Sony recently revealed that the PS2 has sold 💙over 1♍60 million consoles worldwide since its release in 2000, reigniting the old question among fans of how many units have actually been made. As backed up by one PlayStation 🙈alu🥂mni, it might not be much more than what's been sold.

An image has been doing the rounds of a special PS2 released not long after Sony stopped manufacturing the console at the end of 2012. On that very console, we see a grand total of 160,636,885 PS2 units were apparently madཧe.

Naturally, a picture's existence on the internet doesn't necessarily mean it's legit – now more than ever. One Twitter user pointed to Sony veteran Shawn Layden's special PSP as somewhe♕re the PS2's 𒁃text could have been lifted from as the two are fairly identical visually.

However, Layden has confirmed thaಞt likely isn't the case. As if summoned, the former PlayStation chief has  to say that the PS2 picture looks legit and thaღt the production number is definitely so.

It's hard to say how many PS2s are still out there, but we at least know it can't be many. With Sony announcing that over 160 million consoles were sold and Layden confirming that around 160,636,885 were made, the true number is likely somewhere in the remainder. It could be as many as🐬 600,000, though it could be much smaller. What we do know, however, is that the Nintendo Switch has some ways to go to claim the mantle of b𒀰est-selling console.

PlayStation's 30th anniversary trailer puts it nicely and praises overzealous Bloodborne fans for their "persistence."