The Best-Selling Game Console Of All Time Is Over 25 Years Old
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Sony's PlayStation 2 remains the best-selling game console ever at more than 160 million units shipped over its 13-year run, but its lead is narrowing. Nintendo's original Switch, still on sale, is now only a few million units behind the PS2 based on the latest reported figures. The comparison relies on shipments to retailers rather than consumer sell-through, and Microsoft's totals are analyst estimates because the company does not publish official numbers. The durability of the PS2's record shows how much of the all-time sales list is shaped by long-lived platforms rather than the much larger modern market. Watch whether the continuing Switch install base can overtake a console that stopped shipping years ago.
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