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"One for the fans - PS2 sales figures"

From OPS2 magazine:

Sony are celebrating the fact that PlayStation 2 has surpassed the company's target for ten million unit sales by 31 March 2001.

Japan has sold 4.65 million, the USA 2.76 million, and Europe 2.63 million units.

In the UK alone, 366,000 PS2s were sold in just 101 days, with over one million games shifted - an average of 2.83 per console.

It's big everywhere, but definitely bigger in the West. The UK, Europe and the US absolutely love it.

Apparently the US are getting MGS2 first, before even the Japanese. Odd that they're going to hold back the already-voiced Japanese version until after the English-voiced Western version, but a nice change anyway!

i dunno where i read it, but isnt MGS only big in the western world? the japs dont really go for these type of games.

khazar wrote:
> To Wookiee- How do you get so much info. You are a true gaming fan


I just know what I know - there's no trick to it, I just read all that I can, particularly about PS2.

Reading most of the major web sites and at least six PlayStation/PS2-specific mags every month also has a lot to do with it. Looking at things objectively and filtering facts from hype also helps!

To tigerblade- Both Zelda's put together could not beat MGS2.
To Wookiee- How do you get so much info. You are a true gaming fan

I think that most will go for it even in Japan. As WM pointed out, the stats were based on early sales where gamessuch as MGS2 weren`t around. I`m sure many that wanted the DVD will come back for MGS2 in all parts of the country.

tigerblade wrote:
> Not near 95% of the PS2 owners will buy MGS2. Half the PS2s vought
> are used as DVD players anyway.... And only 60% of the N64
> population bought Zelda so Konami wont sell as many copies as MGS2
> than you think.

You wanna bet?? MGS2 is set to be AWESOME, and if ANY PS2 fan owner misses out on it, they're CRAZY!

CRAZY, IT TELL YOUZ, CRAAAZZZYYYY!!

I thought that the main gist of the stories about PS2s and DVDs in Japan was that the disk sales went through the roof because firstly DVDs are considerably cheaper than PS2 games. And secondly there was a shortage of good games, so the punters wanted something else to play on their new toys. If they bought them originally mainly to play DVDs I'd have thought they would at least have a passing interest in gaming.

The price at launch was 39,800 Yen, which at current exchange rates is around £226.

I suppose it is quite possible that Hong Kong is cheaper than Japan; obviously until fairly recently they were independent, so prices may be quite unique.

I'd also like to make it clear that it was not doubting your claim in my earlier post, but you are genuinely the first person I've heard tell a different story to those that were in the gaming press.

well, my mate went to hong kong. Is there a differece in the prices between their and Japan? All technology stuff is cheaper down there. Most stuff is just over half the price u would pay here. How much does the PS2 cost in pounds in Japan?

Just repeating what it has said in all the mags since the PS2 was launched in Japan.

Many sources stated that there had been a rush to buy PS2 as it was a 'cheap' DVD player, hence people were buying PS2's and DVD movies, rather than games. Which seemed to make sense - after all, if DVD players are cheap, why buy a PS2 if you're not interested in the games?

I have to be honest and say that you're the first person/source I've heard say otherwise.