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Sony Moves 10 Million PS2s

Posted on Thursday 19th September 2002 at 14:28 by Rangers51
Playstation 2
...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
Posted in: Gaming Industry News

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SECProtoComment 1: 2002-09-20 00:13
SECProto Just because they're in the U.S., doesn't mean they've been sold to consumers.
Jlombardi13Comment 2: 2002-09-20 00:34
Jlombardi13 That's pretty crazy. Makes me feel weird not having one!
Rangers51Comment 3: 2002-09-20 02:50
Rangers51
Quote (SECProto @ 19 Sep. 2002, 19:13)
Just because they're in the U.S., doesn't mean they've been sold to consumers.

Sold means that somebody bought them, Proto.
SECProtoComment 4: 2002-09-20 14:56
SECProto Whoops. I should've read that a bit more carefully. -_-
GearsComment 5: 2002-09-20 15:18
Gears
Quote (Rangers51 @ 19 Sep. 2002, 09:28)
It seems more than feasable to believe that the PS2 could overtake the NES as the largest-selling console ever in a few years.

Yes, unless someone rushes the next generation of video game systems into the market too soon, killing the momentum. (*coughDreamcastcough*)
RubicantComment 6: 2002-09-20 16:47
Rubicant NES IS KING. NOTHING CAN DETHRONE IT! IT IS THE ETERNAL EMPEROR OF VIDEO GAME CONSOLES!
Spoony BardComment 7: 2002-09-27 02:06
Spoony Bard
Quote (Rubicant @ 20 Sep. 2002, 11:47)
NES IS KING. NOTHING CAN DETHRONE IT! IT IS THE ETERNAL EMPEROR OF VIDEO GAME CONSOLES!

right.......Sugar rush anyone?
Jlombardi13Comment 8: 2002-09-28 00:46
Jlombardi13 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.
Zero_HawkComment 9: 2002-09-30 05:28
Zero_Hawk I read that ps3 is in production somewhere so does that mean sony is waaaaaaay confident? I think so
Rangers51Comment 10: 2002-09-30 13:41
Rangers51
Quote (Zero_Hawk @ 30 Sep. 2002, 00:28)
I read that ps3 is in production somewhere so does that mean sony is waaaaaaay confident? I think so

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?
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