2024-03-06 00:40:37
2024-03-06 08:40 Yang Youzhao, United News Network
PlayStation 2 (PS2), the travel console launched by Sony on March 4, 2000, has been launched for 24 years and is still the best-selling game console in the world. It has also become a classic game console in the hearts of many gamers.
As of the end of shipments in the Japanese market on December 28, 2012, PlayStation 2 has sold a total of at least 157.68 million units in the global market in the 12 years since its launch. It has launched a variety of models and specifications in the global market, and even derived many peripherals. As for accessories, the host itself has also been launched in standard and thin models.
The cumulative sales record of a single console set by the PlayStation 2 has not yet been broken by other models. Even the Nintendo Switch, which was later launched by Nintendo and continues to accumulate significant sales every year, still has a cumulative sales volume of 139.36 million units. and the total cumulative sales of PlayStation 2.
In the early days of the launch of PlayStation 2, the main competitor was SEGA’s Dreamcast, which was launched at the end of November 1998. Therefore, Sony accelerated its plans to launch a new game console. In 1999, it announced that it would launch PlayStation 2, and then officially launched it the following year, replacing it with the more advanced console at the time. DVD-ROM storage media, which defeated Dreamcast with more gorgeous game graphics and rich gameplay, and even caused SEGA to announce its complete withdrawal from the game console market.
However, in subsequent development, PlayStation 2 faced challenges from Microsoft’s Xbox and Nintendo’s GameCube, forming a situation where the three major game consoles competed. However, with games such as the Roadster series, Gundam series, and Grand Theft Auto series, and with Square Enix and other industry players have cooperated with the platform to monopolize games, allowing PlayStation 2 to successfully gain market advantage.
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Yang Youzhao
Formerly a reporter for the digital channel of United News Network (udn.com), he is currently a freelance writer and Mas…
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