Japanese PlayStation 2 owners now can swap e-mail and view Web pages via the game console. Planetweb, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software maker specializing in applications for consumer ...

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has revealed its expected sales targets for the PS2 and its software. This information covers the period between 11/2003 and 1/2004 and only concerns the Japanese ...

With the latest Media Create sales figures in for the Nintendo Switch in Japan, it is now clear that the new console has managed to surpass the first-year sales of the PS2. To understand why this is a ...

Japanese PlayStation 2 owners now can swap e-mail and view Web pages via the game console. Planetweb, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software maker specializing in applications for consumer ...

Sony Computer Entertainment announced today a lower price point for the PS2 in Japan. Starting 11/13, the standard PS2 will sell for 19800 yen (about $183), down from the current price of 25000 yen ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. A couple of months ago, I wrote about how the Japanese PlayStation 2 has one unreleased game left. For the longest time, this title, Final Fantasy XI: ...

Media Create’s confirmed that Nintendo 3DS has claimed the top spot on the Japanese hardware charts for a fourth week running, with PlayStation 3 continuing to snap at the snazzy handheld’s heels in ...

Sony has ceased shipping PlayStation 2 units in Japan, according to a Famitsu report (via Kotaku). Once the current stock in the island nation is gone, it will not be resupplied. The PS2 launched in ...

Sony is planning to cut the price of the Japanese PS2 from 25,000 yen (€197) to 19,800 yen (€155) in an effort to boost sales towards the end of the year. That's a drop from roughly what we pay to ...

The PS2 had a vast library of obscure games, including kaiju bikini battles and anthropomorphic dog performers. Simple Series games offered quirky gameplay mechanics like gun-toting maids and ...

US gamers have been enjoying the redesigned slimline PlayStation 2 at its $129.99 price for some time now. Japanese gamers, on the other hand, have generally had to put up with a substantially higher ...