{"id":1759,"date":"2006-12-12T06:27:27","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T13:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/12\/ps2-outsells-everybody\/"},"modified":"2006-12-12T06:27:27","modified_gmt":"2006-12-12T13:27:27","slug":"ps2-outsells-everybody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/12\/ps2-outsells-everybody\/","title":{"rendered":"ps2 outsells everybody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In November the best selling game console was  (drumroll) the Playstation. Playstation-2 that is: 664,000 of the units that debuted in the beginning of century found new owners. With prices as affordable as 99 dollars and the biggest game library there is it makes for a pretty nice product. Next one in the sales charts is Microsofts Xbox 360 with 511,000 units. Pushing its install base into substance after being out for one year. Nintendo&#8217;s Wii was able to get 476,000 out to i&#8217;ts users in a few days. Quiet a start. Trailing the pack is the Playstation 3, the console that was supposed to revolutionize everything. Much has been written about Sony&#8217;s ambition with this machine, it&#8217;s supply issues, the craze for the first units. Not much was said about the pretty pictures that the unit is able to create. Which is not good news. After all a ps3 is five to six times more expensive than a ps2. HD alone is not enough I am afraid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November the best selling game console was (drumroll) the Playstation. Playstation-2 that is: 664,000 of the units that debuted in the beginning of century found new owners. With prices as affordable as 99 dollars and the biggest game library there is it makes for a pretty nice product. 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