The first Playstation hit the market on December 3, 1994, and in a few days Sony’s Playstation brand will celebrate its 30th anniversary. However, the undisputed king among Playstations is the PS2, which was released in 2000.
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It was already known that the PS2 is the best-selling console of all time, but now Sony has come up with a Page set specifically for the anniversary More accurate sales figures published. According to Sony, the PS2 is said to have sold over 160 million copies worldwide.
Handheld console Nintendo is far behind with DS goodness 154 million units soldThe PS1 only sold 102 million units.
One reason for the PS2’s success was the Emotion Engine, a graphics processor that set new standards. The comparatively low price of $299 at the time also reassured many customers, as did the integrated DVD player.
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Since its market launch in 2000, a large fan base has also formed around the PS2. Some enthusiasts have taken up the task of installing Linux on the PS2. And in the United States, researchers connected 70 PS2s into a supercomputer in the early 2000s to show how much power the game console had.
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