Timeline shows off high points in PS2's life on the market
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PS2 turned 10 years-old this week, and to show the world just how awesome it did, a timeline showing the high points for the system was concocted.
It's posted over on Kotaku, but we've taken the liberty of typing it out for you as well.
Milestones:
- March 1999 - Sony announces the console's development
- March 2000 - It is released in Japan
- Oct/Nov 2000 - It hits the rest of the globe
- April 2001 - GT3 released - will sell 15M copies
- July 2001 - PS2 Network adapter released in Japan
- July 2001 - PS2's first FFX game released - it's FFX
- November 2001 - Metal Gear Solid 2 released - will go on to sell 7M copies
- July 2003 - EyeToy released
- December 2003 - PSX (PS2 w/digital recorder) released in Japan
- October 2004 - GTA San Andreas released - will sell over 17M copies becoming the highest selling game for the console
- November 2004 - PS2 Slim released
- November 2005 - 100th Million PS2 sold
- November 2006 - PS3 released
- March 2007 - God of War II becomes the last major first-party title to be release for PS2 by Sony
- April 2009 - Sony cuts price of PS2 to $99
- September 2009 - Sony announces that 140M PS2's have been sold
Definitely an illustrious ten years there. Congrats to all who were a part of it.