roughly146,000,000 Nintendo Switch’ssince it first released in 2017.Considering that they’ve come this close to Sony’s record in such a comparatively short amount of time, it does stand to reason that they will eventually come out on top. Especially considering, you know, nobody is really buying brand-new PS2s these days.Plus, theNintendo Switch 2should be revealed before the end of the fiscal year - ifNintendo’s own president is to be believed.Now of course, you wouldn’t add the sales of the Nintendo Switch and the Switch 2 together… but there will likely be a bump in sales once Nintendo reduce the price of their older models.AdvertExpect a “Nintendo Switch officially the best-selling console of all-time” headline at some point before 2027.Featured Image Credit: SonyTopics:PlayStation,Sony,Nintendo,Nintendo Switch
Following a recent update onSony’swebsite, thePlayStation 2is officially the best-selling console of all time - but potentially not for long.Thank you in advance toMatt Wales over on Eurogamerfor the original source!The PlayStation 2 is (as of March this year) 24 years old, with the very first models dropping on March 4, 2000 in Japan.AdvertSince then, according to changes made tothe official PlayStation websitelast night, the PS2 has gone on to sell a whopping 160,000,000 units.For comparison, that’s more than the population of Mexico or Japan. It’s also more than the population of the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlandscombined.Its status as the best-selling console of all time wasn’t actually in doubt prior to Sony’s recent update, but it is nice to get some official figures directly from the horse’s mouth.However, it likely won’t stay the best-selling console of all time for much longer. One console is rapidly closing in on Sony’s record, and it will likely topple it at some point in the next couple of years.AdvertAccording toNintendo’smost recent estimates, they’ve sold roughly146,000,000 Nintendo Switch’ssince it first released in 2017.Considering that they’ve come this close to Sony’s record in such a comparatively short amount of time, it does stand to reason that they will eventually come out on top. Especially considering, you know, nobody is really buying brand-new PS2s these days.Plus, theNintendo Switch 2should be revealed before the end of the fiscal year - ifNintendo’s own president is to be believed.Now of course, you wouldn’t add the sales of the Nintendo Switch and the Switch 2 together… but there will likely be a bump in sales once Nintendo reduce the price of their older models.AdvertExpect a “Nintendo Switch officially the best-selling console of all-time” headline at some point before 2027.Featured Image Credit: SonyTopics:PlayStation,Sony,Nintendo,Nintendo Switch
Following a recent update onSony’swebsite, thePlayStation 2is officially the best-selling console of all time - but potentially not for long.Thank you in advance toMatt Wales over on Eurogamerfor the original source!The PlayStation 2 is (as of March this year) 24 years old, with the very first models dropping on March 4, 2000 in Japan.AdvertSince then, according to changes made tothe official PlayStation websitelast night, the PS2 has gone on to sell a whopping 160,000,000 units.For comparison, that’s more than the population of Mexico or Japan. It’s also more than the population of the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlandscombined.Its status as the best-selling console of all time wasn’t actually in doubt prior to Sony’s recent update, but it is nice to get some official figures directly from the horse’s mouth.However, it likely won’t stay the best-selling console of all time for much longer. One console is rapidly closing in on Sony’s record, and it will likely topple it at some point in the next couple of years.AdvertAccording toNintendo’smost recent estimates, they’ve sold roughly146,000,000 Nintendo Switch’ssince it first released in 2017.Considering that they’ve come this close to Sony’s record in such a comparatively short amount of time, it does stand to reason that they will eventually come out on top. Especially considering, you know, nobody is really buying brand-new PS2s these days.Plus, theNintendo Switch 2should be revealed before the end of the fiscal year - ifNintendo’s own president is to be believed.Now of course, you wouldn’t add the sales of the Nintendo Switch and the Switch 2 together… but there will likely be a bump in sales once Nintendo reduce the price of their older models.AdvertExpect a “Nintendo Switch officially the best-selling console of all-time” headline at some point before 2027.
Following a recent update onSony’swebsite, thePlayStation 2is officially the best-selling console of all time - but potentially not for long.
Thank you in advance toMatt Wales over on Eurogamerfor the original source!
The PlayStation 2 is (as of March this year) 24 years old, with the very first models dropping on March 4, 2000 in Japan.
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Since then, according to changes made tothe official PlayStation websitelast night, the PS2 has gone on to sell a whopping 160,000,000 units.
For comparison, that’s more than the population of Mexico or Japan. It’s also more than the population of the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlandscombined.
Its status as the best-selling console of all time wasn’t actually in doubt prior to Sony’s recent update, but it is nice to get some official figures directly from the horse’s mouth.
However, it likely won’t stay the best-selling console of all time for much longer. One console is rapidly closing in on Sony’s record, and it will likely topple it at some point in the next couple of years.
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According toNintendo’smost recent estimates, they’ve sold roughly146,000,000 Nintendo Switch’ssince it first released in 2017.
Considering that they’ve come this close to Sony’s record in such a comparatively short amount of time, it does stand to reason that they will eventually come out on top. Especially considering, you know, nobody is really buying brand-new PS2s these days.
Plus, theNintendo Switch 2should be revealed before the end of the fiscal year - ifNintendo’s own president is to be believed.
Now of course, you wouldn’t add the sales of the Nintendo Switch and the Switch 2 together… but there will likely be a bump in sales once Nintendo reduce the price of their older models.
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Expect a “Nintendo Switch officially the best-selling console of all-time” headline at some point before 2027.
Topics:PlayStation,Sony,Nintendo,Nintendo Switch
