PS2 celebrates 10 years in North America.

CDdude55 · Oct 27, 2010

I absolutely loved the PS2!!

One week after the NES console celebrated its 25th anniversary in the US market, the PlayStation is marking 10 years since it launched in North America. The system went on sale domestically on October 26, 2000, over seven months after it debuted in Japan on March 4. The system went on sale in Europe on November 24 of that year.

The PS2's long tenure saw it get several hardware peripherals, including an online gameplay add-on, the PlayStation Network Adapter, in 2002. The system was also augmented by the release of the EyeToy Camera in 2003. Software franchises that flourished on the system included Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, and Grand Theft Auto, which debuted exclusively on Sony's console from Grand Theft Auto III to San Andreas.

Some 10 years on, the PS2 now costs just $100 and sells so few units each month the NPD Group ceased tracking hardware sales of the console earlier this year. (The NPD Group ceased releasing all hardware figures last month.) However, that's not stopping Sony from continuing to push the device. Last week, it announced it would include a copy of Toy Story 3 with the console starting on October 31.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6283007.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1

AphexDreamer · Oct 27, 2010

Ah I still have mine, heck I still have my PS1 and I still love em all (1, 2 & 3)!

n-ster · Oct 27, 2010

I miss dreamcast

streetfighter 2 · Oct 27, 2010

I have three PS2s (which is odd because I've only ever bought one). All of them are now broken and I haven't bother to fix them.

Thank god for Pcsx2!! Without it I could never play DoDonPachi Daioujou because I don't have a stupid Japanese PS2. Region codes are a brilliant idea, like screen doors on submarines.

Also I just imaged all my PS2 games so I can play them on my computer...

assaulter_99 · Oct 27, 2010

Who doesn't like an easily mod-chippable console? lol. Oh te good ol' days!

KainXS · Oct 28, 2010

sad days now, you can hack the ps3 and ps2 without even opening them

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PS2 celebrates 10 years in North America.

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