Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million

*G@M3FR3@K* · 16-01-2003

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The Sony Corporation has said today that shipments of its PlayStation 2 game console have topped no less than 50 million pieces. Thanks to a great holiday shopping season the PlayStation 2...

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spc · 16-01-2003

hard to pick who to hate the most these days, Microdogs or sony arsholes as they both promise the world and deliever rebadge shit.:d

ShadowBlaster · 16-01-2003

You're wrong spc Sony is the better solution in audio, video, and everything high-tec related, almost always. Very few exceptions.

jab1981 · 16-01-2003

actually shadowblaster, sony ships out as many lemons as most technology companies out there. and especially when you consider the ps2, which is what spc was refering to. the ps2 is plagued with buggy dvd support amongst other problems I won't get into. so yeah, sony's is not a better solution, but rather the same as any.

oratonastick · 16-01-2003

Right, nothing beats a good Sony cd-writer for example! (Oh no wait, just about any writer beats a Sony writer! :4)

GezusK · 16-01-2003

hmm..XBox can do progressive scan and Dolby Digital...can PS2?

Doc · 16-01-2003

I, too, am convinced that Sony can no longer build anything worth buying except for maybe TV's or monitors. It is true, Sony does build, quite possibly, the worst CD-Writers known to man. That's why their newer ones are really re-labeled Lite-On's (I think...I read that somewhere). Although, Microsoft is mighty bad in that (among other reasons) the X-Box only has a 90 day warranty, beyond which period it's $100 to fix it. I never see any broken GameCubes...

raiderj · 16-01-2003

I don't know about anyone else, but I choose a system based on the games that are out for it. Metroid sold me on the gamecube, but I think the XBox has the best hardware.

DawnLoader · 17-01-2003

Doc is right Nintendo stuff hardly has any problems. I have NES, SNES and N64. All three still working. And I have to agree with JAB1981 regrading dvd playback. Some of my DVDs do not play on PS2 but will play on other DVD players.

Travis · 17-01-2003

Let's not forget that "shipping" and "sold" are two entirely different things, not to mention PS2 returns count as a shipment (for the replacement). Even ignoring these facts, I never pay attention to stats about a product from the company that makes it.

ShadowBlaster · 18-01-2003

Well, but Sony's productions are not limited to PS2 and burners. I agree with all of you: Sony burners suck :r. And I think PS2 is a great system... with many many bugs, and the XBOX is much more powerful. But talking about TVs, Hi-Fi's, Monitors, Home Theather's, DVD Players, and many devices like Walkmans, CD Walmkmans, MP3 Players, Headphones and so on.... you cannot say that Sony is not the best building all those stuff right? :4 But look, make a comparison, and the most of the Sony products are among other company's products. No one can deny that the best TV tech out there is still Trinitron... and about sound systems, nothing beats a Genezi. And what about breaktrough thechnologies developed by Sony? like G-Protection, the old (but the first) MegaBass, and DRC.

16-01-2003	#2
spc CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 69	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million hard to pick who to hate the most these days, Microdogs or sony arsholes as they both promise the world and deliever rebadge shit.:d

16-01-2003	#3
ShadowBlaster CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rivendell, Middle Earth Posts: 60	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million You're wrong spc Sony is the better solution in audio, video, and everything high-tec related, almost always. Very few exceptions.

16-01-2003	#4
jab1981 Waiting on Activation Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 187	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million actually shadowblaster, sony ships out as many lemons as most technology companies out there. and especially when you consider the ps2, which is what spc was refering to. the ps2 is plagued with buggy dvd support amongst other problems I won't get into. so yeah, sony's is not a better solution, but rather the same as any.

16-01-2003	#5
oratonastick Waiting on Activation Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 41	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million Right, nothing beats a good Sony cd-writer for example! (Oh no wait, just about any writer beats a Sony writer! :4)

16-01-2003	#6
GezusK CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 272	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million hmm..XBox can do progressive scan and Dolby Digital...can PS2?

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16-01-2003	#7
Doc Waiting on Activation Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 37	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million I, too, am convinced that Sony can no longer build anything worth buying except for maybe TV's or monitors. It is true, Sony does build, quite possibly, the worst CD-Writers known to man. That's why their newer ones are really re-labeled Lite-On's (I think...I read that somewhere). Although, Microsoft is mighty bad in that (among other reasons) the X-Box only has a 90 day warranty, beyond which period it's $100 to fix it. I never see any broken GameCubes...

16-01-2003	#8
raiderj New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 14	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million I don't know about anyone else, but I choose a system based on the games that are out for it. Metroid sold me on the gamecube, but I think the XBox has the best hardware.

17-01-2003	#9
DawnLoader CD Freaks Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: California, USA Posts: 120	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million Doc is right Nintendo stuff hardly has any problems. I have NES, SNES and N64. All three still working. And I have to agree with JAB1981 regrading dvd playback. Some of my DVDs do not play on PS2 but will play on other DVD players.

17-01-2003	#10
Travis CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million Let's not forget that "shipping" and "sold" are two entirely different things, not to mention PS2 returns count as a shipment (for the replacement). Even ignoring these facts, I never pay attention to stats about a product from the company that makes it.

18-01-2003	#11
ShadowBlaster CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rivendell, Middle Earth Posts: 60	Re: Sony: PlayStation 2 game console shipments to top 50 million Well, but Sony's productions are not limited to PS2 and burners. I agree with all of you: Sony burners suck :r. And I think PS2 is a great system... with many many bugs, and the XBOX is much more powerful. But talking about TVs, Hi-Fi's, Monitors, Home Theather's, DVD Players, and many devices like Walkmans, CD Walmkmans, MP3 Players, Headphones and so on.... you cannot say that Sony is not the best building all those stuff right? :4 But look, make a comparison, and the most of the Sony products are among other company's products. No one can deny that the best TV tech out there is still Trinitron... and about sound systems, nothing beats a Genezi. And what about breaktrough thechnologies developed by Sony? like G-Protection, the old (but the first) MegaBass, and DRC.

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