PS2 sales in Europe Heat Up

Playstation 2 European console sales in the first half grew three percent from the same time last year, assisted by price cuts made in May As of July 31, the company had a total installed base of 15.6 million PS2 consoles in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australia. By comparison, the installed base for Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's Game Cube systems were 2.3 million and 1.6 million, respectively, for the same region at the end of June.