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Timeline
Thirteen years on sale, 160 million consoles, and one last football game.
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2000Japan
Day one in Tokyo
4 March: the PS2 goes on sale for ¥39,800. One million are sold in the first three days.
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2000North America
$299 and a queue
26 October: the American launch, at $299. Launch-day sales in the US reach $250 million.
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2000Europe
Welcome to the Third Place
24 November in Europe, 30 November in Australia. David Lynch directs the strange European launch advert.
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2001Hungary
170,000 forints
In January 2001 a PS2 costs 170,000 to 180,000 forints in Hungarian shops, so many people drive to Austria and buy one for about 120,000.
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2001Milestone
10 million
Ten million consoles shipped in under 15 months.
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2003Camera
EyeToy and PSX
The EyeToy camera puts players inside the game, and Japan gets the PSX video recorder in December.
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2004Slimline
The slim and San Andreas
The slimline PS2 arrives at $149, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas becomes the best-selling PS2 game of all.
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2005Party
Plastic guitars and buzzers
Guitar Hero arrives in November with its guitar controller, and Buzz! hands everyone a big buzzer.
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2010Television
A TV with a PS2 inside
Sony sells the Bravia KDL-22PX300, a television with the console built in.
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2013Farewell
Production ends
Japan stops shipping on 28 December 2012, and Sony ends the PS2 worldwide on 4 January 2013.
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2013Last game
PES 2014
Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 comes out in the UK on 8 November 2013, the last official PS2 game.
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2016Online
The last official server
Square Enix turns off the last official PS2 online servers. Fan-run servers carry on today.
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2024Record
160 million
Sony's Jim Ryan confirms 160 million consoles sold. No console has sold more.