I'm just now realizing this. Lol.
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Guardian: Sony ends Playstation 2 production worldwide
- Thread starter ryūkotsusei
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I'm just now realizing this. Lol.
Betta Lines
Member
The true PS3 Slim. Coming soon!
faceless007
Member
Guess they still have a batch in the Sony Store for the bargain basement price of $149. They must know they can charge a premium for collectors.
I bit the bullet and picked the last one up at Fry's last week.
I bit the bullet and picked the last one up at Fry's last week.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Almost.
SNES: 49,100,000
PS1: 102,490,000
PS2: 153,600,000
Wii: 97,180,000
360: 70,000,000
PS3: 70,200,000
Lion Heart
Banned
PS2?
Not bad.
Not bad.
This. RIP PS2.
90TilInfinity
Member
It's looking that way. The big hint is the fact that they're releasing a Naughty Dog game only 5/6 weeks after a Studio Santa Monica game in the Spring. Never mind the fact Naughty Dog have never released a game before October since Crash 1 and that was August 31st.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
RIP best system ever
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I wonder if PS2 games will still sell.
The only game that I can think of that could hit charts is FIFA.
The only game that I can think of that could hit charts is FIFA.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
There will never be a PS2 after the PS2, the amount of quality exclusives is yet to be matched.
Fixed. I still have Valkyrie Profile 2, God Hand and DDS 1&2 to complete, and a bunch of games (like Criterion's Black) to buy. And I still play EDF split-screen with a friend from time to time.
disappeared
Banned
Long live the king.
lazybones18
Banned
You will never be forgotten
The best game of the best console last gen.
Wow I'm actually sad. So sad, I went on youtube and had to listen to this for a few minutes for the rush of nostalgia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1MOOj18FvU
God that was such a weird looking intro menu screen. Loved the music. Beat the hell out of FFX back in the day.
However, the king, for me, was KH1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfowliTnlo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1MOOj18FvU
God that was such a weird looking intro menu screen. Loved the music. Beat the hell out of FFX back in the day.
However, the king, for me, was KH1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfowliTnlo
Mr. Pointy
Member
I still got a silver fat model sitting around. I ain't parting with it.
As soon as I heard the news I thought I better buy another PS2 as a back up. I am on my 2nd PS2, my launch PS2 stopped reading discs and my current slim hasn't been turned on in years (not sure if it still works or how long it will last).
I think I'll not buy a new PS2 and instead I may actually now buy Persona 4 (never played a Persona game before) and play my PS2 this weekend and play some of my older PS2 games.
Hydrargyrus
Member
The King is dead!, long live the King!
wait, the ps3 already overtake the 360 worldwide?
No, the PS3 figures are just more up to date, and nowhere does it say 70.2m, Sony said 70mill+
One thing I always felt and shared in conversation with friends was that Sony would and should not announce the PS4 until they retire the PS2 and then should announce it within the same calendar/fiscal year.
One thing I don't have faith in with Sony is that I doubt they will give the Playstation 2 a proper send off. A huge send off could revitalize the Playstation Brand commercially.
It's like the Walkman brand, labeling their phones Walkman would be a huge brand recognition for them.
One thing I don't have faith in with Sony is that I doubt they will give the Playstation 2 a proper send off. A huge send off could revitalize the Playstation Brand commercially.
It's like the Walkman brand, labeling their phones Walkman would be a huge brand recognition for them.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I saw that they both updated on the same day. PS3 is definitely ahead.
OccamsBlender
Member
At first I thought the PS2 shut down excluded "emerging markets" like India, Brazil and the Middle East but nope. Looks like the PS2 has passed.
No it isn't, the 360 numbers are end of September, the 70m PS3 figure is for early November.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/16/ps3-70-million-move-15-million/
'PlayStation 3 worldwide shipments reached the 70 million mark as of November 4, Sony announced today.'
As a SEGA fan, at first I wasn't very much of a fan of the system, but it definitely proved itself with its awesome library (whose games I'm still playing/discovering - in the middle of P4 right now), to become one of my favorites. So much better than what came afterwards as far as game consoles are concerned.
I got my PS2 for Christmas 2001 - I saw the writing on the wall with the DC and that all the RPGs were coming to the PS2. FFX, MGS2 and DMC were the games that sold me. I remember asking for one and that Christmas, my mom told me I'd get a gift that I would LOVE. So I'm like "yeah, the PS2. I know." and my mom was like "nope.. you'll see"... so I opened the PS2, copies of aforementioned games, and then got another gift... a small jewelry box. Opened it up and it was car keys to my mom's Accord! Best Christmas EVER!!!
I got my PS2 for Christmas 2001 - I saw the writing on the wall with the DC and that all the RPGs were coming to the PS2. FFX, MGS2 and DMC were the games that sold me. I remember asking for one and that Christmas, my mom told me I'd get a gift that I would LOVE. So I'm like "yeah, the PS2. I know." and my mom was like "nope.. you'll see"... so I opened the PS2, copies of aforementioned games, and then got another gift... a small jewelry box. Opened it up and it was car keys to my mom's Accord! Best Christmas EVER!!!
Parmenides
Banned
March 2005
-PS1 sold 30m after the PS2 launch
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PS1 Era - Production Shipments of Hardware (Unit: Million)
------------------------------------------------------------------
December 1994 0.30 ---> Sony launches PS1 in JAP
March 1999 54.42 ---> Sony unveils PS2
March 2000 72.89 ---> Sony launches PS2 in JAP
September 2000 75.92
June 2002 90.30
May 2004 100.0
March 2005 102.49 ---> End of cycle
-------------------------------------------------------------------PS2 has sold near 50m since the PS3 launch
PS2 Worldwide Unit Sales (Unit: Million)
Code:
Hardware Sales Ap-Jn Jl-Sp Oc-Dc Ja-Mr FY LTD
FY 2006/07 2.3 3.4 6.7 2.4 14.8 115.6
FY 2007/08 2.7 3.2 5.4 2.4 13.7 129.3
FY 2008/09 1.5 2.5 2.5 1.4 7.9 137.2
FY 2009/10 1.6 1.9 2.1 1.7 7.3 144.5
FY 2010/11 1.6 1.5 2.1 1.2 6.4 150.9
FY 2011/12 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.6 4.1 155.1
FY 2012/13 ? ? ? ? ? ?PS2 has sold over 144.5M worldwide; PSP 61.5M; PS3 35.7M (March 2010)
PS2 has sold over 147.6M ;over 1.5B Units of PS2 Games have been sold (September 2010)
PS2 Sell-in Reaches 150M (Jan 31,2011);over 1.52B Units of PS2 Software sold (End of Dec, 2011)
PS3 Sell-in Reaches 50M (March 29,2011)
PSP Sell-in Reaches 70M (April 27, 2011);Cumulative Software Sales Reach 298M (End of March 2011)
PS2 has sold over 153.6M worldwide; PSP over 73.0M; PS3 55.5M (September 2011)
-PS3? PS1 has a small lead (5m),but the PS3 is selling far better now than the PS1 at this point in the cycle (3m).The PS3 has hundreds of games in development and is 100-150 more expensive than the PS1.
Syphon Filter
Member
wow it has been a long time. What game was your favorite? Mine was easily SOCOM 2,so many fun hours put into that tittle:
btw anyone agree that they should bring back the old PS logo?
btw anyone agree that they should bring back the old PS logo?
wow it has been a long time. What game was your favorite? Mine was easily SOCOM 2,so many fun hours put into that tittle:
Probably GTA: San Andreas. Gran Turismo 3, Metal Gear Solid 3, and Guitar Hero II get honorable mentions.
Mostly kids, and most of them are getting wiis right now anyway, PS2 had a great run in south america.. just not in brasil where it was launched 3 years ago lol
Easily this:
I'd also say Rez but that was originally on DC and then the HD version came out on 360 rendering the old ones obsolete.
They never really got rid of it...btw anyone agree that they should bring back the old PS logo?