Is the PS2's ultimate record of 160 million consoles sold about to fall to the Nintendo Switch? For many years, the PlayStation2 has held the record and the number 1 spot in terms of video game console sales. Recently, we learned that the console had just sold more than 160 million copies, a first in the history of the video game industry.
This record is however already threatened by Nintendo's Switch which, by arriving at at the end of its cycle, continues to sell and achieve very good figures. We learned today that the console has just surpassed the sales of the PS2 on American soil.
The Switch in the footsteps of the PS2
2024 will have been a big year for the PS2. A few months ago, the console officially entered the register of future technological heritage in Japan, confirming the impact that the console had on Japanese culture at the time of its release. It was also this year that the console's official sales figures were updated. day to officially confirm the 160 million units sold since its launch in November 2000. Finally, the PS2 was also at the center of the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation brand, which has been celebrating this important date since December 3.
However, it is in 2024, in this very important year, that the PS2 will begin to lose its throne that it has held for many years. Indeed, we have just learned that the Nintendo Switch has just knocked Sony's console off the shelves for the first time in the United States. With 46.6 million units sold in Uncle Sam's country, the Switch is officially the second best-selling video game console in this territory ahead of the PS2.
Indeed, according to the latest data from Circana, the Switch has well surpassed the PS2, but the best-selling console in the history of video games in the USA remains the Nintendo DS. On a global scale, the Switch peaks at approximately 146.4 million units sold compared to 160 million for the PS2. There is a good chance that this figure will fall within the next few years and the end of production of the Switch.
List of the best-selling consoles in history:
- PS2 (2000) – 160 million units
- Nintendo DS (2004) – 154 million units
- Switch (2017) – 146 million units
- Game Boy & Game Boy Color (1989/1998) – 118.7 million units
- PS4 (2013) – 117.2 million units
- PlayStation (1994) – 102.4 million units
- Nintendo Wii (2008) – 101.6 million units
- PlayStation 3 (2007) – 87.4 million units
- Xbox 360 (2005) – 84 million units
- Game Boy Advance (2001) – 81.5 million units
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