Sony’s PlayStation 2 turned 25 years old this week. I’m sorry should you all of a sudden really feel very outdated. However don’t fear, I really feel outdated, too! Anyway, to have fun the milestone, Circana senior director Mat Piscatella shared some information in regards to the console, together with its best-selling video games in addition to the house console’s most-purchased accent.
On October 26, 2000, Sony launched the PS2 in North America, and it rapidly turned probably the most profitable online game console releases in historical past. In the USA alone, the console would go on to promote over 45 million items, and globally it has shipped 160 million, making it the best-selling console ever. (Although the Nintendo Swap will seemingly overtake it within the close to future.) Over the course of the console’s lifecycle, 1000’s of PlayStation 2 video games had been launched for it. Not all of them had been nice, however the machine does nonetheless certainly boast one of many best console game libraries around.
To have fun the console’s twenty fifth birthday in America, Piscatella posted some fun stats about the PS2 on social media. Do you know that the 8mb reminiscence card was the PS2’s most bought accent with a 61-percent connect fee? Total, 147 million equipment had been bought in the USA for the PS2. Wowza. And for these curious, listed here are the highest 20 best-selling PlayStation 2 video games of all time primarily based on unit gross sales.
US High 20 All-Time Finest-Promoting PS2 Video games (Jan 1999 – Sep 2025)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice Metropolis
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
- Madden NFL 2005
- Guitar Hero II
- Madden NFL 2004
- Kingdom Hearts
- Madden NFL 2006
- Madden NFL 2007
- Jampack Collection: PlayStation 2
- Madden NFL 2003
- Want for Pace: Underground
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Midnight Membership 3: DUB Version
- Ultimate Fantasy X
- Gran Turismo 4: The Actual Driving Simulator
- God of Struggle
- Medal of Honor: Frontline
Whereas I anticipated the GTA video games to prime the chart, I used to be shocked to see Medal of Honor: Frontline, Ultimate Fantasy X, and God of Struggle crack the record, too. Additionally, wow, EA actually was a pressure to be reckoned with again then, huh? What a special time for video video games. Then once more, GTA main the pack hasn’t modified a lot in 2025, so I suppose the extra issues change…
