Skating into the sunset in Vice City.
The PlayStation 2 launched in the US on October 26th 2000. The PlayStation 2, the biggest selling videogame format of all time (120 million shifted to date and over a billion games), is seven today. Wow!
Happy birthday old-timer, you have served us well. We’re not sure about your son yet. He’s a bit of a flashy show-off and has not really proven to us that he’s capable of many of his bigger boasts. But then, he’s a chip off the old man’s block eh?
The old fella has still got lead in his pencil, mind! Sony still expects to shift another 10 million additional PS2 consoles by March 2008, with 160 new titles expected in North America throughout the busy Christmas period and by the end of March 2008.
"Never before has an in-home game system experienced this type of worldwide success on such a long-lasting scale," said Peter Dille, SCEA's senior vice president of marketing and PlayStation network.
"PlayStation 2 is a perfect example of our ten year product lifecycle promise and is a testament to the design and technology that continues to be at the core of the product. While today's anniversary celebrates PlayStation 2's past, we’re very excited for its future", he added.
The top-selling PS2 titles worldwide are:
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (13 million)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (12 million)
Grand Theft Auto III (11 million)
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (11 million)
Gran Turismo 4 (8.79 million)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (7 million)
Kingdom Hearts (5.6 million)
Final Fantasy X (5 million)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (3.7 million)
Final Fantasy XII (3.68 million)
Happy birthday old-timer, you have served us well. We’re not sure about your son yet. He’s a bit of a flashy show-off and has not really proven to us that he’s capable of many of his bigger boasts. But then, he’s a chip off the old man’s block eh?
The old fella has still got lead in his pencil, mind! Sony still expects to shift another 10 million additional PS2 consoles by March 2008, with 160 new titles expected in North America throughout the busy Christmas period and by the end of March 2008.
"Never before has an in-home game system experienced this type of worldwide success on such a long-lasting scale," said Peter Dille, SCEA's senior vice president of marketing and PlayStation network.
"PlayStation 2 is a perfect example of our ten year product lifecycle promise and is a testament to the design and technology that continues to be at the core of the product. While today's anniversary celebrates PlayStation 2's past, we’re very excited for its future", he added.
The top-selling PS2 titles worldwide are:
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (13 million)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (12 million)
Grand Theft Auto III (11 million)
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (11 million)
Gran Turismo 4 (8.79 million)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (7 million)
Kingdom Hearts (5.6 million)
Final Fantasy X (5 million)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (3.7 million)
Final Fantasy XII (3.68 million)
Companies:
Sony
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