Sony Profits, PS2 Sales Slide

Thanks to Gamesindustry.biz for their article discussing Sony's disappointing games division financial results. According to the piece: "Global sales of the PlayStation 2 may well have peaked, with Sony's results for the quarter ended June 30 revealing a steep decline in sales of the console and a drop in overall revenues for the games division of the corporation." The specific news was mixed: "The company sold some 4.59 million PS2s during the quarter last year - this year, however, the figure has dropped off to 2.65 million. As you might expect at this point in the console's life cycle, however, software sales are up - gaining four million units in during the period this year to bring the total to 31 million units."

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Re:pos hardware

[Riff10111]

I bet 60-75% of those broken PS2's could've been fixed with a CD/DVD cleaner kit. Or, if you're adventureous like me, you can open the lid and clean the lens manually with some rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip. I was getting the disc-read errors constantly, but now it loads like a dream... and I got it about a week after they hit the market.

(note: don't try if it's still under warranty)