That cutoff date is pretty important since Sony didnt stop globally manufacturing the PS2 until January 2013.

However, this situation is slightly more complicated than that.

See, even at 155 million units sold, the PlayStation 2 remains the best-selling video game console ever.

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However, the second-best-selling video game console ever (the Nintendo DS) reportedly sold154.02 million unitsin its lifetime.

The DS was officially discontinued in 2014, so its likely that number remains fairly accurate.

So whats the real story here?

Was Ryan rounding up those sales figures to a clean higher number as executives often like to do?