It’s the middle of 2009, and the PlayStation 2 is still chugging along. In fact, thanks in part to a recent price cut, it’s actually outselling both the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Portable.
Sony recently released its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, which saw PlayStation 2 sales jump from 1.5 million to 1.6 million. As sales spikes go, it’s not huge, but the PS2 appears to be faring better than Sony’s other two consoles.
PlayStation Portable sales were the hardest hit this quarter, dropping from 3.7 million this time last year to 1.3 million. With the PSPgo looming this holiday season, it seems that prospective customers may be holding out for the new machine. Regardless, the decline has been painful for Sony, which singled it out as a key contributor to the 38.7 billion yen loss suffered by Sony’s Networked Products & Services Group.