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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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Totoro wrote:
> And all of that means what exactly?
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.
> And all of that means what exactly?
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.
Well I've read it. And? Your point being? The PS2 has sold more than the Xbox and GC. Damn! I really thought the GC being out 2 years after the PS2 would sell one hundred thousand billion units in a week.
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!
*Place hat with big "D" emblazoned on it on Top Score's head*
Well done, Top Score.
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!
*Place hat with big "D" emblazoned on it on Top Score's head*
Well done, Top Score.
My PS2 better not break
I'll cry and not buy a new one
I'll cry and not buy a new one
It also means that Sony are doing rather well :P
Keep in mind that the current vibes from the other console manufacturers are bad ones these days. Microsoft, for example, issued a press release saying how they were 'Celebrating coming 2nd' recently. There's two interpretations of that, either they've done rather well as a newcomer to beat Nintendo over the Christmas period, or you could say that 2nd place is soooooooo far behind first place in terms of units sold that Microsoft are just celebrating whilst they still can.
Even worse, Nintendo's own president said in a statement to Reuters that "It seems gamers aren't content to sit in front of a television set playing games all day" or something along those lines when commenting on poor Gamecube sales.
Either way, anyone who owns a PS2 gets peace of mind out of this, safe in the knowledge that sales of their console are going well and that this should ensure more games being developed for it, giving it a longer lifespan. Until their disc tray gets stuck that is.
Keep in mind that the current vibes from the other console manufacturers are bad ones these days. Microsoft, for example, issued a press release saying how they were 'Celebrating coming 2nd' recently. There's two interpretations of that, either they've done rather well as a newcomer to beat Nintendo over the Christmas period, or you could say that 2nd place is soooooooo far behind first place in terms of units sold that Microsoft are just celebrating whilst they still can.
Even worse, Nintendo's own president said in a statement to Reuters that "It seems gamers aren't content to sit in front of a television set playing games all day" or something along those lines when commenting on poor Gamecube sales.
Either way, anyone who owns a PS2 gets peace of mind out of this, safe in the knowledge that sales of their console are going well and that this should ensure more games being developed for it, giving it a longer lifespan. Until their disc tray gets stuck that is.
My PS2 is nearly 2 years old, and still no problems.
It does matter how many PS2 are out there for the reasons FantasyMeister stated.
It does matter how many PS2 are out there for the reasons FantasyMeister stated.
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.
>
> 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.
I think you will find that it is Xbox that use cheap @ss products like dvd drives that scratch discs, but then again MS would not do something like that because they are such a fair and just company. It is just people puting the disc in wrongly.
> 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.
>
> 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.
I think you will find that it is Xbox that use cheap @ss products like dvd drives that scratch discs, but then again MS would not do something like that because they are such a fair and just company. It is just people puting the disc in wrongly.
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.
"oh my lasers broken"
"my disc tray radomly opens"
"my memory card doesn't get rocognised"
"oh my lasers broken"
"my disc tray radomly opens"
"my memory card doesn't get rocognised"
Does it really matter that much if X console sells more than Y console?
The answer is no.
As long as people are happy with whatever console(s) they own, sales figures we've been deluged with over recent weeks aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
So what if Sony sells 100 billion PS2s, who gives a damn?
As long as I have my PS2, Gamecube and Xbox, and am able to enjoy all the great games on each system, I don't really care how many others are sold.
The answer is no.
As long as people are happy with whatever console(s) they own, sales figures we've been deluged with over recent weeks aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
So what if Sony sells 100 billion PS2s, who gives a damn?
As long as I have my PS2, Gamecube and Xbox, and am able to enjoy all the great games on each system, I don't really care how many others are sold.
Totoro wrote:
> And all of that means what exactly?
it means topscore can read sales figures from a report, then write them down again.
What a clever boy
:)
> And all of that means what exactly?
it means topscore can read sales figures from a report, then write them down again.
What a clever boy
:)
So in reality Sony only sold 25 million units to date and the rest were replacements?
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