Sony Interactive Entertainment

Launched in 2000, PS2 marked an evolution in home console gaming, set a new standard for players and developers alike and introduced some of the features that still define the PlayStation experience today. We were approached by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and asked to produce the launch/pre-order book for the forthcoming release. Since launch, PS2 sold over 155 million consoles worldwide and had almost 4,000 games released and more than 1.5 billion copies have been sold up to late 2013, making it the highest selling and most played console of all time. Even with the release of its successor, the PlayStation 2 remained popular well into the seventh generation and continued to be produced until January 2013, when Sony finally announced that the PlayStation 2 had been discontinued after 13 years of production – one of the longest runs for a video game console.