{"id":3009380,"date":"2002-05-10T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2002-05-10T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:ea4716d6-463d-4507-9e2e-1434fa6f06b9"},"modified":"2025-02-20T13:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:05:40","slug":"playstation2-achieves-cumulative-worldwide-shipment-of-30-million-units","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2002\/playstation2-achieves-cumulative-worldwide-shipment-of-30-million-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Playstation\u00ae2 Achieves Cumulative Worldwide Shipment Of 30 Million Units"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tokyo, May 10, 2002<\/strong> \u2013 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that cumulative worldwide shipments of its PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system reached 30 million units on May 5, 2002. Since its launch in Japan on March 4, 2000, PlayStation 2 has been steadily increasing its sales all over the world and this remarkable achievement of 30 million units comes only 7 months after the 20 million mark had been reached on October 10, 2001. PlayStation 2 is firmly positioned as the center of home entertainment and is continuously expanding throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shipment of 30 million units within two years and two months since launch is 2.5 times more in volume compared to that of the original PlayStation\u00ae during the same period after launch, and 12 months faster in penetration speed. Also, shipment (*1) of PlayStation 2 software reached approximately twice the volume than that of PlayStation during the same period of time. More than 1000 software titles are expected to be released worldwide in the fiscal year 2002. Through penetration of the PlayStation 2 platform around the world, many million seller titles were born, strongly supporting the format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In accordance with the rapid expansion of broadband environment, SCEI will provide broadband connectivity for PlayStation 2. \u201cPlayStation BB Unit,\u201d equipped with a 40GB HDD, will be delivered to customers coinciding with the release of \u201cFinal Fantasy XI\u201d from Square Co., Ltd. SCEI aims to expand network applications to a wide variety of contents such as games, music, movies and services. By linking PlayStation 2\u2019s installed in 30 million living rooms around the globe to the networks, PlayStation 2 will evolve into a new networked entertainment platform connected to the TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With PlayStation and PlayStation\u00ae2, Sony Computer Entertainment will create and develop a new world of computer entertainment for the broadband era through the fusion of game, music, movies, and broadcasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(*1) Data regarding software title is comparison as of end of March 2002 or same length of period after launch of PlayStation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PlayStation 2 Cumulative Shipment by Territory (as of May 5, 2002)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n