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Sony PlayStation 2 hits 50 million mark in North America
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Posted on Friday, January 16 2009 @ 08:13:04 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck |
NPD reports the nine year old Sony PlayStation 2 console is still selling well in North America. A total of 206,000 units were sold in November 2008, bringing the total amount of PS2 consoles sold in North America over the 50 million mark! These days the PlayStation 2 retails for around $129.99.
According to NPD numbers, the original Microsoft Xbox sold 14.5 million consoles and the Nintendo GameCube sold 12 million consoles. In the United States alone 43 million PlayStation 2s have been sold.
In an interview with Gamasutra, John Koller, director of hardware marketing at SCEA, explained the PlayStation 2s continued success is a “self-fulfilling prophecy”. The PlayStation 2 continues to do well because they continue to support the console and there are no plans to discontinue support.
Koller discussed how the key to the PlayStation 2’s success was the inclusion of a DVD player and its “incredible software lineup”. Sony has been unable to duplicate this success with the PlayStation 3 despite the inclusion of a Blu-ray player.
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