Come February 2001, a lack of inspiring alternatives meant that it was still the same games selling best, before Moto GP, Quake 3 and others refreshed things a bit without threatening the top of the overall charts. Next came Timesplitters (#12), SSX: Snowboard Supercross (#14), the PS2 version of FIFA 2001, and Ridge Racer V (#22). On launch in November 2000, Tekken Tag Tournament was its biggest seller, reaching #8 on the overall chart for that week. That limited how many people were buying games for it. Shortages of components meant it launched later and in smaller numbers than initially announced, and was difficult to get hold of for a good while. Part of the reason for Sony’s success here was prioritising Europe more than Nintendo ever had, but when it came to the PS2 launch Europe was still behind Japan and the US on the list, waiting nine months to get hold of it. The PlayStation 2 and its games would manage to become still more all-conquering, and I’m going to be playing a lot of them, but it didn’t all happen immediately. The BBC reported in 2000 that 23% of all British homes owned one. It also dominated the UK games market like no single machine had before.
The PlayStation finally brought the UK in line with the US and Japan, in that people going to shops to buy games started primarily doing so for a console rather than home computers. Formula One 2001 (Sony, PlayStation 2, 2001)
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