Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that the cumulative worldwide shipment of its popular PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system had reached 20 million units.
This achievement of 20 million units comes only 6 months after the 10 million unit shipment made in one year since the launch. Compared to the shipment achieved by the original PlayStation®, which was launched December 1994 and has shipped over 85 million units worldwide by now, PlayStation 2 has marked the shipment of 3.4 times the volume during the same period after the launch.
As for PlayStation 2 software titles, 296 have been released in Japan and by the end of March 2002, cumulative number of titles is expected to be more than 570. In North America and Europe, in addition to the 292 and 111 titles already available, 82 and 250 titles are expected to be released towards the end of the fiscal year.
This achievement of 20 million units comes only 6 months after the 10 million unit shipment made in one year since the launch. Compared to the shipment achieved by the original PlayStation®, which was launched December 1994 and has shipped over 85 million units worldwide by now, PlayStation 2 has marked the shipment of 3.4 times the volume during the same period after the launch.
As for PlayStation 2 software titles, 296 have been released in Japan and by the end of March 2002, cumulative number of titles is expected to be more than 570. In North America and Europe, in addition to the 292 and 111 titles already available, 82 and 250 titles are expected to be released towards the end of the fiscal year.
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