Happy Birthday!!! - PS2 Turns 7
By Stephany on Friday, October 26th, 2007 at 3:28 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Gamer Life, Games Industry, Sony, Sony
Today is the North American birthday of the PS2. October 26, 2000, the PS2 first went on sale and broke the record for the fastest selling console and as of today, 120 million PS2 consoles have been sold worldwide. That number make the PS2 the best selling console to ever hit the market, and to add to the mix - there have been more than billions units of software sold for it worldwide as well. This is not surprising since the PS2 has one of the best gaming catalogs with over 1,400 titles and you can add another 160 titles to that come March 2008.
SCEA’s Peter Dille had this to say about the console: “Never before has an in-home game system experienced this type of worldwide success on such a long-lasting scale. 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.”
SECA will be launching a limited edition ceramic white PS2 bundled with SingStar Pop and two USB microphones in November to celebrate. A couple more things worth mentioning is SECA’s commitment to a 10-year product lifecycle for the console and during its current fiscal year, SECA has reported that 30 million titles have been sold for the PS2 and 10 million additional consoles are expected to sell by the end of March 2008.
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)
Thanks: GamesIndustry.biz
Its really difficult to develop for compared to the Xbox and all the effort you have to put into learning how to do it isn’t transferable to other systems. This console is basically a waste of time for developers and because of that the Xbox (which is cheaper and much easier to develop for) will be the winner of this round. The fact that Sony have so many huge exclusive franchises like Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy won’t make any difference. You mark my words, Sony are doomed I tell ya!
Sorry, I had a bit of a flashback there
Ugh, ceramic white WITH SINGSTAR…what a crap way to celebrate. How about a limited edition ceramic white PS2 with an extra controller, memory card and one of those games as a way to celebrate. You know, celebrate why the PS2 is so utterly fantastic…not Singstar.
@ Joelteon7
I’m with you, all the way.
What I want to know, is how that cake tasted, it looks yummy.
I really dont understand why people think GTA is that good. I guess its just their preference then.
Norbit your ridiculus fan boy comment was not needed. If you don’t enjoy Sony’s products don’t post on a thread thats entirely about sony. Keep your two sense to yourself. Thank you.
It’s a idea