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Nsanity on 05 May 2013

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GameStop will stop taking in PlayStation 2 systems, games, and accessories starting on June 1, 2013. A poster on Reddit snapped the above picture, and I've since confirmed with a number of stores and employees at different GameStop locations that they will indeed stop taking in anything PlayStation 2 related starting next month. 

The PlayStation 2 was the final last-generation system that GameStop stores were taking in, as the chain had stopped accepting GameCube systems early last year, and Xbox consoles a few years prior.

The PlayStation 2 has sold 150 million units worldwide since it was released over 12 years ago, with over 10,000 games created for the console. Sony themselves stopped PlayStation 2 system production worldwide earlier this year.

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RobDX on 05 May 2013

man gamestop is still doing it? here in my country we have no gamestop but there are shops that take trade ins and if you take some PS2 game they laugh at you in your face, literally



bobgamez on 05 May 2013

:,(



Damagon on 05 May 2013

Good. 40 years from now all those discs will be worth a fortune

Right? RIGHT!?....



Otakumegane on 05 May 2013

I wonder if I can find an old ps2 and some games then.



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TheKoreanGuy on 05 May 2013

RIP ps2. You've lived a good life.



outlawauron on 05 May 2013

Hmm, I wonder if they'll run any last promotions....



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Ajescent on 06 May 2013

People trade in their ps2 games? I thought they were all playing them still seeing how people kicked up a fuss about the ps3 not being backwards compatible.



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brendude13 on 06 May 2013

PS2 is doomed.

I'm surprised this didn't happen long ago, I can't imagine pre-owned PS2 games selling well.



thranx on 06 May 2013
Ajescent said:
People trade in their ps2 games? I thought they were all playing them still seeing how people kicked up a fuss about the ps3 not being backwards compatible.


people must still be buying those games traded in. at least up until now. so yes since the launch of the ps3 until now there has still been a market for ps2 games in the United States.