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100 Million PS2s Shipped

Posted by Zonk on from the prolific-console dept.

1up.com reports on a Sony release stating they've shipped 100 Million PS2 consoles. From the article: "PSOne took more than nine years to reach the same milestone Sony's achieved with PlayStation 2 in a little more than five. Sony says global shipments of PlayStation 2 break down to 40.65 million units in North America, 37.14 million in Europe and 22.22 million in all of Asia. The end result is Sony having a PlayStation brand that's moved roughly 1.86 billion units of hardware in a little over a decade, with plenty of time for PlayStation 2 to keep growing as the company makes the shift into next-generation in the coming year. "

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  1. Yeah, but... by hawkbug · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I want to know how many of those units sold were replacements for the shitty first generation ones that died on people! I've had 3 PS1 consoles and also 2 PS2 consoles. Crappy lasers make crappy console parts.

  2. 1.8 Billion SOFTWARE, 200+ Million PS1+PS2s... by javaxman · · Score: 4, Interesting
    so, how much does it pay to be a slashdot editor, because I'm sure I'd actually read the linked article and check the story for obvious errors before submitting it ( yea, I'll be modded down, but isn't that what an "editor" is supposed to do? Half the damn posts here are about the story's "1.86 billion hardware" mistake... )

    Anyway, a key point here is ( or should be ) that there have been 1.86 *billion* Sony Playstation game disks sold. If the PS3 is backwards-compatible, that's a lot of people who have a lot of games they can *already* play on that system.

    Another key point is that the PS2 is going to continue to be sold for some time, and is easily the most successful console of all time, selling 100 million in 5 years and still going strong. I know people who will be getting thier *first* PS2 this Christmas, and believe me, they aren't thinking of it as a console near the end of it's life. I expect the PSone to be phased out sometime after the introduction of the PS3, but the PS2 is going to be around for a while yet.

  3. Kudos to Sony by fujiman · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The PS2 has proven that game consoles are expendable, replaceable, and most importantly for them, re-purchaseable. It seems that if you keep your price even with the percieved value of replacement, you'll sell those things until you run out of plastic to make them.

    While I'd love a console that would last at least 5 years, the PS2 model is making me think they won't try that hard next go-round.

    Why sell something once to someone when you can sell it over and over (also see: music CDs)?

    Actually, I think that is one of many reasons Sony-BMG (et al) hate the digital media (yes, I know CDs are technically digital media) -- it doesn't scratch and never has to be replaced. Not much money in that.

    That being said, MS is doing a great job peeing in their pie. By shortening the console generation, MS is basically robbing Sony of profit. Since Sony has such an enormous lead this time, anything to shake them off balance is good for MS.

    The other thing MS is doing right is the Live Marketplace. Everyone (I know) who has seen it has fallen in love with it. People will be spending money like crazy, 5 bucks at a time.

    Back to Geometry Wars...