The ps3 was also one of the cheapest blu-ray players at the time. But I'm pretty sure the 2 launched for 3 or 4 hundred, not 500 or 600 like the ps3 so that probably put a damper on sales. I know I waited for the 40gig $400 ps3 version that gen, and the ps3 price is what made me buy a 360 initially instead.

How was your manager not happy with this? You not only talked them into a purchase but a purchase into an ecosystem that would likely generate future revenue for the company. There is nothing but positives here?

As someone who moved on from consoles between the Nintendo and the Super Nintendo, the PS2 is the only modern console I've ever owned, and it was 90% for the DVD player.

I think the big difference is the older generation of gaming didn't have to compete with every kid having a tablet they could just play games on.

I think the Wii stole the momentum. PS3 and 360 were just crazy expensive compared to the Wii and the prev gen of consoles. And unlike PS2 those two consoles lacked a lot of games for kids. So for parents it was an easy decision to just get a Wii. Not to mention if you already had a PS2 you had a large library of games at your disposal and the machine was modable, it’s why it still sold very well in the end of the console’s lifetime especially in middle income regions, like it sold super well in South America. So many PS2 owners weren’t going to convert to PS3, just way too expensive and can’t play pirated games.

The Wii might've had higher sales at its peak, but PS2 had a lot of longevity.

Never heard of that. Maybe it was for a specific year or region.

I figured the 2004 release as the PS2 slim turned the tables again, but that was still before the Wii came out in 2006. It's possible that story only counted the original PS2 and this chart counts both, though.

I don't remember that. Maybe you're thinking of something like "if the Wii keeps selling at its current pace it will pustell the PS2"?

They said that about the Switch as well and it didn't happen.

Has there been any console pair besides Gameboy and Gameboy color that had games released that would work on both but behave differently on each? Some carts were black and white, some worked only on GBC, but some (like most of all of the pokemon games) would still be black and white on the original but had unique color palettes on GBC.

Looks like the technical term is "Color-enhanced Game Boy Game Pak".

The color-enhanced Game Boy Game Pak (also known as class B, dual mode, or black cartridges) improved the gameplay experience on the Game Boy Color and subsequent systems while maintaining compatibility with older monochrome devices.

These cartridges can use the full color capabilities of the Game Boy Color and subsequent systems, displaying up to 56 colors simultaneously out of a palette of 32,768 while remaining compatible with the original Game Boy where they were presented in four shades of gray. However, this compatibility comes at the expense of not being able to utilize the handheld's increased processing speed and memory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Game_Pak

Compare that to GBA, which had GBA games but could also play Gameboy and Gameboy Color games. But there were no GBA games that could run on Gameboy or Gameboy Color. That weird middle ground might be why they count them together.

It's actually a good option now when PC gaming is suffering of price crisis after price crisis.

Damn... That's a bit disappointing to hear... I thought people loved the steam deck.

Switch has a good chance of overtaking PS2 before the end of its lifespan. The Switch is still selling and still getting game releases.

I think the PS2 being so well sold is more impressive because the price adjusted for inflation is closer to $560, or $299 in the year 2000.

I think part of it was the idea that it could also be a DVD player so you wouldn't need two devices that helped sell it if I recall correctly.

COVID bump

Which is AI-generated? It looks to me like real pixel art (except the 360) very lazily resized in a non-nearest-neighbor fractional scale and anti-aliased to mush.

really? How can you tell? :(

The NES was the best selling of those, at ~60 million. The PS1 completely changed the curve.

It's funny. People remember the PS3 as a failure because it's the worst-selling PlayStation, but it still crushed NES numbers

Probably not, unless Nintendo releases a surprise last iteration of the console which I also don’t see as that may cannibalize Switch 2 sales. A Switch Micro would be cool though

You didn't notice the 360 there? Which tbf had its sales boosted by routinely shitting the bed right after the warranty expired. But also killed sales for future Xbox sales. At least for a chunk of people I played with back then.

I used to play music CDs on my PS1. There was a cool visualiser screen as it played

The ps2 was also quite hackable