The console was launched first in Japan in March 2000 as a successor to SCEI's PlayStation console. In reaching 100 million units shipped after five years and nine months, the PlayStation 2 beat the original PlayStation to the mark by almost four years, the company said in a statement. North America has proved the largest market for the console to-date with shipments of 40.6 million units, SCEI said. In Europe, 37.1 million consoles have been shipped, and in Asia shipments totaled 22.2 million consoles as of Tuesday.
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