It is widely believed that Sony has abandoned support for the hard drive.
Yet, the PS2 initially sold well solely on the basis of the strength of the PlayStation brand and its backwards compatibility, selling over 900,000 units in the first weekend in Japan.
Hardware sales remained strong until 2004 saw the console apparently approaching saturation point.
The machine's future continues to be uncertain, with North American and European launches considered to be distant if at all.
Only a few million users had obtained consoles by the end of 2000 due to manufacturing delays.
The two versions of the PS2 with an Eye Toy camera.
Developers also complained that it was difficult to develop for the system, with little in the way of reference material from Sony for its exotic architecture.
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