Cerebralbore101 on 01 February 2019
Mnementh said:
At that time staggered launches were more common. PS2 released in March in Japan, in October in the US, in November in europe. But more importantly, Sony was expanding it's distribution in more countries worldwide that gen (which is to this day the reason for Playstations strength in the rest of the world), which means it got into more countries even later in the lifecycle. Add to that, that it was unchallanged leader that gen and got lots of third-party support and that the PS3 struggled out of the gate which gave PS2 a second wind. All together explains why PS2 started slower but sold constantly over a very, very long timeframe. |
Yeah, and PS2 had really strong software lineups for both 2006 and 2007.
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PS2 | God of War II SCE Santa Monica/SCEA, 2007 |
92.68% 76 Reviews |
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PS2 | Hitman Trilogy Eidos Interactive, 2007 |
87.56% 9 Reviews |
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PS2 | Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Atlus, 2007 |
87.36% 60 Reviews |
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PS2 | Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 Konami, 2007 |
86.31% 26 Reviews |
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PS2 | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Neversoft Entertainment/RedOctane, 2007 |
85.50% 23 Reviews |
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PS2 | NCAA Football 08 EA Tiburon/Electronic Arts, 2007 |
84.29% 7 Reviews |
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PS2 | Rock Band Harmonix Music Systems/MTV Games, 2007 |
84.00% 6 Reviews |
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PS2 | Fire Pro Wrestling Returns S-Neo/Spike, 2007 |
83.43% 14 Reviews |
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PS2 | Odin Sphere Vanillaware/Atlus, 2007 |
81.94% 51 Reviews |
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PS2 | MLB 07: The Show SCEA San Diego Studios/SCEA, 2007 |
81.76% 23 Reviews |
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PS2 | Rogue Galaxy Level 5/SCEA, 2007 |
81.56% 62 Reviews |
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PS2 | Tomb Raider: Anniversary Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive, 2007 |
81.15% 57 Reviews |
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PS2 | FIFA Soccer 08 EA Canada/EA Sports, 2007 |
81.13% 15 Reviews |
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PS2 | Metal Slug Anthology Terminal Reality/SNK Playmore, 2007 |
80.91% 22 Reviews |
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PS2 | MLB Power Pros Konami/2K Sports, 2007 |
80.43% 7 Reviews |
