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Production of the PlayStation 2 reached the 50 million unit mark after 2 years and 10 months from its initial debut; 1 year and 2 months faster than it took the original PlayStation console to get to the same point, said SCEI. It also comes just 4 months after PlayStation 2 production passed the 40 million unit mark—this quick jump being helped by record sales of the console over the holiday period.
SCEI said it sold a total of 8.5 million PlayStation 2 consoles during November and December, a jump of 24 percent on the previous year. Of those sales, 4 million were in the North American market, 3.4 million were in the European market and 940,000 units were in the Japanese market. End of year domestic sales were down 27 percent; however, those in North America and Europe were up 42 percent and 27 percent respectively.
Along with the console there are also more than 1,500 software titles available, production of which has passed 300 million units, said SCEI.
SCEI said it sold a total of 8.5 million PlayStation 2 consoles during November and December, a jump of 24 percent on the previous year. Of those sales, 4 million were in the North American market, 3.4 million were in the European market and 940,000 units were in the Japanese market. End of year domestic sales were down 27 percent; however, those in North America and Europe were up 42 percent and 27 percent respectively.
Along with the console there are also more than 1,500 software titles available, production of which has passed 300 million units, said SCEI.
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Slaveunit wrote:
> What do you people do to your machines? My pre-order machine is still
> fine, as is all the machines that all my mates have.
Good, good - glad I'm not the only one.
I personally have only ever known electonic items to go wrong if people are heavy-handed with them, or don't look after them properly.
Keeping a console in an enclosed space isn't good for it (needs airflow for cooling); sitting it on a carpet in front of the TV isn't good for it (static is a chip-killer); having a console too near a TV (i.e. stting on to of the TV) isn't good for it. Even something simple like letting dust build up on/around it can cause problems.
Not saying that everyone here is an idiot or handles their machines roughly - there will always be some genuinely faulty machines - but I myself have known people who do these things, and then wonder why something doesn't work.
> What do you people do to your machines? My pre-order machine is still
> fine, as is all the machines that all my mates have.
Good, good - glad I'm not the only one.
I personally have only ever known electonic items to go wrong if people are heavy-handed with them, or don't look after them properly.
Keeping a console in an enclosed space isn't good for it (needs airflow for cooling); sitting it on a carpet in front of the TV isn't good for it (static is a chip-killer); having a console too near a TV (i.e. stting on to of the TV) isn't good for it. Even something simple like letting dust build up on/around it can cause problems.
Not saying that everyone here is an idiot or handles their machines roughly - there will always be some genuinely faulty machines - but I myself have known people who do these things, and then wonder why something doesn't work.
Nintendo make the most profit and money outta all the companies.
Nintendo also make profit on each Cube sold.
I would rather be Nintendo out of all the three companies. Basically because they have the GBA as well.
:)
Nintendo also make profit on each Cube sold.
I would rather be Nintendo out of all the three companies. Basically because they have the GBA as well.
:)
I did a little more research into Sony and their profit per unit sold on the PS2, still can't find any good news and it still looks like they're losing on every unit sold. So to cheer the Nintys up a little, every time Sony sell a PS2 it looks like they're losing money.
(I could counter this with a similar demonstration that Nintendo's share price drops by x amount with every game sold, but it's Friday).
;-)
(I could counter this with a similar demonstration that Nintendo's share price drops by x amount with every game sold, but it's Friday).
;-)
Possum in a bottle wrote:
> I hate to burst your bubble boys but one of the creators of the PS2 in
> a romp when he was onstage said that the PS2 has parts in it which are
> supposed to malfunction OR break very easily so that people have to
> buy 2.
No, that was the creator of Resident Evil, Shinji Mikami - and there's no evidence whatsoever to support that claim. The only reason that you hear of more PS2's going wrong is that so many more people have them.
> Now that pi**ed me off cos I'm a mega PS2 fan. BUT they were designed
> to go wrong so we have to buy another.
Nonsense, pure and simple. Think about what you're saying. You can't design electonics to go wrong after a certain time. And even if it WERE true, why is my launch-day PS2 still functioning perfectly, with no problems whatsoever?
> I hate to burst your bubble boys but one of the creators of the PS2 in
> a romp when he was onstage said that the PS2 has parts in it which are
> supposed to malfunction OR break very easily so that people have to
> buy 2.
No, that was the creator of Resident Evil, Shinji Mikami - and there's no evidence whatsoever to support that claim. The only reason that you hear of more PS2's going wrong is that so many more people have them.
> Now that pi**ed me off cos I'm a mega PS2 fan. BUT they were designed
> to go wrong so we have to buy another.
Nonsense, pure and simple. Think about what you're saying. You can't design electonics to go wrong after a certain time. And even if it WERE true, why is my launch-day PS2 still functioning perfectly, with no problems whatsoever?
Possum in a bottle wrote:
> I mean look at it this way, in my 500 or so day of being here, I have
> seen many people complaining about their PS2's.
Ah, yes - but think of all the OTHER PS2 users on these forums alone who you HAVEN'T heard from because their machine works perfectly well!
> I mean look at it this way, in my 500 or so day of being here, I have
> seen many people complaining about their PS2's.
Ah, yes - but think of all the OTHER PS2 users on these forums alone who you HAVEN'T heard from because their machine works perfectly well!
*reads this*
*does not weep*
*does not weep*
Top Score, I don't understand you
How old are you? You must be about 11 because that was the age when I used to argue with my mates about who has the best console...
Your title is also wrong...
"Read it and weep GC and Xbox fanboys! Jump around the room and post it on a chat forum PS2 fanboys!"
Man, grow up!
I've known of PS2s to scratch disks up completely, it was a faulty batch which were recalled...
Does that mean that Sony are complete crap? According to you it does!
Ha!
Sony are crap!
How old are you? You must be about 11 because that was the age when I used to argue with my mates about who has the best console...
Your title is also wrong...
"Read it and weep GC and Xbox fanboys! Jump around the room and post it on a chat forum PS2 fanboys!"
Man, grow up!
I've known of PS2s to scratch disks up completely, it was a faulty batch which were recalled...
Does that mean that Sony are complete crap? According to you it does!
Ha!
Sony are crap!
Eh?
Nintendo's share price makes me larf.
Glasgow, eh?
Glasgow, eh?
FM makes me larf
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