I think so. But that could still be different than units sold, as some produced units could be dedicated to be used as warranty replacement and so on.
The Wii made the generation even better
Not for this gamer.
I have no knowledge of the real date of the discontinuation. But the last production date and the discontinuation date are different things. Discontinuation occurs when the stock ends.
I think so, he gave some details (like the location of the shelf of PS3s) and some other media that made me believe that:
They came from a 160 million gen while Xbox came from a 25 million gen, people just hated the PS3 price. So it not a big surprise that they had a comeback after price drops. The Blu Ray drive also helped, i think at times the PS3 was cheaper or at least only slightly more expensive than the cheapest Blu Ray players. Besides that it also was a great console, especially the fat lady.
Thanks, genuinely had no idea. Though, that means that PS2 was discontinued well after the reported date of January 2013, doesn't it?
That's so cool, I think I found another account to look up.
Well, it certainly was later than end of production, how much later is an information that only sony knows for sure. Maybe ps2 was a faster seller and it was discontinued months later, or maybe the last batch was dedicated to non sellable units
Show me on the doll where the Wii touched you.... lol
Industries outside of gaming would view the fact that PS2's sales numbers haven't been beaten or even approached in over 20 years as a failure on some level.
| PlayStation® | More than 102.4 million (As of March 31, 2012) |
|---|---|
| PlayStation®2 | More than 155.0 million (As of March 31, 2012) |
| PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) | More than 76.4 million (As of March 31, 2012) |
| PlayStation®3 | More than 87.4 million (As of March 31, 2017) |
| PlayStation®4 | More than 117 million (As of June 30, 2022) |
| PlayStation®5 | More than 61.7 million (As of June 30, 2024) |
When the N64 arrived I was very disappointed in Nintendo... With Gamecube I regained my faith in the console... The Nintendo Wii bothered me so much that I didn't even get the Wii-U, but with the Nintendo switch at first I criticized it... However, it became the second best Nintendo console and one of the best for me.
lol, it was the beginning of the end for us hardcore gamers with that system.
PS2 did not sell >150M units before PS3's launch, though.
I still have the OG phat PS3 with PS2 back compat (well GS only, no EE, EE was software emulated in the launch EU PS3). The XMB was soooo cool.
XMB is the best PS UI and likely approaching the ideal game console UI.
Likewise, if Sony had never discontinued the PS2 the sales numbers would be much higher.
I would not call it half baked, the features you mentioned are not key to the experience. It is not like controller changed a heckuvalot….
In the US and UK the 360 sold a lot more than the PS3, the issue is Xbox's lack of appeal in most of Europe, Japan and other parts of the world. Being that the PS3 came out later and was extremely expensive early on it's crazy to me that they still came in 2nd.
Hardly.
I'd rather have the Playstation from the PS3 era then the current one.
