Sony: 140 million people worldwide own a PS2, turns nine today

Cool! Looks like a strong 7-9 year life cycle is pretty realistic afterall!

/applauds

That said… “the PlayStation 2 system shows no signs of slowing down”. Yeah, that’s not right.

Amazing really.
I reckon it was the console that made gaming mainstream.

Happy birthday, PS2! I bought two of that 140 million.

I might play something on it tonight in celebration.

until is crashies and your out of a ps3. i hear them console have a high failure rate with microsoft leading the way lol.

meh I like my cutting edge gaming.

my space sims

rule the roman empire

build a city

fly morden planes

get down into some cool action

Oh I love mind games like rts

get lost in another world the likes of a new mmo

real games for real gamers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeJ1TtH7B4g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2BYxSivFZE

we’ll see about that, when another triple A title gets no or a delayed PC release.

Actually according to wikipedia’s source PS1 sold 125 million. But yes, IMO PS2 marked western developers’ transition from PC to console

I doubt the “140 million people around the world own a PS2″ part though, a lot of PS2 were broken or replaced at this point(I personally gone through 3 units)

lol BDH just can’t leave it alone.

My original UK launch PS2 is still going strong.

I still have a bunch of unfinished games for it too, better get on that

here is my next game I am going to get that you can’t get on consoles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsEovlCdoH8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJxTVZKxl9E

That actually looks rather badass, BDH.

Wow, that Shattered Horizons does look pretty good!

I know where to find all the hot games on pc.

Just as well, ‘cos you’d have a tough time finding them on the high street!

oh you mean water down junk gameplay that has beeen done over and over agin.

I mean how barbaric lol

yea them consoles are so barbaric they can’t even handle the worse rts game on pc. lol

what joke. please

here check this out pc gaming is so adavanced we have living breathing worlds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHSUOsVPIOI

oh wait consoles can’t handle such games.

yea pc gaming is for real gamers.

Age Of Conan is coming out on 360 you idiot. And its also a terrible game, i used to play it on PC. Packed it in after a month because its just shit, like a good number of these “Cutting edge” games you mention for that matter.

How about looking at a games gameplay rather then its gfx BDH.

“Cool! Looks like a strong 7-9 year life cycle is pretty realistic afterall!”

The PS1 lasted even longer, so it’s entirely feasible.

“yea pc gaming is for real gamers.”

Yeah, really rich gamers..

I am 100% with you on the gfx thing gek.
Give me good game play any day.

“Really *anal gamers.”

There, fixed that for ya.

So what is everyones best ps 2 games and the memories. Mine are first playing GTA 3 and MGS 2 never seen anything like it at the time. Ico as well sooooo many gd times

@Hindle

I played PSO. I played Speed Devils Online. I played Quake Online. Unreal Online. I played Marvel vs Capcom 1&2. I played a flood of 2D Fighters and Shooters. I played oh…wait I am sorry, you asked about last gen, but NOT about the Dreamcast.

Sure.

I played Halo. I played Mechassult Online. I played Doom. I played Crimson Sky Online. I played PSO(can’t get anough of that game). I played MorrowWind. I played, what ….? Not what you asked either?

Can you repeat the question?

Sorry I didn’t play too much of that.

I went through two PS2s, because of the piece of shit that was it’s DVD drive. had to buy the second in 2004.

@ Hindle – there were many, but not as much as on PS1. my most memorable PS2 only games are probably the first DMC, Dynasty Warriors 3 and the first Shadow Hearts.

Not joking:

I liked SSX. I also played EQoa. Had a lot of fun with that one. Even had two PS2/accounts to play same room Multi. But honestly, mostly I played Dreamcast. Then Xbox. I liked to play online more then the PS2 offered.

While most folks seemed to be enjoying MGS and DMC I was blasting the heck out of other clans online in Mech. That, imo, was the best game last gen. Mechassultone.

The first cod game.
MOH European assault.
Never got to finish moh, I just could not get by the second last mission.
It was a bummer.
Worst thing was once you knocked it off it was back to the start of mission.

I quite enjoyed the first 2 brothers in arms games as well.
Anyone guess my fav genre.

@ reask

is it…..racing?

Pracer

ahh so you missed out on some of the greatest games of all time just because the Ps2 wasnt good online. Online isnt everything dude in fact if a game doesnt have a good single player as well i dont find it very good. Never been into mechassault, know some people who love it though

Would i be correct in assuming you have some resentment towards Sony because the Ps2 basically put sega out of the console war. Well saying that they didnt actually it was stupid business decisions that did.

I don’t think the PS2 really had any online penetration in the UK, or at least not much – the majority of the UK were still rawkin the dial-up for most of the PS2′s reign at the top. I don’t even have the network thingy for mine. Still the best console of its generation for me.

“The PlayStation 2 system … will continue to serve as a testament to the leading innovation and unbeatable entertainment the PlayStation brand provides its consumers.”

And the PlayStation 3 system illustrates how corporate arrogance and a fetish for complication can piss away all the success that its predecessor gained.

@ Hindle

“Would i be correct in assuming you have some resentment towards Sony because the Ps2 basically put sega out of the console war. Well saying that they didnt actually it was stupid business decisions that did.”

I loved the DC for it offered. And yup the online stuff was big deal. One of my fav games was Speed Devils Online. 8players, you earned cash that you could spend on upgrading old cars and buying new ones. The car were broken up into classes, and the tracks were well laid out. The online races were fun as hell and I played that game like crazy. The same type of thing went for PSO. And of course Quake and Unreal. And 2K sports games. Your right it isn’t all about online. And the older I get(nearing 40 lol) I care less and less about online. Sometimes I just hate the kids. But the trouble with single player games, is that so many of them are formulatic. Some games are very obvious, go play a zelda game, 2D or 3D nes or Wii, they follow the same tried and true game structure. And alot of SP game experiences do that. Again being older I often feel like I have played everything, and get very tired of so many games. In the online enviroment, games don’t feel like that. So in that respect I enjoy online games.
As for Sony putting Sega out of the console market, I don’t think they did. In NA the DC sold 5plus million units in a very short period of time. However because of its online/western focus it didn’t sell in JP. I respect Segas move away from hardware.

I didn’t jump on the PS2 because I don’t like(are you ready for this blaspheme?) RE, FF, DMC, MGS, or many of the JP single player games that drove sales. I liked some of the games on PS2. I still have mine, and a small collection of games. But in the end – meh. Another factor too is that durring that same time period I started playing MMORPGs. From M59, Diablo2, EQ, and more. I just got bored of the consoles for awhile. Till xbox came along. And games like Mech blew my mind.