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PlayStation 2 shipments in Japan cease today
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Azure Dream
Member
Goodnight, PlayStation 2. May your towers grow ever taller.
(Sad I can't find the direct feed comparison right now.)
(Sad I can't find the direct feed comparison right now.)
More like this. There are countries where the PS2 officially launched in 2010/11. It has quite a few million more to go worldwide. I hope Sony releases a PR at the end of PS2s life, because the shipment figures are now together with the PS3.
Best console ever, supreme leader of its generation, and home of some of the best games ever created. It contunued to sell nicely 5 years after 99% of developers abandoned it, a fate that will surely be repeated with PS3 [especially with WiiU multiplatform games driving content].
Rest in peace.
The Praiseworthy
Member
The best console of all time... can't believe there are people who still question the PS2 and what did it offer :\
I mean, for real? seriously?
I mean, for real? seriously?
SolidSnakex
Member
It does when basically every major developer is making games for it, and many of those developers are making exclusives for it.
The PS2 will still be manufactured and sold, but not in Japan anymore. The old king is still alive, he's just wandering the world in search of nations that can't afford his successors to the throne.
Angelus Errare
Banned
It had an amazing run in Japan. Sad to see it go, definitely the king of kings. So many great memories, and so many amazing games both big budget and quirky low budget.
lmao.
lmao.
Actually, I can only remember horrible ads for PS2. People running around in an African like animals and "PS2-the third place". WTF forever, especially in non-English countries like mine, nobody understood what the hell that was about.
At least Sony reached tgeir goal and got that third place with their third console
My launch EU PS2 is still going strong, as is the dualshock I got for my PSone.
Canis lupus
Member
You did good ps2. I wonder how long it will stay in production for other markets.
Oh yes a gif of this.
Oh yes a gif of this.
Alias Greed
Neo Member
Goodbye greatest console of all time. I still have a new un-opened ps2 slim in a closet somewhere. (I hope it works since its un-opened lol) I bought it for when 15 years from now I want to replay Shadow Hearts Covenant or Final Fantasy XII in their original hardware. Not to mention countless other games.
I hope next-gen (PS4 and 720) can recapture the middle budget developer game which was what made this console amazing.
The SNES -> PS1 -> Dreamcast -> PS2 transition will never be beaten. To bad it was broken this gen as no system took the crown.
I hope next-gen (PS4 and 720) can recapture the middle budget developer game which was what made this console amazing.
The SNES -> PS1 -> Dreamcast -> PS2 transition will never be beaten. To bad it was broken this gen as no system took the crown.
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
It had a good run. Will likely be remembered as the best ever in a decade or so, once those that grew up with it get older and nostalgic. Hard to argue either.
Exactly. SCEE territories covers 99 countries (Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania) and I guess PS2 will sell on at least 1/3 of them for years to come.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
exmachina64
Banned
I still remember picking up my launch PS2 on release day. When I think about my shared history with that console...so many highs and lows. Thanks for everything, Sony.
perfectchaos007
Member
RIP console that first brought us Toy Story graphics.
thehypocrite
Member
The king, so much awesome content in a box.
Bow.
Bow.
michaelius
Banned
Now can we get that PS3 deluxe model with PS2 parts built in for BC?
Cyborg
Member
Neff
Member
Don't get me wrong, it has a ton of games I like, but very, very few I love. I need to look to other consoles for a surplus of software that turns me into Gene Kelly.
Maximilian E.
AKA MS-Evangelist
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PS2 had a huge cultural impact and really helped to boost the VG business to a "mainstream" market and helped to make VG much more accepted.
Its impact cannot be neglected..
PS2 had a huge cultural impact and really helped to boost the VG business to a "mainstream" market and helped to make VG much more accepted.
Its impact cannot be neglected..
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Fear not die, I'll be alive for a million years, bye bye's
Are not for legends, I'm forever young, my name shall survive.
Are not for legends, I'm forever young, my name shall survive.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
We shall miss you, PS2!
We won't.
Firmware updates, online passes + devs' emphasis on online play, digital distribution, same-screen multiplayer becoming less common, and the fading out of certain franchises that made PS2 so awesome...
...will make sure of that.
SolidSnakex
Member
Another thing that'll never happen is the emphasis on high framerate. The PS2 had a crazy amount of 60fps games. Some weren't locked, but many devs seemed to aim for that framerate. Now it's pretty rare to see that happen outside of fighting games and some racers.
Vampire Baseball
Member
Damn, I remember buying mine 10 years ago for GTA and Kingdom Hearts. Amazing that all a decade later I cant wait to play the new GTA and yet dont give a crap about KH anymore. Hahaha
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
I can actually say this without sarcasm:
The PS2 had a good run.
The PS2 had a good run.
WAR recon zero
Banned
Not trolling, i wonder how many alive fats are out there
This is the PS2, not the Wii. PS2 probably has more good games than the total amount of games released on the Dreamcast.
Easily the best library of any platform that isn't the PC.
Mine is, I had to fix the DVD drive after 6 years or so but other than that it held up well.