To date, the PlayStation 2 is at the top as the best-selling console in history, whether desktop or portable, and for a long time it was thought that there would be no way for anyone to take away its throne. However, one day the Nintendo Switch debuted and its success has been such that it is thought that it could take that place, although in terms of numbers, controversy has been ignited by a statement by Jim Ryan.
The PS2 sold 160 million units, says Jim Ryan
This Friday, Jim Ryan finished his work as head of PlayStation, a position that will be occupied on an interim basis by Hiroki Totoki, but he did not leave without generating controversy with a statement regarding Sony's most successful console. In the recent episode of the Official PlayStation Podcast, which was partly dedicated to his farewell, Jim Ryan revealed that the PlayStation 2 sold 160 million units, a figure that surprised him because historically public records do not account for that amount. .
PlayStation 2, the best-selling console in history
In this regard, the sales estimates for the PlayStation 2, for the most part, are equal to or slightly greater than 155 million units, so until now the only console that has overshadowed the Sony system has been the Nintendo DS. with 154.02 million.
In this regard, Jim Ryan mentioned 160 million PS2 units sold when remembering the era at the beginning of the 21st century and the success that the Sony console had in those years, something undeniable, but it is the first time that such a number has been considered, so In this case, the manager would be relying on internal records that were not made public.
Jim Ryan's statement is no small thing since the Nintendo Switch, according to official data from February 2024, has sold 139.36 million units and is still active without a new console announced, so there are those who think that with the next season of parties it is possible that the Japanese company's console comes too close to or even surpasses the PS2.
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