Talk:List of best-selling game consoles
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editI believe the PS4 is no longer being produced/sold at this point, so we should remove the green shading from its entry. RenanGreca (talk) 15:18, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
PS2 sold 160M
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Please change Playstation 2 units sold from ">155 million" to ">160 million". Source: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/playstation-history/2000-ps2-psp/ Arielzao150 (talk) 19:37, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Not done This has been discussed in the past. We go by the last official company figure, not an off-hand passing comment made by an exec well after the fact. Sergecross73 msg me 19:42, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- This is different because the official PlayStation website says that the PS2 has sold over 160 million units, rather than just Jim Ryan. 2A00:23C6:D584:5B01:68E7:742:D5B6:C40E (talk) 19:52, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- This isn't an official update either. Just a promotional page. Unlikely the person even doing it has any hard numbers. Once they release proper documentation then this should be updated to that. Winter Hendrik (talk) 02:35, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- At this point it is the best you are going to get from Sony, because they do not have any real reason to talk about the PS2's sales to investors. Just accept that it has sold over 160 million units. 2A00:23C6:D584:5B01:A94A:8A96:7043:4FE8 (talk) 03:13, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Surely, nobody is actually stupid enough to believe the PS2 magically sold an additional 5 million units after it ceased production.
- They're only doing this to make sure the Nintendo Switch doesn't dethrone its record. KalloFox34 (talk) 19:15, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
- At this point it is the best you are going to get from Sony, because they do not have any real reason to talk about the PS2's sales to investors. Just accept that it has sold over 160 million units. 2A00:23C6:D584:5B01:A94A:8A96:7043:4FE8 (talk) 03:13, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- This isn't an official update either. Just a promotional page. Unlikely the person even doing it has any hard numbers. Once they release proper documentation then this should be updated to that. Winter Hendrik (talk) 02:35, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- I find it hard to believe that an official website from the console manufacturer cannot be used as a source. At the very least it should be noted that the 160m units figure was mentioned both in the podcast and this website. Bro3256 (talk) 03:30, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Bruh, you didn't even read the source and just assumed it's the same one as before. Come on, you can do better than that as an Admin. Samhiuy (talk) 04:29, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Please note that the change has been made and I haven't undone it. Sergecross73 msg me 11:40, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- This is different because the official PlayStation website says that the PS2 has sold over 160 million units, rather than just Jim Ryan. 2A00:23C6:D584:5B01:68E7:742:D5B6:C40E (talk) 19:52, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
It does seem interesting that as the Switch slowly death crawls close to the PS2 number, another 5 million as if my magic appears out of nowhere.Halbared (talk) 14:14, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed. And it being such a round number really makes it feel more like an approximation for marketing materials than an exact figure. I'm not particularly endorsing the number, just not sure of an alternative approach at the moment. Sergecross73 msg me 14:27, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- The website wouldn't say "over 160 million" if they were rounding up the number. So if the number is approximate that means that they were rounding down. Limricks (talk) 22:12, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- There's sources pointing out it's weird too so it's not just me. Sergecross73 msg me 22:22, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- It's certainly surprising, but that isn't reason enough to doubt it. That gamesradar article doesn't seem to doubt it either, as it says: "Initially, it does sound a bit weird. However, it wasn't until the very end of 2012 that Sony announced it was ceasing production of the console (thanks, Famitsu), so there were still more of them being made for several months after those last official sales numbers were released. Of course, that's not to mention any additional stock on the shelves that hadn't been sold by the time of the previous headcount. Being able to shift an extra five million of the things brand new after 12 or more years is still very surprising, but not impossible – it is a fantastic console, after all." Limricks (talk) 23:09, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Looks like someone associated with PlayStation is rigging the total sales now. They know what is going to happen soon to the record. 2601:3C5:8180:31D0:897F:A9C8:CE7F:C7F2 (talk) 09:13, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
- It's certainly surprising, but that isn't reason enough to doubt it. That gamesradar article doesn't seem to doubt it either, as it says: "Initially, it does sound a bit weird. However, it wasn't until the very end of 2012 that Sony announced it was ceasing production of the console (thanks, Famitsu), so there were still more of them being made for several months after those last official sales numbers were released. Of course, that's not to mention any additional stock on the shelves that hadn't been sold by the time of the previous headcount. Being able to shift an extra five million of the things brand new after 12 or more years is still very surprising, but not impossible – it is a fantastic console, after all." Limricks (talk) 23:09, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- There's sources pointing out it's weird too so it's not just me. Sergecross73 msg me 22:22, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- The website wouldn't say "over 160 million" if they were rounding up the number. So if the number is approximate that means that they were rounding down. Limricks (talk) 22:12, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
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Sony confirmed that the PlayStation 2 sold over 160 million units worldwide. Source: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/playstation-history/1994-ps-one/ The-Cripshay (talk) 20:00, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- They ceased production in 2012-13 with 155 million units sold, is it really realistic to suggest they somehow sold another 5 million PS2's when people had already moved onto the PS3 and PS4? Never17 (talk) 21:44, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- Whether you believe it or not does not matter, because PlayStation have now confirmed the PS2 has sold over 160 million units on their website, so that should be the end of Wikipedia editors trying to argue that the PS2 should just remain at 155 million units sold. 2A00:23C6:D584:5B01:E9C9:F351:5A49:B315 (talk) 22:53, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Not the first time Sony has bumped up the sales of the PS2
editIf you look back on old reverts you will see the ps2 go from 141 to 155 million when the Nintendo DS started to close in on the record. Very interesting stuff Fruitloop11 (talk) 06:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC)