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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Directly from PlayStation's website - https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/playstation-history/2000-ps2-psp/

 

[LectureMaster]

Legendary console.

 

[Sooner]

Oh, I thought it sold poorly.

 

[Tsaki]

Everyone doubted Jimmy...

 

[Ridicululzz]

If the Switch starts catching up then I’m expecting this number to increase by another 5-10 million. Maybe they’ll find more sales hidden under the bed or something

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Guess Jimbo didn't lie after all

 

[Magic Carpet]

We will have to discover alien worlds with gamer aliens to reach those numbers again.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Now explain the Vita. Great hardware but shit support.

 

[Hookshot]

Clever of them to say "Over" so they can just keep making up numbers each time the Switch get's close. "170 is over 160" "220 is over 160"

If they know the total, they should say the total.

 

[Kvally]

When will the lies END!?

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Still the best console ever

Ratchet and Clank
Ratchet and Clank Going Commando
Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal
Ratchet and Clank Deadlocked
Resident Evil Code Veronica
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreak 2
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Star Ocean 3 Till the End of Time
Xenosaga
Xenosaga 2
Xenosaga 3
Extermination
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Oni
Gungrave
Kingdom Hearts

There's more but these are the ones I can think of atm.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Still the best console ever

Ratchet and Clank
Ratchet and Clank Going Commando
Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal
Ratchet and Clank Deadlocked
Resident Evil Code Veronica
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreak 2
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Star Ocean 3 Till the End of Time
Xenosaga
Xenosaga 2
Xenosaga 3
Extermination
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Oni
Gungrave
Kingdom Hearts

There's more but these are the ones I can think of atm.

Bad hardware. Great software library.

 

[Fake]

And have the best launch games of all time.

Glad to have a PS2 here.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

160 million dvd players. Not saying that it wouldn’t have done well without it. But the first entree level lowest priced dvd player during first launch years at the time helped a lot. Some individuals just bought it for that, not a game machine.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

And Dreamcast was still better somehow. Amazing.

 

[NeverYouMind]

160 million dvd players. Not saying that it wouldn’t have done well without it. But the first entree level lowest priced dvd player during first launch years at the time helped a lot. Some individuals just bought it for that, not a game machine.

I still use mine as a DVD player most of the time.

 

[Codes 208]

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

And Dreamcast was still better somehow. Amazing.

 

[Mr Moose]

Clever of them to say "Over" so they can just keep making up numbers each time the Switch get's close. "170 is over 160" "220 is over 160"

If they know the total, they should say the total.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

It's probably my favorite console of all time.

I own three of them and have extensively modified them all.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

 

[Senua]

GOAT console really

 

[Badlucktroll]

I hope Konami will now return to the glory of its ps2 days

 

[yogaflame]

I'm one of them

 

[rm082e]

It wound up being the PlayStation console I used the least. The Xbox and GameCube stole most of the gaming time I had that generation. I missed out on most of the games people look back on as amazing classics.

 

[nial]

And none of this would have been possible without TVDJ, my beloved.

 

[Kikorin]

They're buying every piece of hardware ever produced still out there to improve the total number, but Switch is going to surpass that anyway at this point. Is over, rest now.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social)

According to Circana's Retail Tracking Service, lifetime US PS2 hardware sales are at 46.6M, so around 29% of the global total. https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/playstation-history/2000-ps2-psp/

bsky.app

 

[nial]

Ia this the first time SIE acknowledges 'PS2 Super Slim' as an official name?

 

[BigLee74]

I had one (it was my last PS), and I think I only ever played GTA VC, Tiger Woods 2003 and the Tomb Raider Legend demo on it.

It was a Xmas pressie from my wife, but I had a good gaming PC at the time and it never got a look in. It didn’t help that it sat in the living room and I could never get on it for her watching the TV.

Ah, memories.

 

[kiphalfton]

160 million dvd players. Not saying that it wouldn’t have done well without it. But the first entree level lowest priced dvd player during first launch years at the time helped a lot. Some individuals just bought it for that, not a game machine.

The PS2 was truly a three entree console. PS1 games, PS2 games, and DVD playback.

 

[Topher]

When will the lies END!?

What lies?

 

[Hookshot]

That's made not sold. I owned two PS2's, I'm not doubting it was popular but Sony are claiming that 160+ million were sold, that picture if it is proof says 160.6 million were made, and that's why it doesn't make sense. Things like the yellow light issue that PS2's had would have led to lots of replacements but those 2 numbers can't account for them.

 

[Gaiff]

Somebody’s feeling the heat of the Switch.

That's made not sold. I owned two PS2's, I'm not doubting it was popular but Sony are claiming that 160+ million were sold, that picture if it is proof says 160.6 million were made, and that's why it doesn't make sense. Things like the yellow light issue that PS2's had would have led to lots of replacements but those 2 numbers can't account for them.

Unless you stole those PS2s directly from Sony or got them replaced, it’s likely they were sold, no?

 

[Mr Moose]

That's made not sold. I owned two PS2's, I'm not doubting it was popular but Sony are claiming that 160+ million were sold, that picture if it is proof says 160.6 million were made, and that's why it doesn't make sense. Things like the yellow light issue that PS2's had would have led to lots of replacements but those 2 numbers can't account for them.

And they are telling you it sold over 160M.

 

[dezzy8]

The PS2 was truly a three entree console. PS1 games, PS2 games, and DVD playback.

The backwards comparability is so understated. I remember playing PS1 games on mine for about the first 3 months before I got Gran Turismo 3.

 

[jm89]

That's made not sold. I owned two PS2's, I'm not doubting it was popular but Sony are claiming that 160+ million were sold, that picture if it is proof says 160.6 million were made, and that's why it doesn't make sense. Things like the yellow light issue that PS2's had would have led to lots of replacements but those 2 numbers can't account for them.

 

[Wolves hunt in packs]

Still the best console ever

Ratchet and Clank
Ratchet and Clank Going Commando
Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal
Ratchet and Clank Deadlocked
Resident Evil Code Veronica
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreak 2
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Star Ocean 3 Till the End of Time
Xenosaga
Xenosaga 2
Xenosaga 3
Extermination
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Oni
Gungrave
Kingdom Hearts

There's more but these are the ones I can think of atm.

God of War.

 

[noob smokes]

these dudes in here salty af lmaoo



Its the king of consoles always will be no one can doubt its legacy

 

[Hookshot]

Somebody’s feeling the heat of the Switch.

Unless you stole those PS2s directly from Sony or got them replaced, it’s likely they were sold, no?

And they are telling you it sold over 160M.

If you two want to believe that in 13 years of production that Sony didn't replace, lose, have damaged in transport, stolen or gave away any more than 636,884 consoles allowing them to sell at least 160,000,001 consoles then that's fine. I'll think the number etched in the picture has to be incorrect if they did sell 160 million.

 

[Gaiff]

If you two want to believe that in 13 years of production that Sony didn't replace, lose, have damaged in transport or give away any more than 636,884 consoles allowing them to sell at least 160,000,001 consoles then that's fine. I'll think the number etched in the picture has to be incorrect if they did sell 160 million.

Sure, but then it’s the same for every other manufacturer. 85M Xbox 360 sold includes the myriad replaced because of the RROD hardware failure. Can’t single out the PS2.

 

[Big Baller]

I wanna hear some PS2 lttp's from EverydayBeast

 

[Topher]

If you two want to believe that in 13 years of production that Sony didn't replace, lose, have damaged in transport or give away any more than 636,884 consoles allowing them to sell at least 160,000,001 consoles then that's fine. I'll think the number etched in the picture has to be incorrect if they did sell 160 million.

That's going to be the case for any console. Are you going to suggest Xbox or Switch sales numbers are actually less than reported as well?

 

[jm89]

If you two want to believe that in 13 years of production that Sony didn't replace, lose, have damaged in transport or give away any more than 636,884 consoles allowing them to sell at least 160,000,001 consoles then that's fine. I'll think the number etched in the picture has to be incorrect if they did sell 160 million.

That applies to any console

Actually applies to anything sold.

 

[deriks]

The right product at the right time with the right marketing

I would bet that the Switch could pass it thou. It's still selling well, but PS2 was selling hot cakes even when the PS3 came, and chances are that when the Switch 2 arrives, people will forget the original

 

[Little Chicken]

A mountain of plastic that will never degrade. Congrats Sony

 

[Spiral1407]

Can't argue with it now. It's not just lil ol' Jimmy saying it anymore...

 

[sachos]

Amazing, i've been playing some of the PS2 games in release order and its fun to see the evolution of games that way. 60fps was more common than you would think thanks to field rendering.
Are they building up to some big reveal though? Its nice they recognize their history but it would be great if they could improve on their emulation efforts.

 

[Hookshot]

Sure, but then it’s the same for every other manufacturer. 85M Xbox 360 sold includes the myriad replaced by the RROD hardware failure. Can’t single out the PS2.

That's going to be the case for any console. Are you going to suggest Xbox or Switch sales numbers are actually less than reported as well?

That applies to any console

Actually applies to anything sold.

Where have I said otherwise? I want to know the exact total of sold PS2s, that picture claims they produced over 160 million but by such a small amount that it's unlikely they could have sold 160 million. So let's ignore it and go back to my original post.

"If they know the total, they should say the total."