50 million and counting: the PS2 is still gaming's best value - Ars Technica

Wed, Jan 14th, 2009

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Every hardware generation in the past consisted of a runaway winner, with a few competitors limping behind. Were it not for a failed deal to bring a CD drive to the dominant Super Nintendo, Sony might never have gotten into gaming with the PlayStation, and then the PlayStation 2. While the first PlayStation brought many innovations to the home gaming business, it was the PlayStation 2 that cemented the company's place at the head of the pack, and today Sony has announced that the PS2 is the first system to sell over 50 million units in North America. 

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