Sony Profits, PS2 Sales Slide

Thanks to Gamesindustry.biz for their article discussing Sony's disappointing games division financial results. According to the piece: "Global sales of the PlayStation 2 may well have peaked, with Sony's results for the quarter ended June 30 revealing a steep decline in sales of the console and a drop in overall revenues for the games division of the corporation." The specific news was mixed: "The company sold some 4.59 million PS2s during the quarter last year - this year, however, the figure has dropped off to 2.65 million. As you might expect at this point in the console's life cycle, however, software sales are up - gaining four million units in during the period this year to bring the total to 31 million units."

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Re:We're #1!! We're #1!!

[NanoGator]

"You do know this is going to bring all the Box and Cube fanboys out of the woodwork, right?"

Not really. Even the most zealous Nintendo fan such as myself knows the PS2's whompin it's butt.

However, Nintendo is still making quite a profit, so it really doesn't matter to me. Sony is a Microsoft away from losing it's crown, Nintendo will always have fans chasing it.