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01-10-2003, 11:37 PM
PlayStation 2 sold more than 6.5 million units worldwide during the month spanning Thanksgiving and Christmas, Sony has announced. That’s compared to five million units during the same period the previous year.
Once again Sony has rewritten the book on the console market, breaking virtually every record associated with hardware sales in Japan, North America and Europe.
Sony’s progress in the UK specifically has been very impressive – in 2002, year on sales of the platform holder’s No.1 system rose by 12%, helping to make it the biggest year for SCE since PlayStation kicked off in 1995.
SCE UK’s MD Ray Maguire said that the launch of two new competitive formats in 2002 gave the success special meaning, and he tipped his hat to the likes of GTA: Vice City and The Getaway. “It is remarkable to think that in just over two years we are half way to achieving what PlayStation did in seven years,” he added.
Meanwhile, Microsoft and Nintendo have both claimed the No.2 position, but the latest data suggests that Nintendo has the upper hand. In the UK though, figures seen by GI.Biz put Xbox well ahead of GameCube.
Once again Sony has rewritten the book on the console market, breaking virtually every record associated with hardware sales in Japan, North America and Europe.
Sony’s progress in the UK specifically has been very impressive – in 2002, year on sales of the platform holder’s No.1 system rose by 12%, helping to make it the biggest year for SCE since PlayStation kicked off in 1995.
SCE UK’s MD Ray Maguire said that the launch of two new competitive formats in 2002 gave the success special meaning, and he tipped his hat to the likes of GTA: Vice City and The Getaway. “It is remarkable to think that in just over two years we are half way to achieving what PlayStation did in seven years,” he added.
Meanwhile, Microsoft and Nintendo have both claimed the No.2 position, but the latest data suggests that Nintendo has the upper hand. In the UK though, figures seen by GI.Biz put Xbox well ahead of GameCube.