Sony is primed to make key announcements for its PlayStation 3 and PSP consoles on the eve of the Leipzig games conference, in Germany. The Japanese giant is expected to announce a tuner for the PlayStation 3 that will allow the recording and playback of digital TV.
Sony is also expected to give more details of a video chat and instant messaging system for the PSP, developed in conjunction with BT in the UK.
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.
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They are they are going through with all these cool gadgets....why not do them if its capable of it!
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but i'm really gonna like the messaging and voice chatting capabilities
Cool, instant messaging is something that sony really needed to get onboard, but i do think it's going to be along time before they catch xbox live. With most of these functions already on there and others such as tv recording due in the fall live still currently has the edge. There marketplace for movies and other content along with numerous other features show sony has some catching up to do.
Home looks great and may address the balance though ( along as i don't have to pay through the nose for my home,funiture etc) and these new features are a step in the right direction. Keep it up Ps3.
and thats it!!!!!!!!!!!!!