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PS5 61.7m units Update

Can someone with editing rights on the article consider updating the PS5 figures to 61.7 million, as per Sony's most-recent financial report?

Source: https://www.thurrott.com/games/playstation/306772/total-playstation-5-sales-hit-61-7-million-units

Thanks 2A02:C7C:9249:3B00:E9DE:2D28:5ADF:FD2E (talk) 09:45, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They do need to be updated, but with a better source. Sergecross73 msg me 11:01, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Should there be a cutoff for sales?

Right now, this page is less "List of best-selling game consoles" and more "List of game consoles by sales"; 1 million is such a low bar that most video game consoles, even commercial failures, can meet it. Would there be any merit to increasing the sales cutoff to something more like 5 or 10 million units? Toa Nidhiki05 19:26, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to that. It'd trim out a couple of ones people always argue about while we're at it. Sergecross73 msg me 21:49, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. Title of article is “best selling consoles”. So maybe the main table should only be like the top 10 or 20.

And in the spirit of keeping all the other classics maybe make another subsection with the “others”.

Kind of like the wiki articles pf best selling video games on any particular console. WOWLWOWL 17:44, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the point of removing the info and would object to such a removal. There are ones I'd remove as being inappropriate (like NES and SNES classics, as none of the other dedicated retro consoles are here, even ones that sold well like the Genesis Mini that would likely meet the 1 million threshold) or combined (like the Brazilian Sega systems should just be included in the main numbers as they are official versions of those systems, in citrate to the Dendy, which was unlicensed), but I see no benefit to readers to remove info that makes this a good one-stop reference for readers looking to compare across generations. oknazevad (talk) 02:58, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd support removing the Classics too. Sergecross73 msg me 03:20, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with what you said. I like having the complete picture in one article.

When I said the word “classic” I didnt mean the classic minis, I meant to say all the other consoles in generals that even if they dont make it to a top 10 or 20 list they are still important for knowledge. WOWLWOWL 16:37, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PSP sales

The official sony release says the psp has sold 76.4 million not 80-82 million. https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/ WOWLWOWL 20:20, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

76 million is where they stopped reporting individual PSP sales, but for a bit after that, they reported a combined PSP/Vita figure, likely to hide the poor sales of both platforms at the time. Factoring in those figures is what gets us to our 80ish estimate. Check the ref for the PSP and Vita for more context. Sergecross73 msg me 21:33, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok makes sense. Thank you. WOWLWOWL 16:39, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PS4 currently on the market

I believe the PS4 is no longer being produced/sold at this point, so we should remove the green shading from its entry. RenanGreca (talk) 15:18, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]