PS2 hit North America 20 years ago, and it's still the best selling video game console ever made to date.
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) President and CEO Jim Ryan has confirmed that PlayStation 2 sales reached a staggering 160 million units sold worldwide.
The soon-to-be-retired gaming boss offered an updated figure during a chat on a recent episode of the Official PlayStation Podcast. The conversation saw him covering his time at Sony while talking about the company’s direction for the future.
When asked about what the 2000s brought to mind, Ryan responded with, “The 2000s? That would be, I would say, 160 million, which is the number of PS2s that we sold. A high watermark.”
The ps2/ps3 era so many dam good games and then you got the online im sure i am not the only one with a ps2 network disc that still works and the modem/lan deal for the ps2.
Great consoles all around
The game library of the PS2 speaks for itself. These sales are absolutely well deserved. PS2 is still arguably the best game console of all time.
So odd that the number is suddenly higher than previously thought right as the Switch is closing in on the long standing record.
The PS2 had a phenomenal library of games for every genre. It’s unfortunate we’re never going to witness something like that again.
So he just came up with this fact all these years later??? I wonder if it has to do with the Switch closing in on the PS2 lifetime sales? How convenient.
There are many worlds out there brimming with wondrous creatures ready to help you on your adventure beyond Pokemon.
Temtem is actually really good as a single player experience or as a co-op game. Played the shit out of it when it released
You read that headline right! It's not a typo, as Sony has released PS3 update 4.91 this Feb. 27 2024, and it does what players might expect.
It says it is for an updated Blueray key but we all know its to also try and patch the exploits that were found in 4.90. And soon this one will be exploited and released as CFW 4.91
One day the PS3 is gonna be the most STABLE OS every created.
I think I might as well look into some Homebrew at this point. There's probably a cool scene on it.
I play my PS3 on a CRT @576i. There is a clear bug that Trophies aren't popping up once earned, you hear the noise, but they do not appear at the top right.
I only finished Xenogears on it in January, nice to see it's still getting the ocassional update.
Greatest game machine ever made, the golden age of gaming, proud to have been at my most hardcore gamer during this time, i still play it today and truth be told enjoy it more then todays games.
I heckin love the PS2, i still play it a lot. Just finished Samurai Western, and now i'm starting Urban Reign. Really wish people would go back to not giving a damn about realism and just make snappy fun games to play.
For me it was Timesplitters, SSX, & Tekken Tag that I picked up with my PS2. I don't think I've had a better launch bundle since.
Timesplitters has to be hands-down one of the best FPS games of all time, it's such a shame that they've been struggling to get the franchise back on it's feet. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
My fear is that this remake will arrive a coupe of generations too late, and will just look and feel dated - especially now that next gen consoles are arriving.
Holy crap I'm getting old.
Ps2 was a monster for games but back then my preference was xbox og due to clancy games like splinter cell and ghost recon