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No slim-line PS2 for the UK
Mortal Kombat: Kollection heading to PS2Today Sony Computer Entertainment America celebrates the seventh anniversary of the launch of its PlayStation 2 videogames console in North America.
The PS2 first launched across the US on October 26, 2000 and has since gone on to accumulate worldwide sales of over 120 million units – making it the most successful videogames console ever released.
Furthermore, the console smashed all previous records for the fastest games console to reach the 100-million shipment mark, achieving the number in just five years and nine months after its release. In contrast, the original PlayStation took nine years and six months to reach the same number.
Peter Dille, Senior Vice President of Marketing and PlayStation Network commented, "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' past, we’re very excited for its future."
SCEA has pledged that it aims to continue supporting the machine ten years into its life cycle, with 160 new titles due for release in the US between Christmas and March 2008. PS2’s library of games currently stands at over 1,400.
The best-selling PS2 games worldwide as of 2007 are as follows:
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar) (13 million)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar) (12 million)
Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar) (11 million)
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (Polyphony Digital) (11 million)
Gran Turismo 4 (Polyphony Digital) (8.79 million)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami) (7 million)
Kingdom Hearts (Square-Enix) (5.6 million)
Final Fantasy X (Square-Enix) (5 million)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami) (3.7 million)
Final Fantasy XII (Square-Enix) (3.68 million)
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Happy 7th birthday, PS2!!!
lol all the top 5 games for this year start with Gran, dunno if im the only one that found that funny..
newayz, happy birthday PS2, I remember you were givin to me back when you were 300$, you failed twice on me with your disc read errors and the failed HDD, but i forgave you and I took you back when you slimmed down.. Congrats for sony for making a console that is STILLL pushing out games 7 years later.. I think they should lower the price to 99$ for the birthday :).. I mean theyll still be making money..
Weee!
psn id: gingo... this is awesome and i've had my original ps2 for 6 years and its still going strong so i am very pleased with sonys hardware
Happy birthday PS2, we love u all sooooooooooooooo much. P.S. ha ha gamecube(didnt last very long did u) and ha xbox (big urgly black box, a total eye sore when I saw it) and xbox 360 boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo to heck boy
What a console, I still enjoy PS3 games today!
Happy Birthday PS2!
Happy birthday ps2,and congrats to Kutaragi for making such an out standing game console.
Yeah I still have my PS2, kicking it old school. :)
i still have my ps2 and is stayin strong for 4 years now. im so proud of sony for keepin this system still out in stores while the other systems are "GONE" [xbox and gamecube].
Happy 7th birthday sonyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! sony 4lifeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Best video game console of all time, and i thought GTA SA sold more then vice city oh i see.