To this day, the PS2 holds the record for the most consoles sold in a single day as well as the record for most consoles sold in launch day in America.
It also has a different lens and some compatibility issues documented by Sony for earlier PS2 games.
V3 has a substantially different internal structure from the subsequent revisions, featuring several interconnected printed circuit boards.
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.
The machine's future continues to be uncertain, with North American and European launches considered to be distant if at all.
This led to further shortages, and the issue was compounded in Britain when a Russian oil tanker became stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking a ship from China carrying PS2s bound for the UK.
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