Switch vs PS2 Sales Comparison - May 2026 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 July 2026 / 12,141 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the monthly worldwide sales of the Nintendo Switch with the lifetime sales of the PlayStation 2.
The PS2 launched in March 2000 in Japan, October 2000 in North America, and November 2000 in Europe. The Nintendo Switch launched worldwide in March 2017.
Switch Vs. PS2 Global:
Gap change in latest month: 165,323 - Switch
Gap change over last 12 months: 3,744,654 - Switch
PS2 Lead (Low End): 5,185,162
PS2 Lead (High End): 5,822,047
Switch Total Sales: 154,814,838
PS2 Total Sales (Low End): 160,000,000
PS2 Total Sales (High End): 160,636,885
May 2026 is the 111th month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for and it has sold 154.81 million units lifetime. The PlayStation 2 sold between 160.0 million and 160.64 million units lifetime as Sony announced it sold over 160 million, while 160.64 million is the number of units manufactured.
In the latest month, the Nintendo Switch has closed the gap with the PS2 by 0.16 million units. In the last 12 months, the Nintendo Switch has caught up by 3.74 million units.
The Switch is 5.19 million units away from outselling the low end sales of the PlayStation 2, while it is 5.82 million units away from the high end.
Note: Sony announced the PS2 sold over 160 million units lifetime, while an image confirmed by Shawn Layden to be real showed there were 160,636,885 units manufactured.
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With Sony trying to kill physical media, I've seen a lot of people deciding to switch to the Switch family. Let's see if this has any impact on the Switch 1 sales, specifically
that's online level brain rot really, nobody went "sony is getting rid of physical, i'm going to buy a switch 1" nobody
they did think about switching to PC though, and not buying the ps6, that's what they are actually saying
It won't make any impact for Switch 1 sales. 85% of all PS5 game sales as of recent have been all digital, so a vast majority of PS gamers realistically have been ok with all digital for years now.
Most of the other maybe 15% of people still physical will likely just suck it up, vast majority of them are not hardcore vocal minority gamers we see on Twitter or gaming forums, so they don't care enough to protest or step away from gaming just for all digital. Plus PS ain't going all digital til 2028, by the time that happens Switch 1 will be virtually done and Switch 2 still exists for them to buy.
PS2 SoC was 500mm2 on the 250nm node.
PS2 final revision SoC was 60mm2 on the 65nm node.
using the 8nm node the Switch 2 uses? the PS2 SoC would be a 1mm2 chip, costing less than 10 cents each...
charging $20 per chip would bring back all the upfront costs with a sales volume of 1 million units
run it at 10x higher clock speeds and release the PS2 anniversary edition
kickstarter it if you have to, people would gladly pay for a 2026 faster PS2 imo with built in HDMI
Soon,soon
Yea, soon it will be discontinued.
the PS2 is my favorite system followed by the switch, so many systems in between
So many gaming forums have cultivated absolute nutters on their sites over the year.
Sony should re-release the PS2 with massive overclocks to celebrate it's history. I've always wondered why companies don't do that, same way I wonder why we didn't get N64 remasters on Gamecube, it just didn't occur to the executives running the company.
Because in that time was easy and cheap to develop games...now companies are out of fresh ideas and only remaster old and profitable games
it was a huge error for Nintendo to not release a quick remaster of Mario 64 and Perfect Dark and Ocarina of Time for Gamecube imo
