PlayStation 2 Breaks Record
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PlayStation 2 Breaks Record as the Fastest Computer Entertainment
Platform to Reach Cumulative Shipment of 100 Million Units.
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc announced that cumulative worldwide
shipment of PlayStation®2 had reached 100 million units as of November
29th, 2005, breaking the record as the fastest computer entertainment
platform to reach this remarkable figure. This achievement comes within
5 years and 9 months since its launch in Japan in March 2000, 3 years
and 9 months faster in penetration speed compared to its predecessor,
PlayStation®. PlayStation was the first computer entertainment
platform ever to reach the 100 million mark, achieved in 9 years and 6
months since launch.
PlayStation 2 is strongly supported by a wide range of users as well as
from third party developers and publishers, and by maintaining backward
compatibility of software titles for its predecessor system for the
first time in the history of computer entertainment, PlayStation 2 has
become the standard home entertainment system with over 14,000
PlayStation and PlayStation 2 titles playable, of which 6,200 titles
are for PlayStation 2 alone. Cumulative software shipment has reached a
total of over 1.869 billion units as of September 2005. PlayStation 2
still continues to enjoy great popularity in only the 5th year of its
lifecycle, and with steady demand for the slim-line model introduced in
November 2004, PlayStation 2 is sure to surpass the shipment of
PlayStation, the best selling computer entertainment platform to date.
With an overwhelming shipment of 100 million units worldwide and an
exciting line-up of new and attractive titles scheduled for release in
the coming year-end/New Year peak selling season, the PlayStation 2
platform is expected to grow even further.
SCEI will continue to expand PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PSP®
(PlayStation®Portable) platforms and will create and develop a new
world of computer entertainment for the broadband era through the
fusion of game, music, movies, and broadcasting.