The Nintendo Swap has slowly making its method towards turn out to be the best-selling console of all time, having lately hit 146+ million models offered. That quantity places it round 9 million away from the present report holder, the enduring PS2. Or at the least, it was 9 million away. You see, Sony has up to date its information, and by some means the PS2 has shifted a number of extra million models.
The final time Sony formally up to date us on what number of PS2 consoles had been offered was method again in 2011 when the corporate mentioned 150 million had been shipped. A 12 months later that quantity was up to date to 155 million. A 12 months after that, the PS2 was formally discontinued and since that day Sony has by no means up to date its gross sales, though all of us knew it should have offered at the least a number of extra models.
It seems, it did. 5 million of them to be precise. In accordance with the newly up to date historical past of PlayStation on Sony’s official web site, someplace within the final 11 years the PlayStation 2 managed to ship one other 5 million consoles, bringing its whole to 160 million.
Which means the Nintendo Swap now has to attain one other 14 million gross sales to take the crown. Truthfully, that appears fairly doubtless although, as even with the announcement of the Swap 2 coming in 2025 the Swap continues to be promoting very effectively certainly.
As for the 160 million quantity, it isn’t the primary time we’ve heard it. Former PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan revealed within the official PlayStation that the PS2 had offered 160 million. Nonetheless, because it was a passing remark and since Sony didn’t replace its information, folks weren’t certain whether or not to imagine Ryan’s claims.
Now we simply want to attend and see if that quantity will enhance because the Swap inches nearer. Maybe subsequent 12 months Sony will reveal it flogged one other few million down native pub. Or in the event that they need to be additional devious they may all the time produce a PS2 mini pre-loaded with traditional video games, and use its gross sales to assist the PS2 hold its place on the prime of the mountain.
