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PS2 is one of the biggest-selling video game consoles of all time, with over 160,000,000 consoles sold worldwide since 2000
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JimmyRustler
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I think I had three if them.
Good memories. Remember it being almost impossible to find for good while after launch. Good old days before the internet.
Good memories. Remember it being almost impossible to find for good while after launch. Good old days before the internet.
TheDarkPhantom
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PlayStation the King, don't ever get it confused 
00_Zer0
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Jimbo pulled those extra numbers out of his own ass a year or so ago. XBox has become irrelevant in recent years and Sony is well on their way to follow suit in recent years with their ridiculous practices and low effort/boring release schedule.
Mr Moose
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Puscifer
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I mean I wouldn't doubt if it was more than 160 million, especially when it was 100 bucks and often went on sale for 50 a few years into the PS360 gen where it was cheaper than a next gen game
Muddy
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Guess Jimbo didn't lie after all
Why did people think Jim would lie about that?
lockdown2222
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Thank you so much for putting this together. I’m gonna try to tackle this over holiday break and paternity leave!
PixelatedBeast
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I dont know how the hell Switch started getting classified as a home console when its main selling point is being portable, but even if the Ps2 does get passed up, its sales performance was is more impressive considering it did that when gaming was considered niche and in a shorter time span. The Ps2 had the best library and released at the perfect time to take advantage of the DVD era.
The Ps3 would have probably done the same if it wasnt over priced and made with the cell architecture. I still think that console had the best features at release and the Ps6 should copy its OS.
The Ps3 would have probably done the same if it wasnt over priced and made with the cell architecture. I still think that console had the best features at release and the Ps6 should copy its OS.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Idk man, this time around the 160M PS2 sales figure is coming straight from Sony themselves, so it's as official as it gets so surely there's no more doubters... right?
Oh wait, let's go back to #5 post in this very thread and see what they said.
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Zathalus
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Shorter time span? It took over a decade to pass the 150 million mark, the Switch hasn’t even been on the market for 8 years and is going to pass the 150 million number this holiday season. I’m not sure if gaming was niche either, the late 90s on is where consoles surged in popularity and the generation right after the PS2 sold by far most consoles ever. Even the PS2/Xbox/GC generation outsold PS4/One/Wii U.
Kataploom
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Why did you think they increased it? Lol they did the same when the NDS surpassed it, what a joke
RetroGamingUK
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Weird thread title
It’s not one of the best selling, it IS the best selling.
It’s not one of the best selling, it IS the best selling.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
It's not weird at all. It's what Sony officially communicated hence the thread title.
I think the ps5 has the potential if they go for a long generation and with diminishing returns seems like a good timing for one.
Rat Rage
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awwr999999
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PS needs to return to the glory of its PS2 days.
PS2 limitations provide constraint that forces studios to be more creative while lower game dev costs allow studios to take bigger risks.
The strict restrictions are why it's the last true game console - game size limit, no DLC, no micro-transactions, no F2P. It's built around great single player offline games and provides a game focused UX.
Until PS engineers a new bespoke CPU/GPU (not x86 AMD) that provides limitations/constraint and has lower game dev costs - the PS2 HW's the only way Sony can bring back their winning formula.
If the PS3 had been a logical successor to the PS2 it would have done the same number of units.
An affordable PS2 console with better specs (EE2+GS2) will sell better than the original PS2.
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Hero_Select
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People here already trying to wave off the Switch whenever it does pass it in sales, and it will. Lol.
The original PS3 design was the closest to a PS2 successor we could ever hope for. It would have likely been even more expensive to manufacture (at least initially) than what we eventually got though - Ken's ambitions couldn't be boxed in to a mid-gen upgrade.
I mean - maybe someone could engineer a PS2 class console using an FPGA now that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. Add a distribution platform and...
Not having socom 1&2 on that list is criminal.
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
yea it applies the same for switch.
Heisenberg007
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That's an odd thing to say.
A game console sold because of what it offered as a whole package. All those features (including the DVD player) were in there for a reason: to sell the gaming console.
chokotoureiki
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Doesn't matter if the Switch outsells it. The PS2 still won by a MASSIVE landslide over the GC and Xbox. And it was painfully clear the GC and Xbox lost. Even the Ninty fans admit it even though they want to argue that it still made a profit (doesn't matter, Nintendo changed its strategy from competing on power to being different, otherwise if they were content with the GC's mild profit, they would've continued making more consoles like GC). Whereas the Switch is competing against the PS4 and PS5 which aren't that far behind and are still widely regarded as successes. GC was a failure in every regard.
NeverYouMind
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It won't even pass the NDS...
chokotoureiki
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They take every Playstation success as an attack on their ego. That's why they're the absolute worst fanboys. They vehemently want to belittle everything Sony has ever done and turn everything into a pissing contest. (oh wow Astrobot sold 1.5 mil copies, well Super Mario sold 130334455 copies lolololzz)
Switch may not have dropped in price but it did sell in like what, 3 SKUs - Switch Lite, Switch OLED, and Switch OG. I bought all 3, so that must mean several other Ninty fans did the same thing with rebuying hardware, so it makes the Switch's sales even less impressive. And then there's like several different bundles and editions like Zelda TOTK and Switch Lite Hyrule edition and knowing full well how fanatical their fans are, would literally collect EVERY edition available to showcase their massive videogame collections. Like seriously, Nintendo fans will rebuy the same thing in different variations and colors many, many, many times over bc that's how obsessed they are.
Also, Switch is a portable. I mean, can you imagine how easy it is to lose those things?? I wouldn't be surprised if lots of ppl had to rebuy a lost Switch.
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StereoVsn
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The OG Phat PS2 is still my favorite console of all times. I modded it to play games off the hard drive, installed SATA SDD and run it through Retrotink 5x. It’s amazing to this day.Directly from PlayStation's website - https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/playstation-history/2000-ps2-psp/
I really want to do the HDMI mod, but it’s a pain.
Unknown?
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Most likely they just replaced the disk drive and returned the same unit.
chokotoureiki
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PS2 YLOD? Wow your credibility just went down faster than SBF in a crypto scam. You're embarrassing yourself. Yeah, and I bought all 3 Switch versions - Lite, OLED, and OG. I guess my consumer habits diminished the Switch's sales too.
Even then, Nintendo still lost their stranglehold in the portable market. They went from 2 pillar to only 1. DS line was discontinued.
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Itchy Tickles
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Uh oh, a console being congratulated for selling a shit ton, but isn't Nintendo? Better suck off poor little Nintendo as they are somehow a victim in this celebration....
PS2 was an amazing console, for a lot, the best. So many memories and experiences that won't be forgotten. Outside of the games, whuch were so incredible and varied,but just hearing the start up sounds were exciting and comforting. Then off course putting in a disc and hoping not to see the dreaded red error screen was quite intense. Seeing an OG model against the last slim variant is quite something too.
PS2 was an amazing console, for a lot, the best. So many memories and experiences that won't be forgotten. Outside of the games, whuch were so incredible and varied,but just hearing the start up sounds were exciting and comforting. Then off course putting in a disc and hoping not to see the dreaded red error screen was quite intense. Seeing an OG model against the last slim variant is quite something too.
Icymanipulator
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Golden age of gaming , the internet ruined the world
xiskza
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Officially confirmed by Sony
www.playstation.com
2000 PlayStation 2 - PSP PlayStation Portable | PlayStation History timeline
The 30 years of PlayStation timeline continues with the launch of PlayStation 2, and later with PSP PlayStation Portable.
www.playstation.com
Exede
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Hardware - Sales-Age - PS2 is one of the biggest-selling video game consoles of all time, with over 160,000,000 consoles sold worldwide since 2000
Directly from PlayStation's website - https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/playstation-history/2000-ps2-psp/
TheGodfather07
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Finally those who were adamant that 155m is the final number can shut the fuck up. Don't worry Nintendo fans. Switch will still pass it. You can rest easy.
Killjoy-NL
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Well yeah, as long as they keep selling PS2s.
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