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PS2 Sales Surpass 70 Million
News Electronics giant Sony announced on Wednesday that worldwide sales of its PlayStation 2 game console have surpassed 70 million, despite a year-to-year drop in holiday sales. The company sold 7.83 million PS2 units worldwide in November and December...
[January 15, 2004, 15:35]
Exclusive: PS2 A Month Late, Due 24 November
News The PlayStation2 will launch in the UK on 24 November, a month later than anticipated. The PS2 will join Sega's Dreamcast at the top end of the console market and will cost £299: the same price as its predecessor at launch.
[August 4, 2000, 10:40]
PS2 Online Auction Bids Reach £600
News Bids for PlayStation2s have reached £600 already at online auction site QXL. With the pre-order system meaning that consumers will be unable to buy a machine off the shelf before Christmas, the prospect of a PS2-free festive season has obviously...
[November 24, 2000, 11:12]
PS2 Pre-orders Will Run Out Saturday
News Early feedback suggests that UK shops will run out of pre-order forms for the Sony PlayStation2 (PS2) by Saturday, just three days after ordering began. Only 200,000 units of the console will be released in Britain before Christmas.
[September 8, 2000, 13:50]
PS2 Can Now Be Like TiVo Too
News Sony's PlayStation 2 video game console will gain TiVo-like video functions with software to be announced Monday by two start-ups. Austin, Texas-based BroadQ is offering Qcast Tuner, software to connect the PS2 with a PC running SnapStream Media's...
[September 17, 2002, 7:37]
PS2: 40 Million Served
News SCEI announces that its PlayStation2 console is as popular as ever, and has just achieved another landmark shipments figure. Sony Computer Entertainment has on Thursday announced that cumulative worldwide shipments of the PS2 game console had...
[September 19, 2002, 11:02]
Are Sony PS2 And IMac G5 Compatible?
Forum Just got an iMac G5 (and an elgato eye-tv box) and my son is now badgering me to hook up his PS2 to it. Can it be done?
[February 2, 2006, 18:23]
Sony Starts Selling Linux Kit For PS2
News Sony has begun taking orders for a $200 (about £140) kit that lets Linux run on its PlayStation2 video game console. In an announcement on Thursday, the company said it's taking preorders for the kit in the US.
[March 8, 2002, 9:23]
Exclusive: London Company Accused Of PS2 Fraud
News London's Metropolitan Police is investigating a Docklands company that has allegedly defrauded customers out of thousands of pounds in fake PlayStation2 orders. Games Master advertised in publications such as classifieds paper Loot last month...
[December 1, 2000, 16:25]
UK Intelligence Dismisses PS2 Missile Fears
News UK intelligence sources dismissed Tuesday suggestions that Iraq intends to build military hardware out of PlayStation2 games consoles. Iraq has imported around 4,000 of Sony PlayStation2 (PS2) consoles, and may be planning to construct military...
[December 19, 2000, 15:07]
Sony Starts PS2 Network Gaming UK Trial
News Sony Computer Entertainment Europe on Friday announced that consumer trials for the PS2 network gaming service in the UK will commence on 31 March. UK gamers with both a PS2 console and a broadband connection are being invited to apply for the...
[March 10, 2003, 10:40]
Sony And NTT Partner To Take The PS2 Online
News Sony Corporation and Japanese telecommunications leader Nippon Telegraph and Telephone have officially announced their intentions to bring broadband gaming and entertainment content to Japanese owners of the PlayStation2.
[December 12, 2001, 9:46]
PS2 Games Get Electronics Boutique's Tills Ringing
News High street retailer Electronics Boutique (EB) has announced record-breaking sales figures for pre-Christmas trading in the UK -- thanks to strong demand for PlayStation2 (PS2) games. In the five weeks before Christmas, Electronics Boutique stores...
[January 8, 2002, 12:30]
Major PS2 Price Cut Announced
News Sony Europe has confirmed the rumour that as of Friday, 28 September it will be offering PS2 consoles at the bargain price of £199 - that's a full £100 less than the console would cost you today. Commenting on Wednesday's announcement, Ray Maguire...
[September 26, 2001, 12:51]
Sony Builds Interest In PS2 Online Gaming With 'EverQuest'
News Sony will announce on Tuesday the release of a PlayStation2 version of its popular online PC game "EverQuest", as it tries to build an audience for an upcoming online add-on for the video game console.
[April 9, 2002, 9:26]
More PS2 And Xbox Price Cuts Predicted
News PlayStation2 and Xbox prices could fall again before Christmas, according to analysts. Both Sony and Microsoft announced significant cuts in the price of their respective flagship consoles last week, but Frederic Diot and Adrian Drozd of...
[September 4, 2002, 11:20]
PS2 Production Moves To China
News In a bid to trim costs, Sony plans to move the manufacturing of all its Playstation 2 gaming consoles to China by 2004. According to a Reuters report, the company has already shifted half of its console production to two Chinese facilities run by...
[March 17, 2003, 9:53]
Xbox Now Cheaper Than PS2 In Europe
News Microsoft has today announced that its Xbox console -- which launched in Europe in March -- is, for the first time, going to cost less than Sony's PS2. The announcement, which will see Xbox consoles in Europe selling for approximately 249 euros or...
[August 28, 2002, 14:01]
