The PlayStation 2 was such a hot item after its release that it was near impossible to find one on retailer shelves, leaving those wanting a PlayStation 2 to either wait or purchase the console online at sites such as eBay, where the console was being sold by many people for twice and sometimes five times as much as the manufacturers listed price.
As of V4 everything was unified into one board, except the power supply.
Later, Sony gained steam with new development kits for game developers and more PlayStations for consumers.
For some consumers this is in fact a limitation, especially for the fans of titles such as Final Fantasy XI, which requires the use of this peripheral, and prevents the use of the official PS2 Linux kit.
With a price of $299.99 per console, Sony made gross sales of roughly $153,000,000.
PS2's opening day console sales eclipsed the previous record of 225,000 made by the Sega Dreamcast in 1999.
Only a few million users had obtained consoles by the end of 2000 due to manufacturing delays.
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