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| Sony sold 100 million units of PlayStation2 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced that cumulative worldwide shipment of PlayStation2 had reached 100 million units as of November 29th, 2005, breaking the record as the fastest computer entertainment platform to reach this 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 has 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 Cumulative Shipment by Territory (as of Nov 29, 2005): - Japan, including Asia, 22.22 million units; - North America 40.65 million units; - Europe/PAL 37.14 million units. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |