bigslappy
01-14-2009, 10:00 AM
Announced nine years ago back in 2000, Sony's PlayStation 2 is without a doubt a major success for the company. The console is so good in fact, that today Sony said it has sold 50 million PlayStation 2 units in North America alone, a new milestone. Sales of the iconic console still remain strong, although now we have new consoles like PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. According to the most recently available figures from the NPD Group, which tracks U.S. sales only, in November Americans bought 206,000 units of the PlayStation 2. These are some remarkable numbers. In comparison, Microsoft's original Xbox console sold a total of 14.5 million units and is already long gone. Nintendo's GameCube, another PS2 competitor, sold 12 million units in North America, not even close to PS2 numbers. Today PlayStation 2 costs roughly $130, down from its original $300 price tag from nine years ago, and still offers the latest game titles, emulation of some PS1 titles, video and audio DVD playback, and a numerous hacks that allow installing desktop hard drives, playing of DivX movies, running spare copies of games and so on.
Source: Associated Press (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hgq4WTBDZVfMmP2opcO2ltS9KrSwD95MFCCG2)
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Source: Associated Press (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hgq4WTBDZVfMmP2opcO2ltS9KrSwD95MFCCG2)
More... (http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?81911)