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Sony Moves 10 Million PS2s
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Posted: 19th September 2002 14:28
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...In under five months!
According to a press release today from Sony, 40 million total Playstation 2 consoles have been sold worldwide. Naturally, the United States has seen the most, with nearly eighteen of those forty million units. Let's look at that from another angle, shall we? There are rougly a quarter-billion people in the United States right now. Eighteen million of them have a PS2. This is a taste over seven percent of the population as a whole - a staggering number for a video game console, especially one that is so young as the PS2 still is. With ten million pieces moved in under half a year, it appears that the PS2 is just now hitting its stride in a way that the PSX started to do soon after the release of FF7. It seems more than feasable to believe that the PS2 could overtake the NES as the largest-selling console ever in a few years. Source: GameSpot -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 20th September 2002 00:13
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Just because they're in the U.S., doesn't mean they've been sold to consumers.
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Posted: 20th September 2002 00:34
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That's pretty crazy. Makes me feel weird not having one!
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Post #2547
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Posted: 20th September 2002 02:50
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Sold means that somebody bought them, Proto. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 20th September 2002 14:56
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Whoops. I should've read that a bit more carefully.
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Post #2553
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Posted: 20th September 2002 15:18
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Yes, unless someone rushes the next generation of video game systems into the market too soon, killing the momentum. (*coughDreamcastcough*) -------------------- Hip-Hop QOTW: "Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac" "Game Theory" The Roots |
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Post #2556
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Posted: 20th September 2002 16:47
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NES IS KING. NOTHING CAN DETHRONE IT! IT IS THE ETERNAL EMPEROR OF VIDEO GAME CONSOLES!
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Post #2557
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Posted: 27th September 2002 02:06
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right.......Sugar rush anyone? |
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Post #2752
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Posted: 28th September 2002 00:46
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Actually, I agree with Rubes. As much as the PS2 might sell, remember that not as many people had video game systems as they do today. Everyone has them nowadays. NES is still king.
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Posted: 30th September 2002 05:28
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I read that ps3 is in production somewhere so does that mean sony is waaaaaaay confident? I think so
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Post #2919
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Posted: 30th September 2002 13:41
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Eh, I don't know that I agree with that... the PS2 was in development long before it released, and the more complex the consoles get, the longer it is going to take to develop them. I don't think it's overconfidence so much as it is trying to maintain a jump on the competition. I would be surprised to see PS3 within the next three years, myself, but what do I know? -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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