When the PlayStation 2 launched in Japan in March 2000, Sony sold 980,000 units over the opening weekend.
The new V12 model was first released in black.
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.
During one week in November, sales in the entire country of Britain totalled 6,000 units - compared to 70,000 a few weeks prior.
In September 2004 Sony unveiled the third major hardware revision (V12, model number SCPH-70000).
In preparation for the launch of a new, slimmer PlayStation 2 model (SCPH-70000), Sony had stopped making the older PS2 model (SCPH-5000x) sometime during the summer of 2004 to let the distribution channel empty out stock of the units.
Sony has also made a PVR/DVD burning consumer device that plays PlayStation 2 games called the PSX.
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