# Switch could overtake PlayStation 2 as top-selling console by 2028

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-best-selling-game-console-of-all-time-is-over-25-years-old/
- Published: 2026-11-10T19:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T19:49:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Engadget
- Original article: https://www.engadget.com/2307802/the-best-selling-game-console-of-all-time-is-over-25-years-old/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- PS2 leads with more than 160 million consoles shipped.
- Switch sales have passed 156 million and are still ongoing.
- Nintendo says the Switch could take the lead in 2028 at the earliest.

## Summary

The PlayStation 2 remains the best-selling console, with more than 160 million units shipped, but Nintendo’s original Switch is closing in. Nintendo has shipped over 156 million Switch consoles, and expects to ship about two million more during the financial year ending in March 2027. If sales continue at that pace, the Switch could take the top spot in 2028 at the earliest.

The PS2’s long run, falling prices and built-in DVD player helped it reach a broad audience after launching in 2000; Sony continued making it until 2013. The Switch launched in 2017 as both a handheld and a home console, with Lite and OLED versions following. Figures count shipments to retailers rather than confirmed consumer purchases, and the Switch has already surpassed the PS2 in game sales, with nearly 1.6 billion games sold.

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