Nov 2024 USA Sales: PS2's Sales Toppled by Switch As College Football 25 Becomes the Best-Selling Sports Game Ever

I don't think another Sony console will ever sell as well as the PS2 unfortunately. Hopefully it at least beats the PS4.

I don't get it though there are way more people gaming then twenty years ago so I thought maybe the PS5 could come close to those numbers. Especially after the momentum the awesome PS4 had.

I know we had Covid and stuff but without it would the PS5 really have that many more units sold?

@get2sammyb Good point. I wanted to get a PS5 Pro but here down under it's like $1200 dollars no way I can afford that and the standard PS5 is still expensive unless its black friday and stuff.

I was one of those people who got a PS2 after the PS3 came out they were really cheap after that. I miss that console.

Xbox look like they're pretty much finished as a major player in the console market and realistically, whether Switch passes PS2 worldwide or not, I doubt any future console will come close to either

@twitchy_emu92 a whole lot of people bought a ps2 just to watch DVDs, as it was cheaper than a DVD player. Hence why so many legendary games didn't sell anywhere near as much as many games do nowadays (well that and... piracy).

@AdamNovice yeah NCAA has been on people's wishlist in America for years. I got it when it came out(fell off it quick, but will get back too it one day). I am curious if the game next year will do better if it's the usual same ol same ol that EA usually does.

I do wonder if they'll eventually bring back NCAA Basketball too. That would sell too.

Congrats to the switch. Very impressive.

No Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered nor Lego Horizon? 🤡

It’s mostly the same people buying PlayStation.

How many people who had a PS5 didn’t have a PS1 or PS2,etc? Probably a tiny minority.

Well, the Switch has got to sell about another 10-11 million units to unseat the PS2. It could do it , but let's face it, we don't want it to. The PS2 is a legend.
Even if it does clear that 160.n million, the PS2 will still remain the best selling HOME console of all time as the Switch Lites won't count towards that.
Dunno why but I kind of hope that the PS5 lifetime sales fall short of the PS4s - perhaps it's a hope that Sony will realise that cheaper consoles sell better and will price the 6 accordingly?

@-Sigma- why would old game be in sales lmao u think that many people buy it most people probably own it just did 10 dollar upgrade lmao

Wow... Xbox is doing worse than in 2006 and that's AFTER they spent ~$80B acquiring two publishers that were profitable on their own and releasing Xbox and "Xbox" games on PlayStation? YIKES!

Game Pass wasn't a good idea after all.

Microsoft doesn’t care about Xbox consoles. Not anymore. Game Pass, PC, selling their games on Playstation and cloud gaming. The Switch is a beast. I wonder if Switch 2 will be as successful. PS5 Pro sales are in line with expectations I guess, which were rather modest.

Seismic. The PS2 still feels like THE console. Even so, Nintendo is worthy of their spot on the throne.

@Slayer25c Because of the mythical people that didn't play first game that was suppose to be out there apparently that we don't know about. It was "part" of the justification of why we got it instead this instead of other games that fans been asking for to be remastered(the games stuck on ps3). Instead, we keep getting bs like this.

Crazy that College Football’s the highest selling sports game ever. I know it’s the US but there’ve been so many sports games over the years that it’s a really big deal to set that record.

It’s ok I’m sure Sony will confirm another few million ps2’s have been sold in the US after this news 🤣

I miss the PS2 era so much...

@nessisonett well we got starved of College Football for basically a decade lol so that helped plus that stat is dollar sales. It has been fun playing a football game again for me personally(haven't bought a football game since the last NCAA game) even with some of my major complaints about the game.

@Shad361 The vast majority of people under 25 probably didn't. I imagine a lot of gamers fall under that bracket, most people I know game less as they get older (more responsibilities etc).