It still going, but I don't know if I would consider it still going strong. It's basically on life support and in decline. Sure people still have PS2s, but you're not seeing a lot of new PS2 software these days. And it's basically scrapping the bottom of the charts both in software and hardware. I think it did decent last year, but it's definitely selling less and less as time goes on.
I've had several PS2s and remember the system fondly-- there were A LOT of great games, but I really don't consider it necessarily visable after 10 years. By now it's more nostalgia and bargin bin.
It sold 330k units in December, and many of the best Japanese RPG's are still being released on it (they're slowly switching to PS3.) Add in a massive game library and it's still a great value today.
Don't get me wrong, I think it sold decent last year, but not great and is in decline. December and the holiday season I don't really consider an indicator as everyone enjoys inflated sales around that time. I still say it's appealing to the nostalgic or bargin bin shopper by this point, it's not at the level what I would consider a 'contender.' I think it'll only continue to decline this year.
My point basically is, while it IS still selling after 10 years, I don't view it as a strong seller after 10 years. It's certainly doing less business and it'll only continue to do less. Maybe they'll release an even cheaper version and spur sales, but unless that happens, I don't see anything turning around.
I'd imagine Sony might push out one final, 50 dollar revision of the PSTwo(perhaps for this year?). Once it goes, they'll allegedly release software BC for the newer PS3's (and offer PSTwo Classics on the PSN)
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It still going, but I don't know if I would consider it still going strong. It's basically on life support and in decline. Sure people still have PS2s, but you're not seeing a lot of new PS2 software these days. And it's basically scrapping the bottom of the charts both in software and hardware. I think it did decent last year, but it's definitely selling less and less as time goes on.
I've had several PS2s and remember the system fondly-- there were A LOT of great games, but I really don't consider it necessarily visable after 10 years. By now it's more nostalgia and bargin bin.
@Starcade
It sold 330k units in December, and many of the best Japanese RPG's are still being released on it (they're slowly switching to PS3.) Add in a massive game library and it's still a great value today.
@Starcade bargain bin =/= bad
@Starcade
btw, I meant 'viable' not visable
Don't get me wrong, I think it sold decent last year, but not great and is in decline. December and the holiday season I don't really consider an indicator as everyone enjoys inflated sales around that time. I still say it's appealing to the nostalgic or bargin bin shopper by this point, it's not at the level what I would consider a 'contender.' I think it'll only continue to decline this year.
My point basically is, while it IS still selling after 10 years, I don't view it as a strong seller after 10 years. It's certainly doing less business and it'll only continue to do less. Maybe they'll release an even cheaper version and spur sales, but unless that happens, I don't see anything turning around.
@Starcade 300-400k sales is about average for the past 8 years. When it sells 50k worldwide in a single month, I'll consider that the final slump.
@Starcade
I'd imagine Sony might push out one final, 50 dollar revision of the PSTwo(perhaps for this year?). Once it goes, they'll allegedly release software BC for the newer PS3's (and offer PSTwo Classics on the PSN)
It may be dying, but what a lifespan!