And so will PS3 if it doesn't start bringing the heat.

In most countries PS2 is outselling X360 (and PS3)

My ps2 died for me about 4 years ago!!! but my brother still uses his !!! sorry i'm a graphics whore

ROFL, still playing it. Persona 4 is coming, so not so dead.

It outsells the 360 in japan every month. I mean you can get one for dirt cheap.

And to this I say, Finally :)

i will be playing ps2 games for years to come...

haha i love how long the ps2 has lasted and how long the original xbox lasted rofl and how fast microsoft jumped ship on the original xbox as soon as 360 launched

The PS2 died when I bought a 360.

Yeah until Persona 4 comes out PS2 ain't so dead.

Whether PS2 is dead or alive (pun not intended) doesn't matter much to gamers imo. I mean soon enough PS3 will have the quality of games PS2 once did.

PS2's 7th year was a bang though. GOW 2 and FF12. Sweet!!

Lol, Capcom vs. SNK 2 calls again. x3

But seriously, if it's selling well, then why should Sony finish it off? Unless this article is implying that they need to focus more on the PS3. That, I can agree with most definitely.

LOL. Persona 4 says otherwise. And out of my 80 PS2 titles, I STILL have about 30 to complete. Gotta love $5 titles like the Red Factions and Mark of Kri, some real hidden gems. PS2 is long from dead.

For a start, it talks about the 'sudden death' of the PS2, when it's continued selling well (and this is the hardware, not just the software!) for over 18 months after the release of its successor. And while the UK 'High Street' may have limited shelf space, I'd be very surprised if Supermarkets and the like didn't continue to stock relatively cheap games for younger consumers (basically impulse buys), as long as they sell. I'm always a bit suspicious when the industry tries to 'lead' consumers - and always a bit dangerous for the industry (take Sony's PS3, which was over-specced and priced for the time of its release - don't get me wrong, I have a PS3 and love it to death, but it was too niche, too expensive and too hard to drop the price of when it was released).

Confuses me, this logic does...[/Yoda]

It's not like the original Xbox. It's not dead. The PS2 is still selling very well, Sony would be stupid to stop production and sales. Developers are still supporting the PS2. Unlike the Xbox, which Microsoft stopped production and game development after just 3 years. How sad.

& the xbox isn't?

The PS2 won't die until either 1) Sony takes it off the market, or 2) People stop buying them. And if Sony has lost as much money on the PS3 as everyone seems to think they have, why on earth would they dump a system with a profit margin as high as the PS2?

Tell you what, go onto eBay and type in "PS2 games." You'll see just how dead the system isn't.

The PS2 is no where near dead , sales have slowed a bit but it's still selling 8-10 million a year which is quite impressive for an 8 year old system..

and to think that it hasn't hit that magical price point of $99 yet...

How can the PS2 be dead? Still selling a crap load.. Sony is smart.. Its dirty cheap to make now.. I wouldnt be surprised if they have a 70% profit on every single one sold..

The ps2 will be hear for another 2 years so until that time comes it's not going to die.The date when the ps2 dies has already been decided.

When Sony 1st said they'll support it for 10 years I thought they'd include 1st Party support like games etc. Seems like they meant keep it out on the market with only 3rd party titles.

shhhhhh.... don't say that.. that's Sony's PS3 life support.. if the PS2 stops making Sony some money; considering the fact that Sony is still losing money on the PS3 hardware... it would hurt Sony financially even more than they are hurting..

this is pathetic... N4G is going downhill thanks to the bunch of moron/fanboys contributors that are approving so much crap!

but very slowful i mean 8 years out of the system and its sold around the 140 million mark world wide and the wii or the 360 would never sell that over there life time

i would love too see u say that in front of the ppl in places like India they would chase u down

how is it dead when the ps2 is selling in japan still? hell.. didn't it beat 360 a couple of weeks ago in sales? LOL. stupid people.. why do they write these articles.

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