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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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FantasyMeister wrote:
> FM: Kicking Nintys when they're down.
Yes but at the end of the day I haven't got shares in Ninty and don't intend on buying any. So their profit margin doesn't make the slightest bit of difference to me, as long as they keep making some of the best games in the world then i'll keep buying them and i'll be very happy.
Don't give me the "PS2 has more developers, which means more games" line. Quantity certainly doesn't mean quality as the PS2 proves.
> FM: Kicking Nintys when they're down.
Yes but at the end of the day I haven't got shares in Ninty and don't intend on buying any. So their profit margin doesn't make the slightest bit of difference to me, as long as they keep making some of the best games in the world then i'll keep buying them and i'll be very happy.
Don't give me the "PS2 has more developers, which means more games" line. Quantity certainly doesn't mean quality as the PS2 proves.
You should be slapped Top score shush!
Ooh, look, a graph showing Nintendo's share price over the last year.
http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml? ticker=7974.OS&qtype=ric&qcat=riclist&infotype=info
For everyone: Remove the space
For Nintys: A space means a gap between characters, place the cursor just to the left of it (using your mouse) and press the Delete key on your keyboard. The Delete key is the one with the word 'Delete' written on it.
The graph is a nice one, starts at the top left in February 2002, then plummets nicely downwards and right towards its alltime low, with a little blip at Christmas. If you'd bought £10,000 Ninty shares this time last year, you'd now have £5,000.
Heh.
FM: Kicking Nintys when they're down.
FM: Totally unbiased gamer.
http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml? ticker=7974.OS&qtype=ric&qcat=riclist&infotype=info
For everyone: Remove the space
For Nintys: A space means a gap between characters, place the cursor just to the left of it (using your mouse) and press the Delete key on your keyboard. The Delete key is the one with the word 'Delete' written on it.
The graph is a nice one, starts at the top left in February 2002, then plummets nicely downwards and right towards its alltime low, with a little blip at Christmas. If you'd bought £10,000 Ninty shares this time last year, you'd now have £5,000.
Heh.
FM: Kicking Nintys when they're down.
FM: Totally unbiased gamer.
Top score wrote:
> If it was a boxing match the fight would have been stopped along time
> ago. MS and Nintendo lie on the canvas out for the count.
Yeah, you're right. I forgot that Nintendo was selling a game every 3 seconds in the days of the NES and a game every 30 seconds in the days of the SNES. How could I forget the Gameboy being the biggest selling console ever and Nintendo having made more PROFIT than Microsoft and Sony? Oh yeah, they're out for the count aren't they?
Wear the hat with pride, Top Score: you've won it fair and square.
> If it was a boxing match the fight would have been stopped along time
> ago. MS and Nintendo lie on the canvas out for the count.
Yeah, you're right. I forgot that Nintendo was selling a game every 3 seconds in the days of the NES and a game every 30 seconds in the days of the SNES. How could I forget the Gameboy being the biggest selling console ever and Nintendo having made more PROFIT than Microsoft and Sony? Oh yeah, they're out for the count aren't they?
Wear the hat with pride, Top Score: you've won it fair and square.
I had a pre-order machine and after only 2 months, the output on the thing cooked itself. The picture started flickering and jumping and everything, really wierd, it's not like it's too warm for these thinhs to operate properly in Scotland :D
Bonus wrote:
> I've had to have one replaced, and most other people I know have had a
> problem with their PS2, during the warranty period.
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.
> I've had to have one replaced, and most other people I know have had a
> problem with their PS2, during the warranty period.
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.
For a start, those aren't sales figures, they're merely the number of PS2s produced, that includes every single PS2 still in every shop around the world.
It also includes the number of replacements Sony have had to make, I've had to have one replaced, and most other people I know have had a problem with their PS2, during the warranty period.
It also includes the number of replacements Sony have had to make, I've had to have one replaced, and most other people I know have had a problem with their PS2, during the warranty period.
Why do you care so much about how many PS2's are sold? You're not getting the money, are you?
Unbeliever wrote:
> Look - that fat-tongue mockney idiot, Jamie Oliver, sold more books
> over Christmas than anyone else. Does it mean I'm going to buy his
> stupic cookbook? NO!
heh heh heh
nice one
> Look - that fat-tongue mockney idiot, Jamie Oliver, sold more books
> over Christmas than anyone else. Does it mean I'm going to buy his
> stupic cookbook? NO!
heh heh heh
nice one
But it isn't a boxing match is it...it's more like mud wrestling.
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