PlayStation 2

Released:	U.S. - October 26, 2000 Japan - March 4, 2000 Europe - November 24, 2000 Australia - November 30, 2000
Announced	April 1999[1]
Generation:	Sixth generation
Price:	$299 at launch (US)
Sales figures:	127 million (Dec 31, 2007)[2]
Best selling games:	Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec - 14.88 million [3]

PlayStation 2 is Sony's second gaming system and the successor to the original PlayStation. It competed with the GameCube and Xbox in the sixth generation of video games. Sony followed up with the PlayStation 3 in 2006.

Contents 1 PlayStation 2 sales 2 Sales data tidbits 3 Best selling video games 4 See also 5 Charts 6 References 7 External links

PlayStation 2 salesEdit

See also: 2009 fiscal year

PlayStation 2 sales figures (production shipments) (based on official financial reports[1][2])
Date	Total sales (cumulative)
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2000	1.41	1.41
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2001	9.20	10.61
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2002	18.07	28.68
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2003	22.52	51.20
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2004	20.10	71.30
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2005	16.17	87.47
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2006	16.22	103.69
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2007	14.20	117.89
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2008	13.7	131.6
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2009	7.9	139.5
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2010	7.3	146.8
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2011	6.4	153.2

Sales data tidbitsEdit

*Worldwide:

• • September 2001: 19.57 million shipped [4]
  • May 2002: 30 million shipped[5]
  • September 2002: 40 million shipped (also regional breakdown) [6]
  • January 2003: 50.03 million [7]
  • April 2006: over 105 million [8]
  • July 2008: 140 million units [9]
• United States:
  • January 2003 (NA): 21.48m [10]
  • January 2003 (US): 15.8m [11]
  • January 2004 (NA): 24.5m [12]
  • April 2007: 38.2 million [13]
  • January 2008 (US): 41.12m [14]
  • August 2008 (U.S.): 42.5 million units [15]
  • January 2009 (U.S.): 43 million [16]

    

  • January 2009 (NA): 50 million [17]
• Japan

• • Launch: 980,000 [18]
  • October 2008: 21.45 million units [19]
• Europe:
  • Launch: 0.5 million [20]
  • January 2003: 16.02 million [21]
  • May 2008: 48 million [22]
• United Kingdom:
  • Launch: 46,000 [23]
  • 50 weeks since launch: 1 million units [24]
• Mexico:
  • Q4 2007: 860,000 PS2s [25]
• Australia:
  • First 7 months: 78,000 units [26]
  • First 45 weeks: 116,000 units[27]
  • 55 weeks: 200,000 [28]
  • February 2007: 2.2 million units [29]
• Italy:
  • December 2007: 4.5 million units sold [30]

Best selling video gamesEdit

Best selling PS2 games in Japan (source)

1. Dragon Quest VIII - 3,538,860
2. Final Fantasy X - 2,323,463
3. Final Fantasy XII - 2,322,329
4. Final Fantasy X-2 - 1,960,937
5. Dragon Quest V - 1,611,974
6. Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec - 1,437,581
7. Dynasty Warriors 4 - 1,197,349
8. Kingdom Hearts II - 1,129,196
9. World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 - 1,115,707
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 - 1,085,082
11. Hot Shots Golf 4 - 1,083,079

See alsoEdit

• Biggest game system launches
• PlayStation 3
• Nintendo GameCube
• Xbox

ChartsEdit

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Official Sony financial reports
  • Sony: Quarterly sales data for PlayStation 2
• Best selling PS2 games in Japan

News articles

• NPD Reports Sony PlayStation 2 Sales Hit $165 Million in First Three Days, Setting Record in Next-generation Video Game History
• PlayStation: A History

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